Chicken Dum Biryani



Ingredients



For marination:



Chicken 500grm

Salt 1/4 tsp

Lemon juice 3tsp

Haldi a pinch

Coriander powder 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp

ginger garlic paste 1/2 tsp

Boiled egg for garnishing


💖For making chicken gravy
Oil 3tbsp

Ghee 2tsp

Bay leaves 2

Cinnamon sticks 2

Cloves 5

Cardamoms 3

salt, as required

Geen chillies finely chopped 6

Onion; finely sliced 4 med

Ginger garlic paste 1tsp

Tomato chopped 1 med

Red chilli powder 1tsp

Coriander powder 1tsp

Haldi; 1/4 tsp

💖For making the rice


Basmati rice 2 cups washed and soaked for 30 minutes

Mixed whole spices (4 cardamom, 4 cloves, 2 bay leaves)

salt as required

Oil 2tbsp

💖For layering the biryani

Coriander leaves 2tbsp chopped

Mint leaves 1tbsp chopped

Ghee 1tbsp

Few saffron strands soaked in 2tbsp milk

A pinch of food colour of your choice

Kewra water optional 1tsp

Rose water optional 1tsp

;Method


👉Marinate the chicken pieces with all the ingredients mentioned under marination for around 2 to 4; hours.
👉In a heavy deep vessel or handi heat oil and ghee together. Add onions and fry till golden brown in colour. Remove a quarter of the onion and keep aside for using it later.
👉In the same vessel add whole spices.Saute for few seconds.
👉Add ginger garlic paste, saute till raw smell disappears.
👉Add tomatoes, Haldi powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt. Cook till tomatoes are fully mashed up and oil separates.
👉Add the marinated chicken and saute on high flame it changes colour.
👉Now add 1 cup of water and cook on low flame till chicken gets tender and a thick gravy or very little is left. This is very important step as more gravy will result in a mushy biryani.


💖👉For making rice, take a large vessel add around 8-10 cups of water and bring to boil. Add cloves, green cardamom, bay leaf and salt.
👉Drain the soaked rice and add in the boiling water, give a gentle stir.
👉Once it starts to boil again, add oil lemon juice stir and let it boil till rice is 90% done.Switch off the flame and strain the rice immediately.
👉Now take a handiin which you want to make the biryani and grease the bottom with oil. Add a layer of rice and top it with half the chicken gravy. Sprinkle some fried onions, coriander leaves and mint leaves. Repeat the layering process again with rice and chicken and finish it off with rice.
👉Drizzle ghee, saffron soaked milk kewra water rose water and; food colour.
👉Seal the lid using dough and put on dum for 15 minutes. Place a tava below the rice pot so the rice doesn't get burnt. If not using dough, you can just place some heavy utensil over the lid.
👉After 15 minutes, switch off the flame and let the biryani rest for another 10 minutes.
👉When Opening the lid be careful hot steam
👉Chicken dum biryani is ready serve with salad and raita. Enjoy.......steaming hot biryani😊


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It's; lengthy procedure but when you eat this biryani you will be happy and satisfied for your efforts.