Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani.

Biryani a very famous dish all over the world. It is a rice dish made with ingredients such as Rice, Spices, Egg, Chicken, Mutton, Dry fruits, etc. There is a huge variety of Biryani and some of them are Tehari, Beef Biryani. Varieties related to the Indian subcontinent are Hyderabadi Biryani, Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani, Sindhi biryani, Delhi Biryani, Nellore Biryani, Kutchi Biryani, etc. In this post, we are going to see the recipe Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani.

Total time:- 1hr 30min.

Ingredients:-

1 kg Chicken 

1 1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup yogurt

1 cup coriander leaves

1 cup mint leaves

3-4 onions sliced

2 1/2 potatoes(peeled and cubed)

1-2 tbsp Garam masala powder

2 1/2 tbsp Chilli powder

2 chopped green chilies

3-4 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste

4-5 tbsp Lemon juice

1 tbsp rose essence

saffron

4 tbsp milk

3 tbsp butter

Ingredients for Rice:-

1/2 kg long Basmati Rice

1 tbsp pepper

2-3 Cinnamon sticks

Cloves

Cumin seeds

Cardamom powder

Water as required

Salt

Procedure:-

Firstly heat oil in the pan and fry the onions till it becomes golden then drain and keep aside on tissue paper after that fry cubed potatoes till it becomes golden brown, drain and keep aside on tissue paper.

Now for marination take a chicken in the bowl and add yogurt, chili powder, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice, garam masala powder, chopped green chilies, mint leaves, coriander leaves, 1 cup onion fried oil, 1/2 of fried onions, and salt as required. Mix all the ingredients with chicken and kept as it is for marination for 1 hour. 

Now moving towards rice, first take washed Basmati rice and soak for nearly 30 mins. Take water to boil and add pepper, cumin seeds, cardamom powder, cloves, cinnamon sticks. Once it boils add rice and cook till it is 70%-75% cooked. Drain.

 Now in another pan add chicken and then cooked rice on it. Top it with fried onions, potatoes, coriander leaves, mint leaves, rose essence, milk, butter, saffron. Place lead over the pan and close it tightly. Cook for nearly 45 mins on the very low heat. Remove from heat and place aside for 15-20 mins. Later mix it well. Mix it well. Serve. 

Thank you.