Chicken biryani is a delicious recipe in any occassion. a recipe from malabari chicken is really yummy and mouth-watering. Here comes a simple malabari recipe which tastes yummy with easy steps and ingredients.
INGREDIENTS FOR PREPARATION
- Chicken: 1/2 kg
- Biriyani rice: 1/2 kg
- Onion: 4(thinly sliced)
- Ginger-garlic paste:1&1/2 tbs
- Green-chilly : 6
- Tomato: 2
- Garam masala powder: 1 tsp
- Lime: 1
- Cardamom: 2
- Cloves: 2
- Cinnamon: 1 piece
- Coriander leaves: 3/4 cup
- Mint leaves: 3/4 cup
- Biriyani color: little
- Ghee: 100 g
- Salt: to taste
- Heat a pan and melt ghee by reserving 3-4 tbs of ghee.
- Saute 3 thinly sliced onions in ghee.
- When it reaches brownish color, add ginger-garlic paste and green-chilly paste and saute well for 3-4 minutes.
- Now add chopped tomatoes and saute till it mashes well..
- Now add chicken pieces,3/4 tsp garam masala powder and salt and mix well.
- Cook in low flame with closed lid.
- When chicken cooks half , add 1/2 cup of coriander and mint leaves each and half lime's juice, mix well and cook again with closed lid till it cooks well.
- Take another pan,add 2-3 tbs of ghee and saute reserved thinly chopped onion slices to golden brown color.
- Take it out and add washed and drained rice to it and stir well.
- Now add required water(for 2 cup rice, i added 3&3/4 cup hot water),cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, salt and little mint leaves.
- Mix well and cook till water drains completely.
- Now layer the prepared masala in a thick-bottomed pan, and layer prepared rice over it.
- Mix biriyani color in remaining lime juice and spinkle it over the rice.
- Now spread remaining ghee, garam masala, coriander and mint leaves over it.
- Also spread little golden brown onion slices over it.
- Cover it with a thick lid and cook for 5 minutes in low flame.
Delicious Malabar Chicken Biriyani is ready. Serve hot by garnishng with remaining onion. You can also use roasted cashews and raisins for garnishing.
