Recipe: Appetizing Chicken dum biryani

Chicken dum biryani.

You can have Chicken dum biryani using 38 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chicken dum biryani

1. You need 750 gm of Basmati rice.
2. Prepare 1 kg of Chicken.
3. Prepare 4 of Boiled And Peeled Potatoes.
4. You need 4 of Boiled And Peeled Egg, Optional.
5. Prepare 8 of Onions (sliced finely for the birista).
6. It's 20 of Garlic cloves.
7. You need 2 inch of Ginger.
8. It's 4 of Green chillies (slit lengthwise).
9. You need 1/2 cup of Milk.
10. It's 1/4 tsp of Saffron strands.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of Kewra water.
12. Prepare To Taste of Salt.
13. It's of For the marinade :.
14. You need 500 gm of Fresh Curds.
15. You need 4 of Small Tomatoes (cubed).
16. It's 1 tsp of Turmeric powder.
17. It's 2 tsp or to be adjusted of Red chilli powder.
18. You need 3 tsp of Cumin powder.
19. You need 3 tsp of Garam /Biryani masala.
20. Prepare as required of Birista (crispy fried onions).
21. Prepare 2 tbs of Ginger garlic paste.
22. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of Salt.
23. You need 2 tbs of Homemade Ghee.
24. It's of Whole spices for tempering for the chicken masala :.
25. Prepare 6 of Cloves.
26. You need 3 (1" each) of Cinnamon pieces.
27. Prepare 4 of Green Cardamoms.
28. You need 2 of Black Cardamoms.
29. It's 5 of Black Peppercorns.
30. It's 3 of Bay leaves.
31. It's 1 tsp of Cumin Seeds.
32. Prepare 1/2 cup of Oil.
33. You need of Whole spices for the rice :.
34. It's 3 of CLoves.
35. It's 2 (1" each) of Cinnamon pieces.
36. You need 2 of Green Cardamoms.
37. You need 4 of Black Peppercorns.
38. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Cumin seeds.

Chicken dum biryani step by step

1. To make the Chicken Dum Biryani, first wash the basmati rice and soak in sufficient water for about half an hour..
2. Heat water, approximately equal to tripe the quantity of rice and add the whole spices and about three teaspoons salt to it..
3. As soon as the water starts boiling, add the drained rice and cook on high to medium heat till almost done but not completely cooked (cook till one grain of rice remains)..
4. Drain all the rice from the remaining water into a large sieve and keep covered till use..
5. In the meantime, boil the potatoes and the eggs and peel them. Halve the potatoes and make vertical slits in the boiled egg..
6. Heat the milk and add the saffron strands and keep aside..
7. Deep fry the sliced onions till brown and crisp. This is called birista. Reserve half the birista for the marinade and half for layering and garnishing..
8. Grind the garlic and ginger to a paste to get about three tablespoons of smooth paste using about two tablespoons for marinade and one for tempering..
9. Clean and wash the chicken thoroughly. drain and cut into medium sized pieces. Marinate with the mentioned ingredients..
10. In a heavy bottomed pan, heat the oil and add the whole spices. As soon as they splutter add one tablespoon of ginger garlic paste. Saute for a while..
11. Next, add the marinated chicken and saute on high flame. Add salt to taste. Cover and cook. When the chicken is almost cooked, add the boiled potatoes, eggs and slit green chillies and mix well..
12. When the chicken is fully cooked, open the lid and cook on high flame stirring occasionally till the gravy thickens. Set aside..
13. To prepare the dum, first place a thick griddle on the stove top on low flame..
14. In the meantime, start the layering for the biryani in a heavy bottomed pan..
15. Spread a little oil at the bottom,then a little gravy and then about half the rice over it..
16. Cover this with all the chicken gravy and some birista..
17. Spread all the remaining rice on top and drizzle some homemade ghee and the Kewra water over it. Now make four vertical holes in the biryani from the top and pour the saffron milk in it. Seal the holes with the rice..
18. Spread the remaining birista over it and cover the pan with a foil. Place the lid tightly over it and keep the pan on the hot griddle for dum for about 15 to 20 minutes. For the first seven minutes keep the flame high and then reduce to minimum for the remaining time..
19. After the said time, switch off the flame and keep covered for another ten minutes..
20. Open the lid and garnish with the remaining birista and halved boiled eggs..
21. Serve the Chicken Dum Biryani with some burrani raita and sliced onions and tomatoes by the side!.