chicken biryani
Ingredients
Ingredients for
marinating the chicken
1 tbsp. (15 ml)
of ginger garlic paste
1 tsp (5 ml) of
coriander powder
1 cup (236 ml)
of curd or milk with one lemon juice
1 tbsp. (15 ml)
garlic paste
1 tsp biryani
masala (2 cardamom,1 in (2.5 cm) cinnamon, 1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) fenugreek,
3 clove.
take all these, fry them without oil, make them powder.)
A pinch of salt
Mix all of the
above ingredients and let the chicken marinate for 6-12 hours in refrigerator,
the more the better.
Herbs, spices
and condiments used are as follows ◦8 cloves
◦1 Cinnamon
stick
◦6 green
Cardamoms
◦2 Bay leaves
◦1/2 tsp (2.5
ml) shahi jeera (caraway seeds)
◦A few pinches
grated nutmeg and mace each
◦1 tsp (5 ml)
Coriander powder
◦1 tsp (5 ml)
red Chili powder (to taste)
◦1 tbsp (15 ml)
Gram Masala Powder
◦5-6 tbsp
(75-90 ml) of chopped fresh mint
◦2-3 chopped
green Chilies
◦4-5 chopped
Tomatoes
◦A whole bunch
of fresh coriander leaves
◦1 inch (2.5
cm) piece of ginger root, grated
◦1 kg (2.2 lb)
basmati, jasmine or ganador rice
◦1 cup (236 ml)
tomato paste (not tomato sauce)
◦1 cup (236 ml)
milk, cream, or yoghurt
For fried onions ◦About 8-9 medium size onions