Hyderabadi Chicken Biriyani

Biriyani is the most popular dish in hyderabad.Hyderabadi biriyani is cooked in air tight pot on very low flame so it called as Dum biriyani.

Ingredients:-
Chicken : 1kg (With bone)
Basmathi rice : 3 cup
Turmeric Powder : 1/2 tsp
Chilli Powder : 5 tsp
Green Chillies : 4 no.
Yogurt : 1/2 cup
Big Lemon : 2 no (take the juice)
Salt : 2 1/2 tsp
Ginger & garlic paste : 3 tsp
Garam Masala : 2 tsp
Coriander leaves : 5 no.
Red orange colour : 1/2 tsp

Mix all the above ingredients and marinate the chicken for 2-3 hours.

Thin sliced onion : 4 no
Cashew nuts : 100 gm
Cloves : 4 -5 no
Pepper : 6-7 no
cardamom : 5-6 no
Saffron : 2-3

• Heat about 100 ml of oil and roast cloves,cardamom,mint leaves.Add sliced onion and wait till the onion turns brown colour,now add marinated chicken into it and cook it for 15 to 20 minutes.The chicken should not cook fully(max 1/2 / 3/4 cooked).
• We can cook the biriyani rice meantime.Add water & 2 spoons of salt into it.The amount of water depends on the kind of rice which you have taken for the preparation of biriyani.take the half boiled rice and drain it and keep it in a plate.
• Heat oil/butter and fry the cashew nuts.
• Take a heavy wok and ghee.Make a layer of rice at the bottom and above that 1/4 of the chicken.Sprinkle coriander leaves,roasted cashew nuts & lime juice.
• Make such 2-3 layers of rice followed by chicken mixture.Top layer should be of a rice.
• Sprinkle saffron milk on the top of it.
• Cover the wok tightly and cook on a low flame it for 20-30 minutes till the rice is done.Let it set for 10 to 15 minutes before opening it.
• Serve it with hot raita/salad/pickle.

Everybody try it & lemme know your cooking experience.