Hyderabad Kaachi Chicken Biryani

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Hyderabad Kaachi Chicken Biryani

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :20 Min

Cook Time : 30 Min

Total Time : 50 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 2
  • 1/2 kgs chicken leg pieces


  • 1/2 cups curd


  • 2 tsp ginger and garlic paste


  • 2 nos medium size onion julliens deep-fried from


  • 1 nos mint leaves bumch


  • 1 tsp salt (as per taste)


  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder(optional)


  • 1/2 nos lemon juice


  • 1/2 nos packet of the biryani masala readymade paste


  • 2-3 nos whole peppercorns


  • 1 nos bayleaf


  • 2 nos cardamoms


  • 1 piece cinnamon


  • 1 nos star spice(anise)


  • 1/2 tsp cumin seed (sahi jeera)


  • 1/3 cups red/yellow saffron paste (saffron grind with little warm milk)


  • 1 sprig corriender leaves (optional)


  • 1 cups flour dough just to give the 'dum' (to air seal the pan & lid lastly for a even cook & wonderful small)


  • 1 tsp ghee


  • 1 tsp garam masala


  • 2 cups rice (basmati) long grain


  • 4 cups water to boil the rice

Directions

  • Wash & soak rice for 15 min. keep aside
  • Boil water in a deep pan.
  • Add few cumin, anise, bayleaf, cardamom, salt, the soaked rice in the boiling water pan.
  • Keep stirring and when the rice is about 70% cooked, strain it out and keep aside.
  • Marinate the washed &cleaned chicken with curd, ginger garlic paste, salt, readymade masala paste, mint leaves, lemon juice, slit chillies, half of the deep fried onions.
  • Marinate for more then half a hour, (overnight, the more hr kept, the more delicious.)
  • In a heavy bottom pan layer half the rice in the bottom, then the marinated chicken, sprinkle few mint leaves, fried onions corriender leaves, then again rice layer. Finally sprinkle on top the saffron milk, ghee,fried onions, mints.
  • Can add ghee rosted chasew nut on top.
  • Finish then seal the heavy lid with the dough around the lid. tightly seal pack it.
  • Heat a flat tawa, or a pancake cooking pan.
  • When heated place the biryani stuff heavy bottom pan on top of it. In low- medium flam cook for 20 min.
  • Biryani is ready. Open the seal and serve hot. With cool curd raita.