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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani

Ingredients:

For Marination:

  • Chicken - 500 gms
  • Bay Leaf - 1 (small)
  • Cloves - 3
  • Cinnamon - 2 strips (small ones)
  • Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
  • Green Cardamom - 1
  • Mint Leaves - handfull of leaves
  • Corriander Leaves - few sprigs
  • Thick Curd - 2 to 3 tbsp
  • Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  • Green Chilli - 1 (big)
  • Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
  • Corriander Powder - 1 tsp
  • Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Salt - as required (for the gravy alone)

Method:
  • Take a deep bottomed vessel and add all the items given in to marinate.
  • Leave it to marinate for 1-2 hours.
  • Heat Oil and cook the marinated meat in a medium flame for 20 min.
For Rice :
  • Basmathi Rice - 2 cups (Good brand, thin long rice)
  • Water - 4 cups
  • Oil - 1 tbsp
  • Salt - as required (for Rice alone)
  • Cardamom - 1
  • Bat leaf - 1
  • Cinnamon - 1
  • Clove - 1

Method:

  • Soak the rice for 20 mins.
  • Drain the water from rice in a big, wide vessel.
  • Add oil and salt to the boiling water.
  • Now add Cardamom, Clove,Cinnamon and bay leaf to it.
  • Once bubbles are seen, add the drained rice.
  • Cook the rice till its 75% done.

For frying:
  • Onions - 1 (Big, Thin slices)
  • Corn flour - 2 tbsp
  • Oil to fry
Method:

  • Take a bowl and mix the onions with dry corn flour powder
  • Deep fry the corn flour coated onions till dark brown(see to it that you dont get them black).
Final arrangement :

  • Take a deep-bottomed vessel and pour the half cooked Chicken gravy.
  • Take a spoon and spread it evenly.
  • Add a layer of deep fried onions.
  • Then add a layer of mint leaves.
  • Add the half-cooked basmathi rice as the next layer.
  • Add a layer of deep fried onions.
  • Now add a layer of mint leaves.
  • Add Orange food color.

  • Heat a old dosa tawa in a high flame for 5 to 10 min.
  • Cover the multi-layered deep-bottomed vessel with a v

  • ery tight lid.
  • Place it on the hot tawa in a high flame for 5 min.
  • Reduce the flame to medium and put it for 5 min.
  • Now reduce the flame to low and put it for another 10 min.
  • Put off the flame and allow it to cool.
  • Open the lid and mix the rice with care.
Serve Hot with Raitha .

Sending this to Chicken feast.






3 comments:

  1. Looks good & one of my favorite dishes! Adding corn flour to onions is new to me. Does it make the onions crispy?? Thanks for sending it Chicken Feast!

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  2. Yes... ot makes it crispy...

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