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5 from 2 votes

Easy Chicken Biryani

Easy Chicken Biryani
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Kerala cuisine, Tamilnadu cuisine
Servings: 3 People
Author: Jinoo Jayakrishnan
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Ingredients

1 cup =250 ml;

  • 1 cup basmati rice

To Grind to paste

  • 6-7 long green chillies
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1/2 tsp shahi jeera
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 5-6 cloves garlic
  • 1 handful coriander leaves
  • 1 handful mint leaves
  • 1 inch cinnamon sticks
  • 2 no cloves
  • 1 no green cardamom
  • 1 no black cardamom
  • 1 no star arinse

Other ingredients for Biryani

  • 2 tbsp ghee
  • 2 large onions - sliced
  • 1 large tomato - chopped
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • salt to taste
  • 1.5 cups water

Instructions

  • Soak basmati Rice in water for 30 minutes.
  • Grind together Green chillies, fennel seeds, shahi jeera, Ginger, garlic, coriander leaves, mint leaves, cinnamon, cloves, star arinse, cardamom (green and black) and cloves. keep it aside.
  • Melt 2 tbsp ghee in pressure cooker. Fry sliced onions until brown
  • Add tomatoes, turmeric powder and ground masala to it and mix well.
  • Add chicken and salt. Add water and pressure cook for 4 whistles. (Total water to be used is 1:1.5 ratio) We have used 1 cup rice, so 1.5 cups water is needed. Measure and use 0.5 cup water from that 1.5 for cooking the chicken. we will have the remaining 1.25 cups which we will use later.
  • Open and mix well. Now add rice. Add remaining 1.25 cups water and Adjust salt at this stage after adding water. pressure cook in simmer for 15 minutes or 1st whistle whichever is first.
  • Open only after the pressure is completely settled down. Fluff it up and serve hot!