Chicken Dum Biriyani (pukki)

Guys we have lot of methods and varieties for Dum biryani. But out of all my tries I found this as my standard cooking style for my biryani . Which became one among tempting dishes for main course for every other weekends to my Family members. I would love to share this recipe (of course adapted from so many videos and web sources) with you all.

Ingredients as follows :-

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For cooking chicken :

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Chicken - 1 1/2 lbs

Biryani masala - 3 tbs

Green Chillis - 6 no.

G/G paste - 2 tbs

Curd - 6 tbs

Whole spices - 2 - 5 no. each (bay leaves+ cardamom + cloves + javntri + peppercorns + cinnamon + Kala jeera + star anise)

Coriander leaves - 1 cup chopped finely
mint leaves - 1 cup chopped finely

Lemon - 1 whole

oil - 3 tbs
Chilli pdr - 1 tbs

Turmeric - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

For cooking Basmati Rice:

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Basmati Rice - 3 cups

Water - 3/ 4 the vessel you use

kala Jeera - 1 tsp

Whole spices - 1 each

oil - 2 tbs

For assmbling & topping the Biryani:

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Dry kismis - 1/2 cup

Cashew broken - 1/4 cup

saffron + food color in Dissolved in 2tsp warm milk

Chopped mint and coriander leaves - few

Biryani masala - 1/2 tsp

Aluminium tray - 1 (or a bakeware tray for cooking the rest 30 % of it)

Aluminium foil - of tray size

Fried onions - 1/2 cup (use store bought, if not can cut a big onion into thin slices and fry nicely in some oil and take that out of it. can use that oil for further process)

Butter - 1/2 slab

Salt to taste

Procedure :-

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For Cooking Chicken ->

-Cut chicken into medium size pieces, clean and marinate with chilli pdr + salt + 1/2 lime + turmeric, and keep aside for 2 hours.

- Mean while get ready with all the ingredients needed for cooking chicken (75%).

- Take a Wide non-stick pan on the medium flame. Add the whole spices allow to splutter, then follow with G/G paste and green chillis. after few minutes add the marinated chicken. Mix well and leve the chicken on medium flame for 5 minutes till it looses all its moisture content.

- Now, it's turn to add Biryani masala, curd, 1/2 lemon, chopped leaves & salt to it. Check Salt lever to be little milder as we are going to add some salt to rice while cook. Blend evenly so that all the ingredients mix up well and adjust your spice level with some chilli powder if want more hot.

- Once you assure that chicken cooked 75% turn off the stove and keep aside.

For cooking Rice ->

-Take excess water in a deep vessel on High flame,add Oil, whole spices, kala jeera, salt to it.

- One the other hand wash the rice finely and drain well, keep aside.

- The moment water starts boiling add the rice to it. Kepp stirring occasionally so that rice wont stick to bottom.

-Turn of the stove once you feel rice cooked 75 % as shown in the picture turn off the stove.

-And drain excess water from rice using a good stainer immediately. Caution of hot doing this job

For Assambling ->

- Get ready with all your topping ingredients before you start assembling.

-Take the aluminium tray arrange the cooked chicken on the bottom of the tray as shown. keep the excess gravy with you separately to put on the rice layer and can serve with biryani while eating as biryani gravy.

- Top the chicken with fried onions. then add rice gently spreading evenly all around.

- Now its turn to add one by one toppings like dry fruits, butter, chopped leaves, sprinkle biriyani masala and the left over gravy.

- Do a crisscross on the rice with saffron milk as shown in the picture.

- Cover the tray with a foil and put that for 1 hr in a preheated oven at 450'F.

- Turn off the stove once the time is over and leave it in the oven for 15 minutes at least. Am sure by this time your house will be diffused of the biryani dum all around. Make sure you leave your Windows open to get free of the smell.

Not but least get ready with a cup of cucumber kachumbri, few lemon wedges and seruwa(Biryani gravy) for your dinner. Enjoy with a diet coke and a movie on your TV screen.