Chicken = 350 gms
Biryani Basmati Rice = 500 gms
Refined flour = 300 gms
Yeast = 5 gms
Sugar = 1 tsp
Fried onions = 2 cups
Yogurt = 1 cup
Ginger-garlic paste = 1 tbsp
Red chilly powder = 2-3 tbsps
Turmeric = 1 tbsp
Coriander powder = 2 tsp
Garam masala = 1 tsp
Biryani masala = 2 tsps
Coriander = 1/2 cup
Whole black pepper = 4-5
Green cardamom = 2-3
Black cardamom = 2 nos
Bay leaf = 3 nos
Cinnamon = 2 nos
Cumin = 2 tsp
Star anise = 2 nos
Saffron = 2 pinch
Milk = 1/2 cup
Mint = 1/2 cup
Cashews = 10-12 nos Fried
Kalonji = 1/2 tsp
Sesame seeds = 1/2 tsp
Lemon = 1 no
Ghee = 4 tbsps
Oil = 2 tbsps
Vinegar = 1 tsp
Salt as required
Recipe:
1. For biryani first we shall marinate the chicken. Place the chicken pieces in a bowl. Add yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, powdered spices, 1/2 of the total coriander and mint. Mix well. Keep it aside for 1-2 hours.
2. To make a dough, take refined flour. Add yeast, salt, sugar in it. Mix well and make a dough of it using lukewarm water. Cover it and keep it for proofing around 30-40 mins.
3. Now to prepare the rice, wash and soak it in normal water for 5-10 mins.
4. Meanwhile take a big container and add water, three times to that rice you have taken. Add whole spices, salt, little mint, 1 tsp of vinegar and 1 tbsp of ghee in it.
5. Once the water starts boiling, add soaked rice and let it cook. Once the rice is 70-80% cooked drain it in a strainer and let it cool down.
6. To prepare the chicken, heat oil in a pan. Add marinated chicken to it and cook for 5-10 mins or till the chicken gets cooked properly and oil starts oozing out.
7. Soak saffron in 1/2 cup of lukewarm milk.
7. Now we will start assembling the biryani. Take a proofed dough and knead it well. Roll it in a big round to cover the whole bowl as shown below.
8. Grease the bowl with butter and cover it with rounded dough.
9. First add little rice and sprinkle some fried onion, mint, coriander, ghee and saffron milk.
10. Make a layer of 1/2 of the total chicken cooked on the rice. Again garnish with all of the toppings as before.
12. Keep on making layer with remaining rice, chicken and the toppings.
13. Now cover the biryani with leftover sides of dough. Apply some milk on it and sprinkle kalonji or sesame seeds if you like.
14. Place this biryani bowl in a preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 30-40 mins.
15. Remove the biryani and gently demold it in a plate. Biryani is ready to serve.
I have served it with onion and tomato raita.
