Name: Chicken Dum Biryani
Ingredients: 1 kg basmati rice; 1.5 kg boneless chicken; 1/2 kg potatoes, peeled and fried till golden; 1 & 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1 tsp green chilli paste; 1 tsp jeera powder; 1 tsp dhania powder; 1 tsp garam masala powder; 1 tsp Haldi/turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 2 cups fried onions; 300 gms curd; 1 cup coriander leaves; 1 cup mint leaves; 1 Juice of lemon; 4 tomatoes, chopped; 6-8 green elaichi; 8-10 cloves; 3-4 black elaichi; 1 inch dalchini; 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder; 2 tej patta; 2-3 tsp kewra water; as required Oil; 1 small Coal for dum; to taste Salt; as required Red, yellow and green food colour; 1 tbsp ghee

Chicken Dum Biryani.

You can have Chicken Dum Biryani using 28 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Dum Biryani

Prepare 1 kg of basmati rice.
It's 1.5 kg of boneless chicken.
It's 1/2 kg of potatoes, peeled and fried till golden.
Prepare 1 & 1/2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste.
It's 1 tsp of green chilli paste.
Prepare 1 tsp of jeera powder.
You need 1 tsp of dhania powder.
You need 1 tsp of garam masala powder.
You need 1 tsp of Haldi/turmeric powder.
It's 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder.
It's 2 cups of fried onions.
It's 300 gms of curd.
Prepare 1 cup of coriander leaves.
You need 1 cup of mint leaves.
Prepare 1 of Juice of lemon.
You need 4 of tomatoes, chopped.
You need 6-8 of green elaichi.
It's 8-10 of cloves.
Prepare 3-4 of black elaichi.
Prepare 1 inch of dalchini.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of nutmeg powder.
It's 2 of tej patta.
Prepare 2-3 tsp of kewra water.
It's as required of Oil.
It's 1 small of Coal for dum.
Prepare to taste of Salt.
You need as required of Red, yellow and green food colour.
It's 1 tbsp of ghee.

Chicken Dum Biryani step by step

In a vessel, prepare the marinade for the biryani. Mix together chopped tomatoes, curd, fried onions, haldi, red chilli powder, dhania powder, jeera powder, garam masala powder, nutmeg powder, salt, ginger garlic paste, green chilli paste, lemon juice, half of the coriander leaves and mint leaves and half of the garam masala. Nicely wash the chicken pieces and add to the marinade. Mix well and set aside for 3 to 4 hours..
Place a red hot piece of coal in the marinated chicken and pour some ghee over it. Cover and let it sit for 10 minutes. Boil the rice with the remaining whole garam masala, kewra water and salt. Once it is 80% cooked strain and set aside. In a vessel pour some oil. Spread a very thin layer of rice, then the marinated chicken and fried potatoes. Now add a layer of rice and sprinkle some coriander and mint leaves and fried onions, some food colour and few dots of ghee..
Repeat the layer of rice, coriander and mint leaves, fried onions, food colour and ghee. Cover the vessel with a wet cloth and a tight lid with a heavy weight on top. Place the vessel on a tawa and cook on simmer for 1 hour. The brightens up once the biryani is ready..
Serve the biryani hot either by mixing it up or layering the rice first in the plate topped with the masala and chicken. Enjoy!.