Chicken Biryani

This simple Chicken Biryani recipe is flavor packed, made with chicken pieces cooked in gravy made of onions, garlic ginger paste, biryani mix, tomatoes, yogurt, coriander, and chillies. The basmati rice is cooked and spiced with salt, cinnamon, and cloves separately. Then mix together with the chicken gravy till it’s all colored and coated in the sauce, garnished with some lemon slices for more pops of color. Try out Yummy Kitchen’s Biryani Rice recipe below!

Chicken Biryani Recipe :

Ingredients

• 1 kilo chicken pieces
• 4 medium onions, sliced
• 2 tablespoons garlic ginger paste
• 4 tablespoons biryani mix
• 4 tomatoes, quartered
• 1 cup yogurt
• A bunch of coriander
• 5 green chillies
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 3 pieces cloves
• 3 cups basmati rice
• Oil
• Water 
• Sliced lemons for garnish

Steps:

1. In a pan at medium heat, add some oil and cook the onions for 10 minutes. Add garlic ginger paste and fry for 2 minutes before adding the chicken pieces. Cook for 2 -3 minutes at high heat.
2. Once the chicken changes in color, add in the biryani mix, give it a good stir. Splash in some water, place in the tomatoes and mix.
3. Pour in the yogurt and give it a mix. Sprinkle in coriander and green chillies. Cover and cook for 20 minutes. Let it cook till the sauce has almost dried up. Turn off the heat and set aside.
4. For the rice; In a pot of boiling water add some salt, cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Mix till salt dissolves. Add in the basmati rice and let this cook till it’s 90% done.
5. After its cooked, drain the rice. Place half of these in a pot, layering the cooked chicken on top. Then, cover the chicken with the remaining rice. Top with coriander.
6. Cover and cook for 7 – 8 minutes. Mix to make sure the rice is coated with the sauce. Transfer to a plate and serve garnished with lemon slices.

A short introduction to Biryani

Biryani, the most popular dish in India, is a dish said to have originated 1500 years ago from South India or Iran. A mixed rice (usually using long grain rice) recipe that typically includes the meat of choice like fish, prawn, chicken, beef, lamb, or goat, sometimes none at all to cater to vegetarians. These are mixed with spices and other vegetables, sometimes even an egg to create that delightfully delicious aroma and color.

How to cook chicken biryani ?

The Chicken Biryani recipe ingredients are as follows; starting with heating up some oil to saute the onions and garlic ginger paste. Then add the chicken pieces, letting these cook while mixing till the chicken changes in color. After, it’s then flavored with the biryani mix, a splash or water, and some tomatoes to give it a nice savory taste. Add in some yogurt to help dilute the biryani sauce or ‘gravy’, sprinkle in some coriander, place in the chillies then cover and simmer for some time or till most of the gravy has dried up. Take it aside to cool down while cooking the rice in a pot of boiling water mixed with salt, cinnamon, and cloves. Cooked till it’s almost 90% done and drained. This is because this will then be layered and cooked for a few minutes in another pot; half of the rice at the bottom, the cooked gravy chicken in the middle, and leftover rice covering the top. Cooked altogether for a few minutes, topped with coriander and then mixed to make sure that the sauce covers the rice well enough for even flavor. Topped or garnished on the side with sliced lemons.

Questions:

• Chicken Biryani calories?

These have around 360 calories for 500 grams.

• Difference between this Spicy Chicken Biryani and Chicken Biryani Masala?

Traditional biryani cooks the chicken in gravy, is yogurt-based, then layered. While tikka masala broils or grills the chicken before being in the yogurt and tomato based gravy.

• How to make Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani recipe?

The difference between the Hyderabadi chicken dum biryani recipe and regular biryani is that the Hyderabadi is spicier and has a stronger slightly sharper aroma due to the spices bing grounder unlike the usual biryani using whole spices.

Other Yummy Chicken Recipes!

• Chicken Leg Quarter Hamonado (Chicken Ham)
• Cheesy Chicken Wings
• Crispy Chicken Nuggets with Spicy Dip
• Sprite Chicken Wings
• Soy Fried Chicken
• Crispy Whole Fried Chicken
• Garlic Butter Chicken

Chicken Biryani Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• 1 kilo mga piraso ng manok
• 4 sibuyas, hiwa-hiwa
• 2 kutsarang garlic ginger paste
• 4 kutsarang biryani mix
• 4 kamatis, hiniwa ng paapat
• 1 tasa yogurt
• 1 bungkos ng wansuy
• 5 berdeng sili
• 2 kutsarang asin
• 2 kanela
• 3 piraso cloves
• 3 tasa basmati rice
• Mantika
• Tubig
• Hiniwang limon pang dekorasyon

Paano Lutuin :

1. Sa kawali na ininit sa katamtamang init, lagyan ng manika at lutuin ang mga sibuyas ng 10 minuto. Lagyan ng garlic gonger paste at iprito ng 2 minuto bago ilagay ang mga manok. Lutuin ang ngs ito ng 2 – 3 minuto sa malakas na init.
2. Pag nagbago na ang kulay ng manok, haluan ng biryani mix. Patakin ng tubig, isama ang mga kamatis at haluin ng mabuti.
3. Ibuhos ang yogurt at haluin. Lagyan ng coriander at green chillies. Takpan at lutuin ng 20 minuto. Pagnawalan na ito ng sarsa. Tanggalin sa init at itabi.
4. Para sa kain; kumulo ng tubig na may asin sa palayok, haluan ng kanela at cloves. Isama ang basmati rice at lutuin ito hanggang 90%.
5. Pagkatapos ay salain ang mga kanin. Ilagaya ang kalahati sa palayok, takpan ng nalutong manok, at takpan muli ng natitirang kanin. Layan ng wansuy sa itaas.
6. Takpan at lutuin ng 7 – 8 minuto. Haluin hanggang matakpan ang mga kanin ng sarsa. Ihanda sa dinkorasyonan ng mga hiwang limon.