Biryani

Meal Details

No. : 227
Date : 05-04-2017
Category : Main Dishes - Traditional Diskes
Level :
Estimated Duration : 40 Min.
Persons : 8

Ingredients

1 chicken - cut into four pieces

Decoration

onion - fried
Nuts - toasted
2 Spoon rose water
pinch of saffron - or food color

Rest of ingredients

3 tbsp. oil
1 head onion - slices
2 Tomatoes - minced
1 tbsp. tomatoes puree
1 tsp. garlic - crushed
1 tsp. ginger - crushed
1 tbsp. Chopped Green Coriander
1 tbsp. Mints - crushed
1 cup yogurt
1 cup water

Coarse Spices

1 tsp. Caraway - seeds
6 piece cardamom
10 piece cloves
2 stick cinnamon
2 Bay Laurel Leaves

Powdered Spices

2 tsp. biryani spice mixture - garam masala or mixed spices
2 tsp. Turmeric Powder
1 tsp. coriander - powder
1 tsp. Red Pepper - hot
salt

To Boil Rice

3.1/2 cup rice
1 Spoon oil
pinch of salt
Warm Water

Preparation

1- weigh the rice, wash it and soak it for 30 minutes

2- put the oil and the unprocessed spices in a pot and sauté

3- add the garlic, ginger and onion and continue to sauté then add the chicken, ground spices, tomato, tomato paste and salt then stir

4- add yogurt and continue stirring until they come to boil

5- add coriander, mint and water, let to boil so the chicken is cooked

6- boil rice in a different pot to almost fully cooked and strain it

7- add rice to the chicken and stir gently so the rice goes to the bottom of the pot, then add the mixture of rose water and food color powder evenly

(You may add half of the rice portion in a separate pot and add the chicken mixture on top and then add the other half. You then can proceed to the next step below.) *optional

8- garnish with fried onion and toasted nuts and let to cook for about 20 minutes, then take the pot off the heat and serve

Bon appetit