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Easy Chicken Biryani Recipe

Chicken Biryani Recipe is a delicious dish made with marinated chicken and rice. It has a rich flavorful of saffron rice. Everyone likes chicken biryani rice. Even the non-Indians crave Chicken biryani rice. The chicken Biryani recipe is a meal full of proteins and grains. A delicious rice dish often reserved for special occasions like weddings, and parties. The procedure of preparing chicken biryani is lengthy but worth it. Long grain basmati rice is used to prepare chicken biryani. Let us see the Easy Chicken Biryani recipe now.
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Ingredients

  • Chicken Biryani Ingredients
  • 500 gm basmati rice
  • 500 gm cut boneless chicken pieces
  • 2 medium-size onions
  • 1 tablespoon ginger paste
  • 2 cup of water
  • 3 medium-size tomato puree
  • salt and pepper according to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
  • 1 teaspoon of garam masala
  • 4 cloves
  • 2 cinnamon stick
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 2 black cardamom
  • 3 peppercorns
  • 2 tablespoon almond and cashew nuts
  • 1 tablespoon raisins
  • 10 strands of saffron
  • 1 tablespoon ghee

Instructions

  • Easy Chicken Biryani Recipe
  • Marinate the chicken pieces with dry spices and lemon juice and keep it aside.
  • Wash and soak basmati rice for half an hour in two cups of water.
  • Drain the water. Add water, salt, and one tablespoon ghee in a big vessel.
  • Add the soaked rice to it and bring it to a boil.
  • Let the basmati rice cook.
  • In a round bottom pan, heat ghee/oil and add sliced onions, cumin seeds, cloves, black cardamom, onion, salt, turmeric, and saute it.
  • Add ginger-garlic paste and saute onions.
  • Pour tomato puree and almond cashew nuts paste into the pan and let everything cook till you see oil separating.
  • Add chicken pieces and slowly cook everything on a slow flame with a lid closed.
  • Check if the chicken is cooked by puncturing a fork in it.
  • The chicken will take 20 minutes to cook.
  • Once the chicken is ready to add all the dry masala powder and mix well.
  • Now its time to add basmati rice
  • Add rice and cook for 10 minutes on a slow flame don't forget to close the lid.
  • Open the lid and garnish the top with caramelized onions, raisins, saffron, fried nuts, and fresh coriander leaves.
  • Chicken biryani is ready.