Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani
Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, kerala chicken dum biryani. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook kerala chicken dum biryani using 25 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani:
  1. Get rice For
  2. Make ready 2 cups Basmati rice -
  3. Take 1 Ghee - tblspn
  4. Take handful Coriander leaves curry leaves + -
  5. Prepare 3 , cloves masala cardamom cinnamon Whole - - - stick , - 4 , 1 small
  6. Take 1 small 1/4 tspns mace jeera - piece , shah -
  7. Get half Lemon juice lemon -of
  8. Take Salt
  9. Prepare Water -as needed
  10. Take masala For
  11. Make ready 500 gms Chicken -
  12. Make ready 1 Ginger - medium sized piece
  13. Take 10 Garlic - podes
  14. Get 4 Green chilli -
  15. Make ready handful Coriander leaves -
  16. Prepare 2 sprig Curry leaves -
  17. Get 1 Lemon Juice - tblpsn
  18. Get 1/2 tspn Kashmiri chilli powder -
  19. Prepare 1/2 tspn Coriander power -
  20. Prepare 1/4 tspn Turmeric powder -
  21. Make ready 2 Curd - tblspn
  22. Prepare 2 large / 3 Onion - medium sliced finely
  23. Make ready 1 Tomato big -
  24. Take 2 Curd - tblspn
  25. Take Salt
Instructions to make Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani:
  1. Home made biryani masala powder(makes around 1/4 cup powder)
  2. Cinnamon-2 medium pieces,cloves-10,cardamom-6,fennel seeds-1/4 cup,whole pepper corns-1 tspn,mace-3 meduim pieces Star anise-1 small,nutmeg-1 small piece,shah jeera-1/2 tspn Dry roast these ingredients.Then grind to a fine powder.
  3. For rice
  4. Soak basmati rice in water for 30 mints.
  5. Boil water in a deep pan.Add ghee,whole masala,coriander and curry leaves,lemon juice and salt to it.Let it boil.Then add rice to it and let it cook.Switch off the flame when rice is 3/4th cooked.Drain water and keep aside.
  6. For masala
  7. Cut chicken pieces to medium sized pieces.Crush together ginger,garlic,green chilli,coriander leaves and curry leaves.Marinate the chicken pieces with this crushed paste.Add 2 tblpsn curd,1 tblspn lemon juice,red chilli powder,coriander powder,tumeric powder and salt also to the chicken pieces.Mix well till the chicken pieces are well coated with the masala.Keep aside for 30 mints (or more)
  8. Now fry the onion till they are golden brown and keep aside.In the same oil,add chopped tomato.Add let them cook well.Now add the marinated chicken pieces.Sprinkle homemade biryani masala powder.Add enough salt also.Mix everything well.Cover and cook in low flame.After 5 mints add 3/4 th of the fried onion to the chicken,mix well,see if water needs to be added to the chicken.If so add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water.Cook till the gravy becomes thick and chicken is 3/4 th cooked.Finally add…
  9. Layering
  10. In an oven proof tray,spread one layer of chicken masala.Then spread cooked rice on top of it.Spread some fried onion.Repeat the same with all the masala, rice and fried onion.Top layer should be rice.Mix a pinch of turmeric powder with 2 tblspn warm milk and sprinkle on top of the biryani.Cover with aluminium foil and bake for 30 mints at 350 F/180 C. Garnish with remaining fried onion and serve with raita.
  11. Notes:If you are using stove top method, layer the biryani in a heavy bottomed pan and cover it with a tight lid.Heat a thava and when it is hot place the biryani vessel on the top.Keep the flame at lowest and cook for 20-25 mints.At the same time, place a pan of boiling water on top of the biryani vessel.

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