Chicken Dum Biryani

Delicious Chicken Dum Biryani

Three steps to follow for Chicken Dum Biryani:-
I) Marinating the chicken.
II) Cooking the rice
III) Layering for Biryani


STEP-I:   Marinatig the Chicken


 INGREDIENTS:

 1. Chicken     --  1kg
 2. Mint leaves(pudina)  -- 1 bunch(chopped)
 3. Coriander leaves(kothimeera) -- 1 bunch(chopped)
 4. Onion -- 2nos(big vertically sliced)
 5. Turmeric powder -- 1/4 tsp
 6. Salt  -- 2tsp
 7. Red chilli powder  -- 2tsp
 8. Ghee -- 3tsp
 9. Oil  -- 3 tsp
 10. Ginger Garlic paste -- 2tsp
 11. Garam masala -- 1/2 tsp
 12. Yogurt/Curd -- 3/4th cup

 PREPARATION:
              
Wash chicken and remove the skin if any.
Take a pan and add 2 tbsp of oil and fry the onions till they turn in to golden brown.
Now take another pan .. Add the washed chicken, fried onions and all the above mentioned ingrediants. (Mix them thoroughly) marinade the mixture for 1 hour.


STEP-2:  Cooking rice

Clean the rice and soak it in water for 1hr.


INGREDIANTS:
                
1. Basmathi Rice -- 1kg
2. Saffron -- a pinch(mixed well in a half cup of milk
3. Cardammom -- 2no's
4. Cashew -- 10no's(fried)
5.  Lemon -- 4no's(juice it)
6. Cumin(Jeera) -- 1tsp
7. Salt  --  3tsps
8. Cloves -- 2
9. Bay Leaves -- 3 no's
10. Anise star(Anasapuvvu) -- 1no
11. Grated Nutmeg -- 1/4 tsp

METHOD:

1. Keep the pan of the marinated chicken on the stove directly as you have marinated it in a pan.
The Pan should be covered with a lid. Stir it in between till the chicken gets half cooked.
2. Now ON the other stove and keep a bowl with water(that should be tripeled the rice). When the
 water gets boiled add cardammon, salt, cloves, bayleaves, anise, nutmeg, cumin and simer it and add the lemon juice and add the rice to the boiling water.  wait till the rice gets par boiled(3/4th cooked). Now drain the water in a colander and keep aside.
3. By now the chicken will be completly cooked.


STEP-3:  Layering of rice

Now layer the rice on cooked chicken.
Spread the saffron above the rice and also add the cashew on the top of the rice.
Now on the LOW flame cook it for 10min(pan should be covered with lid).



I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY THE RECIPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!