Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Chicken Biryani - with home ground spices

Is anyone ever satisfied that they have the perfect biryani recipe.....until i made this biryani, i was always trying to better my biryanis but i think i have reached my perfect biryani recipe with this one!




I usually think that making freshly ground spice powders are a bit tedious.But recently i can definitely see the difference the freshly ground spices make to the dishes.
Hence forth, i know I'm not going to be using any ready made powders for my biryanis in a while :) or ever!


Home made garam masala powder
For the ground spice mixture : roast the following in a pan and grind to a fine powder
Cinnamon 3/4 large pieces
Clove 10/12 numbers
Cardamom 6nos
Aniseeds/saunf 1tbsp
Star anise 2 pieces
Pepper 1tsp
Dhaniya seeds/Coriander seeds 1 n half tsp


For marinating the chicken
Chicken half kg and a little more 
Yogurt 2 tablespoons
Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp each ground separately
Chilli powder 1tsp
Above spice powder 1tsp
Salt to taste
  • Marinate the chicken for about an hour(or atleast for half hour) in the above marinade.Refrigerate until you cook it.
  • Add about 1 tsp of oil in a frying pan and add the marinated chicken with the marinade and cover and cook until the chicken is soft.


To make the masala/wet gravy for the biryani
Ghee/oil 3 tablespoons
Onions 2 large
Tomato 3 medium/2 large
Ginger garlic paste 1 tablespoon
Green chillies 2 slit at the tops
Generous Hand full each of coriander leaves and mint leaves chopped finely
Lime juice of half a medium sized one
Saffron few strands soaked in quarter cup of milk
Yogurt 2 tablespoons
Ground spice powder 2 tsp
Salt to taste

Basmati rice 3cups soaked and drained after half an hour
Water 5 and half cups



  • Heat oil/ghee in a wide mouthed vessel, add one or two pieces each of cinnamon and star anise and then add the onions and let it fry until a deep brown.
  • Add ginger garlic paste and saute well.
  • Add the tomatoes and let it cook completely until mashed well.Add the yogurt to this and mix well.Add the chopped mint,coriander leaves and green chillies let them fry well.
  • Add the cooked chicken with the oil and juices all from the pan into this and let this cook well.
  • Add the basmati rice and saute well until dry and then add the ground spice powder.
  • Add enough water for the rice to cook and add the saffron soaked milk.
  • Add salt to taste and if you feel the spices are less add more of the ground spice powder.
  • Add lime juice and cover and cook for about 11-12 minutes until all the water gets absorbed and the rice is nice and fluffy.Garnish with chopped mint leaves and coriander leaves.
  • Serve hot chicken biryani with raitha and pickle.
Note:

  1. you can use hard boiled eggs instead of chicken and make an egg biryani using the same above steps.Just skip the marinating the chicken part.
  2. I have added a little more of ghee and oil as this keeps the biryani nice and juicy and moist.You can reduce the quantity as per need.
  3. If you need a more spicy or hot biryani you can add more green chillies or chilli powder while adding the ground spice powder.

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27 comments:

  1. princy... two doubts..
    -how much chicken.. 1/2 kg or 1 kg
    -how long shld I marinate the chicken?

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    1. prasanni half a kg or little more than that is enough.marinate the chicken for about an hour.the more the better and softer it will get.

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  2. With home made spices it will always tastes excellent...

    Event: Dish name starts with N

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    1. Thanks Akila!i know i was lazy to grind spices at home :)

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    1. Thanks Asmath!glad to see here.i'l surely visit ur space :)

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  5. Yummy and delicious biriyani...Lovely blog..happy to follow u..
    pls visit and join my space in your free time..
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  6. Lovely and delicious looking biryani. :)

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  7. Biryani looks delicious Princy, thanks for sending it to my event and using the logo

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  8. wow, flavourful and delicious biryani :)

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  9. Very authentic & delicious one,Princy!!

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  10. Hi Princy ,

    Briyani Looks Delicious!!!

    Nice presentation :)

    Keep on Dear...

    www.southindiafoodrecipes.blogspot.in

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  11. delicious and flavourful biryani... looks fantastic..

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  12. Delicious biriyani and congrats for winner of walk through the memory lane contest.

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  13. making it this weekend...looks amazing
    Tasty Appetite

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  14. Yummy and super flavourful briyani, homemade ground spices will definitely gives a fabulous flavour to this dish.

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Thanks for coming by and giving me all the encouragement to keep going.

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