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Spicy Chicken Masala Biryani

Chicken Masala and rice pressured together into nice & tasty Biryani

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No. Of Servings 6
Time To Prepare 90 min
Submitted By Monika Celly
Rating (21)(17 reviews) Rate It

Ingredients

- 2 cups, washed Basmati Rice
- 1 full, cut into small pcs Chicken
- 4 tbsp Yogurt
- 1/2 tbsp Garlic
- 1/2 tbsp Ginger
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seed Powder
- 1/4 tsp Red Chili Powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- 2 (kashmiri) Whole Red Chili
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 2 medium, finely sliced Onion
- 1 chopped Tomato
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Cooking Oil
- 3  Cloves
- 3  Cardamom
- 2  Black Cardamom
- 1 stick Cinnamon
- 1  Bay Leaf
- 2  Whole Red Chili
- 4  Peppercorns
- 1.5 cup, for rice Water
- 2 tsp, for rice Salt
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 2 boiled, sliced for garnish Egg
- 3 tbsp, chopped for garnish Cilantro
- 4 slit, for garnish Green Chili
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Instructions

1. There are lots of ingredients in this recipe and they are required in different steps. For marinating use all the ingredients from Chicken to lemon juice. For the masala refer to all the ingredients from Onion to Cooking Oil. For Whole Spices refer to all the ingredients from Cloves to Peppercorns. Rest will be used for garnishing

2. Prick Chicken. Combine all ingredients for marinade & mix well. Add Chicken Pieces, mix well. Cover the dish. Keep it aside for 15-20 min.

3. Heat 1 tbsp Oil in Kadai. Put marinated Chicken on high heat & let it dry. Stir in between. Keep aside.

4. In the same kadai heat rest of the oil & put Whole spices. Fry for a minute or two till you smell a strong aroma.

5. Add onion & sauté for 3-5 min on high heat till it turns light brown. Add Turmeric, Red Chili powder and fry again. Add chopped tomatoes and sauté well till oil leaves the masala. Add the dry Chicken and mix well. Take off the heat.

6. In a Pressure Cooker heat 1 tbsp of Oil and add rice and salt. Add Chicken and stir

7. Add 1.5 cup water and cover cooker. After 1 whistle, remove from heat. Let it stand till pressure comes out normally.

8. Open cooker. Transfer to a serving dish. Garnish with chopped cilantro, green chili and sliced boiled eggs. Serve Hot with raita (refer recipe) and Lachha Pyaz (Sliced Onions).

 

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