Chicken Biryani Recipe – Sharmis Passion

Chicken Biryani is an aromatic and delicious one pot meal prepared by cooking chicken with basmati rice and spices. Chicken Biryani is India’s favorite food as it is the most cooked and ordered dish online and offline. With this Chicken Biryani, the craving for biryani will never end and the family will come back for more. Learn how to make Chicken Biryani Recipe with step by step pictures.

chicken biryani!! Yes, you read it right, finally I am here with the recipe. Sunday is special not only because it creates a cozy holiday mood but at lunch time the corridor is filled with the aroma of biryani coming from each house which awakens the hunger in me.

About Chicken Biryani

Chicken Biryani is a delicious, aromatic one pot dish made by cooking chicken with basmati rice, aromatic herbs and spices. The flavor of this chicken biryani lasts until the next special meal!

Every household will have its own family recipe of biryani and it is Amma’s side that makes the best biryani. I like mutton biryani more than chicken biryani and seera samba rice is also suitable for biryani. I have given the recipe here with basmati rice, you can use other varieties of rice which are also suitable for biryani.

Last year, a reader had asked me why I didn’t post for Bakrid and Ramzan – believe me, it didn’t bother me and I didn’t even have the courage to cook non-veg at that time. Many readers asked for chicken biryani recipe and finally I am here with it for Ramzan special.

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Chicken Biryani Ingredients

• Cock – Choose country chicken or broiler chicken which would be great for this gravy. Make sure it is tender and fresh.
• Rice – Basmati rice/long grain rice is recommended for this biryani. However alternatively you can use seeraga samba rice or sona masoori rice.
• Ginger Garlic Paste – Biryani is incomplete without adding ginger garlic paste.
• Masala Powder – I have used turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder.
• Yogurt/Curd – Thick curd neutralizes the heat of the spice powder.
• coconut milk – Coconut milk enhances the taste of biryani.
• Masala Paste – A special spice paste is prepared using coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillies and tomatoes.
• Onion – Onions are thinly sliced, fried until crisp and added in the final step.
• Tomatoes and Herbs – Tomatoes add spiciness to the dish and while marinating, chopped mint leaves and green coriander are added to it for taste.
• Spices – Cinnamon, cloves, bay leaves, cardamom are cooked in ghee/oil.

How to make Chicken Biryani step by step

1.Soak the Basmati rice in water for at least 20 minutes and keep it aside. Under ‘To grind’ grind the ingredients to a fine paste with a little water. Cancel. Clean the chicken and wash it thrice, add turmeric powder and keep aside.

2. Heat oil+ghee in a pressure cooker and add things under ‘Tadka’, then add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Then add onion and fry until it turns golden brown. Then add tomatoes and fry until the raw smell comes out.

3. Then add coriander mint paste and fry for 2 minutes. Then add curd, chicken along with turmeric, red chilli, coriander, garam masala powder and salt as required.

4. Fry it until it becomes a thick gravy and the color of the chicken changes. Add 1 cup water and pressure cook for 3 whistles. Once the pressure is released, open and shake vigorously.

5. Drain the water from the rice and add it to the gravy, stir once. Then add coconut milk.

6. Pressure cook till 3 whistles (after the first whistle cook it on low flame). Once the pressure is released, carefully fluff the rice with a fork without breaking it. Serve with hot onion raita.

Thalicha and onion raita is the best combination for non veg biryani.

Expert Tips

• If you like the taste of lemon, squeeze the lemon juice once the biryani is cooked.
• I usually use 1:1.5 cups for rice and water ratio, so I have given the measures accordingly. But you can use the measurements according to the variety of Basmati rice you use.
• Measure water and coconut milk accordingly.
• It is less spicy so adjust the spice level as per your taste.

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Biryani with raita is an amazing combo! Onion raita, pineapple raita, cucumber raita, carrot raita are some raita suggestions.

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