Friday 2 September 2011

Pakistani Chicken Biryani recipe

An authentic and simple Pakistani chicken Biryani recipe, I hope you will like it.

Ingredients: 

Pakistani Chicken Biriyani
  • chicken 1 kg
  • oil 3 serving spoons
  • rice 3/4 kg
  • yogurt 3/4 kg
  • tomatoes 3-4 (1/2 kg)
  • onion 4 (1/2 kg)
  • garlic 8 cloves
  • ginger 1.5 inch
  • cumin 2.5 tsp.
  • black cumin 1.5 tsp.
  • cloves 12
  • lemon 2
  • black cardamom 4
  • cinnimon 2 inch stick
  • black pepper 1 tspn
  • ground corriander 3 tsp.
  • red chilli powder 1/2 tsp.
  • kashmiri chilli powder 1 tsp.
  • black pepper (powdered) 1/2 tsp.
  • termaric powder 1/2 tsp.
  • red chilli (crushed) 1/2 tsp.
  • chaat masala 1/2 tsp.
  • dried plums (sookha aloo bukhara) 8
  • fresh corriander
  • fresh mint
  • green chillies 6
  • jaifal, jawatri (ground together)1/2 tsp.
  • dried bay leaf 4
  • green cardamoms 8
  • saffron
  • kewra
  • food color


Method: 

1- Fry onions till brown and remove 1/4th of fried onions from pan for later use.
2- Add salt, all types of chillies (except green chillies), cumin, black cumin ( 1 tspn), black cardamoms, cinnimon, ground corriander, termaric powder chaat masala, black pepper ( add whole and powdered both) dried plums, 6 cloves, ginger garlic paste.
3- After adding the above ingredients add 1/4 cup of water and cook for 10 minutes on full heat.
4- Add yougat and tomatoes and cook for 20-25 minutes (or till water dries) on medium heat.
5- Squeeze lemons and add chicken, fry it on full heat for 5 minutes.
6- Now cook for next 30 minutes on low flame.
7- After 30 minutes if water is still present, dry it on high flame.
8- Take 8 green cardamoms, 1/2 tspn black cumin, 1/2 tspn jaifal, jawatri powder, 6 cloves, 3 cardamoms and crush them.
9- Add soaked rice in 3 cup water, start boiling rice, add bay leaf and half of the above crushed ingredients.
10- Add remaining half of the crushed ingredients, green chillies, fresh corriander, mint, saffron, kewra, food color when water is dried from rice.
11- Now add chicken and fried onions in rice.
12- Cover and cook for 15-20 minutes.
13- Serve and pack 1 plate biryani for office.

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