Layer Chicken Biriyani

Category : Chicken
Rating :
Total Votes : 3

Serving :4
Cooking Time : 1 hour
Cusine Type :

Ingredients

Rice 3 cups
Chicken 1/2 kg
Onion 4
Tomato 4
Curd 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder 1 tsp
Coriander Powder 3 tsp
Cloves 4
Cardamom 4
Cinnamon 1
Ginger paste 2 tsp
Garlic paste 2 tsp
Cashew nuts 8
Raisins 8
Green chillies - 6
Ghee 1/2 cup
Lemon juice 6 drops
Mint leaves chopped 1/4 cup
Coriander leaves chopped 1/4 cup
Salt as per taste

Directions

Heat ghee /oil in a vessel and fry onions till it becomes brown. Then add green chilly, ginger, garlic and tomatto and fry well. Then add red chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder. Then add chicken and fry for a while and cover it and cook till its greavy starts thick. Then add curd, lime juice, coriander leaves and mint leaves and mix well. Turn off the stove and keep it aside.

Soak Rice in water and keep for an hour. Drain water from rice and keep it aside. Heat a thick bottom Vessel, and when all the water is gone, put 2-3 teaspoons of ghee. When it is hot, put pieces of cinnamon, clove and cardamom. After a little while, put the drained rice into it, and fry for some time. Then pour water to it. For 1 cup rice, use 1 3/4 cup of water (2 cup maximum). Add turmeric powder in to it. Add salt to taste. When half of the rice is done remove from fire.

Fry cashews and raisins in ghee and keep it sepertely. Then deep fry onions in remaining ghee and keep it aside.

Take a thick bottomed vessel. Coat it with ghee or butter. Then put the chicken gravy as a first layer, then put a layer of rice. Put the remaining chicken gravy over that and then cover with another layer of the remaining rice. Then sprinkle the cashews, raisins and fried onion on the top of it .Sprinkle some coriander leaves. Cover it with a lid. Heat the Vessel in low flame for approx 20-25 minutes.

Comments:

Posted by Renju at 08:52:54 am on October 28, 2007.

Hi Rasmi, tried this one. It came out very well. Thanks for the recipe.

Posted by CanadianDesi at 05:23:37 pm on September 7, 2013.

As \'First layer\' i usually use potatoes. Need to make round slices of potatoes with skin on and fry gently on both sides and sprinkle salt. Use this as first layer. Potatoes slices take the heat and do not burn rice or chicken. When serving the potatoes are nice and crispy.

Posted by CanadianDesi at 05:23:37 pm on September 7, 2013.

As \'First layer\' i usually use potatoes. Need to make round slices of potatoes with skin on and fry gently on both sides and sprinkle salt. Use this as first layer. Potatoes slices take the heat and do not burn rice or chicken. When serving the potatoes are nice and crispy.