Saturday, 24 May 2025

Muradabadi chicken biryani

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Ingredients

  • Marinate for 30 mins
  • Chicken - 700 grams
  • Curd -150 grams
  • Ginger garlic paste -2 tsp
  • 10 to 12 green chillies crushed in grinder
  • 1 mace
  • star anise
  • few bay leaves
  • 1 small nutmeg
  • 8 to 10 pepper corn
  • 3 to 4 cloves
  • 3 to 4 cardamons
  • 1 tsp jeera
  • few sticks of cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp coriander powder
  • 2 tsp fennel (sauf) seed powder
  • 1 tsp lime juice


Method

  1. Heat 1/4 cup oil in vessel
  2. Add 1 big onion sliced. Fry till golden brown and remove 1/2 for later garnishing.
  3. Add 4 whole green chillies. Add marinated chicken. Add 1 tsp or as needed salt for rice. Cover and cook on high flame for 3 minutes.
  4. Lower flame and cover it. Cook for 20 minutes.
  5. Add 4 cups hot water. Mix and let it boil on high flame.
  6. Add 1/2 kg basmati rice which was soaked for 30 mins.
  7. Cook on high flame till boils. Then on low flame cook for 5 mins.
  8. Check if water has evaporated. Add 2 tsp ghee. Fried onions, kevara and food color.
  9. Cook and cover for 5 mins on low flame. Switch of flame. Serve with kuchumbar.