Recipe: Yummy Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani

Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani.

You can cook Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani using 25 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani

1. Prepare of rice For.
2. You need 2 cups of Basmati rice -.
3. You need 1 of Ghee - tblspn.
4. You need handful of Coriander leaves curry leaves + -.
5. It's 3 , cloves of masala cardamom cinnamon Whole - - - stick , - 4 , 1 small.
6. It's 1 small 1/4 tspns of mace jeera - piece , shah -.
7. You need half of Lemon juice lemon -of.
8. You need of Salt.
9. Prepare of Water -as needed.
10. You need of masala For.
11. You need 500 gms of Chicken -.
12. Prepare 1 of Ginger - medium sized piece.
13. You need 10 of Garlic - podes.
14. You need 4 of Green chilli -.
15. It's handful of Coriander leaves -.
16. It's 2 sprig of Curry leaves -.
17. You need 1 of Lemon Juice - tblpsn.
18. You need 1/2 tspn of Kashmiri chilli powder -.
19. Prepare 1/2 tspn of Coriander power -.
20. You need 1/4 tspn of Turmeric powder -.
21. Prepare 2 of Curd - tblspn.
22. You need 2 large / 3 of Onion - medium sliced finely.
23. It's 1 of Tomato big -.
24. It's 2 of Curd - tblspn.
25. Prepare of Salt.

Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani instructions

1. Home made biryani masala powder(makes around 1/4 cup powder).
2. Cinnamon-2 medium pieces,cloves-10,cardamom-6,fennel seeds-1/4 cup,whole pepper corns-1 tspn,mace-3 meduim pieces Star anise-1 small,nutmeg-1 small piece,shah jeera-1/2 tspn Dry roast these ingredients.Then grind to a fine powder..
3. For rice.
4. Soak basmati rice in water for 30 mints..
5. Boil water in a deep pan.Add ghee,whole masala,coriander and curry leaves,lemon juice and salt to it.Let it boil.Then add rice to it and let it cook.Switch off the flame when rice is 3/4th cooked.Drain water and keep aside..
6. For masala.
7. Cut chicken pieces to medium sized pieces.Crush together ginger,garlic,green chilli,coriander leaves and curry leaves.Marinate the chicken pieces with this crushed paste.Add 2 tblpsn curd,1 tblspn lemon juice,red chilli powder,coriander powder,tumeric powder and salt also to the chicken pieces.Mix well till the chicken pieces are well coated with the masala.Keep aside for 30 mints (or more).
8. Now fry the onion till they are golden brown and keep aside.In the same oil,add chopped tomato.Add let them cook well.Now add the marinated chicken pieces.Sprinkle homemade biryani masala powder.Add enough salt also.Mix everything well.Cover and cook in low flame.After 5 mints add 3/4 th of the fried onion to the chicken,mix well,see if water needs to be added to the chicken.If so add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water.Cook till the gravy becomes thick and chicken is 3/4 th cooked.Finally add....
9. Layering.
10. In an oven proof tray,spread one layer of chicken masala.Then spread cooked rice on top of it.Spread some fried onion.Repeat the same with all the masala, rice and fried onion.Top layer should be rice.Mix a pinch of turmeric powder with 2 tblspn warm milk and sprinkle on top of the biryani.Cover with aluminium foil and bake for 30 mints at 350 F/180 C. Garnish with remaining fried onion and serve with raita..
11. Notes:If you are using stove top method, layer the biryani in a heavy bottomed pan and cover it with a tight lid.Heat a thava and when it is hot place the biryani vessel on the top.Keep the flame at lowest and cook for 20-25 mints.At the same time, place a pan of boiling water on top of the biryani vessel..