Hyderabadi Biryani is one of the most popular biryani dishes which its origin in the Nizam’s Sate of Hyderabad in India. There are basically two styles of preparing the Hyderabadi Biryani. The Kacchi Biryani is prepared with the Kacchi Akhni method (with the raw meat) and it is usually accompanied with Raita (a yogurt dish) and in the Pakki biryani, the meat and the rice is cooked in a dough sealed vessel.
Ingredients:
- Chicken : 1 whole
- Basmati rice : 1 kg
- Onions : 1 cup (thinly sliced)
- Coconut milk : 1 cup
- Ginger and garlic paste : 2 tea spoon
- Chilli powder : 3 tea spoon
- Turmeric : 1/2 tea spoon
- Cashew nuts : 100 g
- Bay leaves : 4 to 5
- Cloves : 5 to 6
- Cinnamon sticks : 1 inch long
- Cardamom pods : 3 to 4
- Mint leaves : 5-6 strands
- Coriander leaves : 4-5 strands
- Garam masala powder : 1/2 tea spoon
- Lemon : 1
- Ghee (clarified butter) : 1 cup
- Oil : 4 table spoons
- Yogurt : 1/2 cup
- Saffron : 6-8 strands
- Salt to taste
Method:
1. Mix
turmeric, chilli powder, salt, garlic paste, yogurt and 1 table spoon of lemon
juice.
2. Next,
make deep incisions on the chicken pieces such that the spices are absorbed
well.
3. Apply
the above prepared paste onto the chicken pieces and let it marinate for an
hour.
4. Heat 4
table spoons of oil in a vessel. Roast cloves, cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, 1/2
spoon cumin, 1 spoon coriander powder,bay leaves and 1/2 cup onions.
5. Roast
it for 1-2 minutes and then add some mint leaves.
6. When
the onions turn golden brown, add the marinated chicken pieces and cook for
about 30-35 minutes.
7. Note
that the chicken should not be fully cooked at this stage.
8. Now add
garam masala powder and coconut and turn off the flame once the chicken is about
3/4th cooked.
9. See to
it that the gravy should not be much and also, the chicken pieces should look
as if they have been roasted.
10.
Meanwhile, when the chicken is still cooking, prepare the biryani rice.
11. Wash 3
cups of basmati rice and add water slightly less than the quantity of the rice
itself so that it is only half cooked.
12. Add
1-2 tea spoons of salt to it.
13. Soak
3-4 strands of saffron in 4-5 table spoons of milk.
14. Now
take 1/2 table spoon of this half cooked rice and dip it into the saffro
flavoured milk.
15. Take a
utencil having a base of 12″ and place half of the semi-cooked rice in it.
16.
Prepare a layer of half of the above prepared chicken on top of this rice layer
and again, top the chicken layer with rice (half of the remaining).
17. Again,
another layer of remaining chicken and finally with the layer of the remaining
rice on the top, ends the rice-chicken layering process.
18. Heat
2-3 table spoons of oil and deep fry 1/2 cup onions until they turn golden
brown. Next, roast the cashews.
19.
Garnish the top layer of rice with the fried onions, cashews, coconut milk,
ghee, coriander and the saffron flavoured rice.
20. Cover
the vessel with a lid and place it on a high flame for about 5 minutes. Note
that the flame should not concentrate at the vessel’s center, but on one side
of it.
21. Wait
for 2-3 minutes and rotate the vessel to heat the opposite side. This way, keep
rotating the vessel every 2-3 minutes for about 20-25 minutes. Every time you
rotate it, carefully disturb the contents by a small jerk so as to avoid
settling of ghee at the bottom.
22. Turn
off the flame and keep it aside for 10 minutes before taking off the lid.
23. Before
serving, mix thoroughly, the medley from the bottom.
24. Serve
with boiled egg halves to enjoy the dish fully.
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