Chicken Biryani Recipe
Chicken Biryani Recipe with a chicken flavor easy to make with help of very simple ingredients and one of and easy Chicken Biryani Recipe
Yield: 4 people
Calories: 369kcal
Materials
- 700 g chicken
- 1 onion
- 150 ml natural yoghurt
- 2 bay leaves
- 8 cm cinnamon sticks
- 4 green cardamoms
- 5 cloves
- 3 cm ginger
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 2 tsp ground cumin
Instructions
- Fry chopped onion with bay leaves, cinnamon, cardamoms and cloves until the onion is soft. Add the grated ginger and garlic and fry a little.
- Next add the chicken pieces and fry then add the powdered spices and salt. Fry, stirring well.
- Stir in the yogurt then cook on a low heat for about 45 minutes.
- Wash rice and leave to dry on some kitchen towel. Fry the bay leaf, the cinnamon, cumin seeds and rice. Add 2.5 cups of water and bring to the boil.
- Lower the heat and simmer for 12 mins.
- Finely slice the onions and fry until cooked.Dissolve the saffron in a little water.
- Then, in a large pan put a thin layer of the cooked rice, then a layer of cooked meat (without the sauce) followed by some fried onion, chopped coriander leaves and chill.
- Repeat the layers once or twice then finish with a layer of rice. Sprinkle the surface with chopped coriander and fried onion. With a wooden spoon handle make 3 or 4 holes in the rice then pour the remaining sauce from the meat, the melted butter, and the saffron water onto the rice.
- Place the pan on a medium heat and, as soon as steam is visible, lower the heat and cook gently for 5 minutes. Serve.