How To Cook Chicken Biryani Properly

By Latif's Inspired · 180 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Fry the sliced onions in 1 cup of oil until golden brown, then lift them out of the oil and set aside.
2. Blend the garlic, ginger, green chillies and 1/4 cup water into a ginger garlic paste.
3. Mix the yogurt, ginger garlic paste, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp turmeric, 2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder, 2 tsp coriander powder, 2 tsp fennel powder, 1 tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp garam masala, and the dried plums into the paste you made. Marinate the chicken in this mixture.
4. Heat 1 cup of oil and add 1 tsp cumin seeds, 6 cardamom, 2 cinnamon, 2 bay leaves and 6 cloves.
5. Add 300g onion and fry until golden, then add the marinated chicken and cook until the chicken is thick in consistency, about 25-30 minutes.
6. Boil water with 1 tsp salt, 4 cardamom, 2 cinnamon, 2 bay leaves, 6 cloves and 1 tbsp oil. Add the rice and cook until 60-70% done, then drain it.
7. Layer in the pot: gravy first, then rice, then chicken with the remaining gravy, half the fried onions and coriander, then a final layer of rice topped with the remaining onions and coriander.
8. Dum cook for 30 minutes, then rest for 10-20 minutes before opening the foil.

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