Sharing a very special recipe - dum biryani, one of the most delicious dishes and a must have one too. If you love Indian food, you are going to enjoy each and every bite of this!
This dish is a bit time consuming, but worth spending that time.
You will need :
Step 1:
Bayleaf - 2 leaves
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon stick - 1"
Black cardamom -1
Green cardamom -1
Mace -1 floret
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon stick - 1"
Black cardamom -1
Green cardamom -1
Mace -1 floret
Ground these spices roughly, and keep aside.
Step 2:
Chicken( bone/boneless) - 750gms
Yogurt - 1 cup
R.chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Cummin powder - 3/4 tsp
Coriander powder -3/4 tsp
Ginger +Garlic paste - 2TBsp
Salt to taste
Fresh mint leaves - 1/4 cup
Fresh coriander leaves -1/4 cup
G.chili - 3
Lime juice - 1TBsp
Oil - 3 TBsp
Yogurt - 1 cup
R.chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Cummin powder - 3/4 tsp
Coriander powder -3/4 tsp
Ginger +Garlic paste - 2TBsp
Salt to taste
Fresh mint leaves - 1/4 cup
Fresh coriander leaves -1/4 cup
G.chili - 3
Lime juice - 1TBsp
Oil - 3 TBsp
Mix all the ingredients together, add the above ground spice mix too. Marinate this chicken mix for at least 5-6 hours. I usually leave it overnight.
Step 3 :
2 cups - basmati rice washed and soaked
5-6 cups - water to cook rice
Salt to taste
Oil - 1/2 TBsp
Shahjeera~ caraway seeds - 1/2 tsp
Bayleaf - 1
5-6 cups - water to cook rice
Salt to taste
Oil - 1/2 TBsp
Shahjeera~ caraway seeds - 1/2 tsp
Bayleaf - 1
a pinch of saffron soaked in 1TBsp milk
Finely Sliced onion - 1 big
fry the onions in the oil till golden brown and keep aside.
Procedure:
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Now add rice, and cook the rice till it is half done.
Drain the rice.
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Spread the marinated chicken mix at the bottom of the pot, sprinkle some fried onions over it.
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Sprinkle the saffron milk over the rice.
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you may either go ahead and mix it, or the best way is to scoop it out from the bottom to top, you will see the colored layered, I forgot to click a picture of this part.
Serve it with any curry. I had served with Bagara baigan, raita, and Dalcha.
Go ahead and try this yummy dish.
Thank you for stopping by, have a great day!
I LOVE Indian food and even cook it at times - that will go into my recipe file, definitely will try - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOh this makes me hungry, Rahmat ... a few ingredients that I do not have, but will find them! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDelete=] Michele
Scrummy recipe, thank you for sharing Rahmat. I'll try this next weekend.
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