Chicken Biriyani Kerala Style

Posted by veeenajan on March 19, 2008
Posted in: chicken, kerala ruchi, Mother`s Special, Non Vegetarian Dishes, rice, Taste of Kerala. Tagged: , , , , . 31 Comments

Ingredients

Chicken -1 1/2kg

Basmati Rice-1kg

Curd – 2tbsp

Onion (medium) – 3/4kg(sliced lengthwise)

Onion (medium) – 3 nos for frying(sliced lengthwise)

Small onion-15

Tomato (medium) – 3 nos(chopped)

Ginger-big piece

Garlic-10pods

Coriander leaves – 1 cup(chopped)

Mint leaves (Pudhina) – 1/2 cup(chopped)

Garam masala – 2 tsp

Turmeric powder-1tsp

Pepper powder (black)-1tsp

Red chilly powder – 2 tsp

Green chilli-4

Salt – As reqd

Pineapple-small piece( finely chopped)

Yellow colour-one pinch

Pine apple essence-2drops

Lemon juice -1tsp

Cinnamon-4

Cloves-5

Cardamom-10

Ghee

Oil

Dalda

Cashew Nuts-handful

Raisins(unakka munthiri)-10

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For Marinade

Chilli powder-1tsp

Turmeric powder-1tsp

Pepper powder-1/2tsp

Egg-1

Curd-1tbsp

Salt-to taste

Garam masala powder-1tsp

 

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Method

1)Mix all the ingredients for marination along with chicken in a bowl.Keep aside for 1 hour.

2)Wash the rice ..

3) Add salt ,cloves,cinnamon,and cardamom  to the water and boil it.. 

4) To the boiling water add rice and allow it to cook(until 3/4 cooked)

6)When rice is ¾ th cooked, add ½ tsp ghee and lemon juice into it.Mix well ..

7)Switch off the gas and drain the rice and keep aside.

8)Fry cashew nuts ,raisins and keep that also aside.

9) In a kadai heat oil and add sliced big onion(3) and fry till it become golden colour..Drain and keep aside (If u want to increase the speed of frying then fry in good amount of oil)

10) Mix all the fried items( cashew nuts, raisins, onion fry ) together .keep aside 

11) Heat dalda or oil in a pan.Fry the marinated chicken pieces ( till 3/4th ) drain and keep aside .

12) Crush small onion,green chilly ,ginger ,garlic together . In a big kadai heat dalda and add this mix and fry it till light brown

13) Then add sliced big onion and sauté till onion turn light brown .Add tomato , chilly powder, garam masala, turmeric powder one by one and sauté well.Then add 1/2cup of mint leaves +coriander leaves +2tsp curd.Stir well.Add pineapple pieces+salt .Add handful of cashew nuts mix (11)..Stir well.

 

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Add fried chicken and small amount of water to this.Mix well and cook till the chicken gets soften . When the gravy appears to be dark brown colour and the chicken get soften turn off the gas …

14) Now have to bake the rice and chicken

Take a big vessel and grease it with ghee..Then in one side of the vessel add the whole chicken and gravy and in the other side pour one layer of rice and to top of that layer add both leaves ,pineapple essence +yellow colour mix(take 1/4cup of water and add pineapple essence and yellow colour and mix),cashew nut mix(11)

Then add another layer of rice..Repeat the process until the rice is finish.In the top layer chicken should be covered by rice and garnish well…Then close the vessel with a tight lid.

Switch on the gas..Take a dosa thattu and place the biriyani vessel on top of that dosa thattu and keep that till 1/2 hours in a very low flame..By that time biriyani will be baked …..Or u can set the oven to 350 degree Celsius and bake for 10 min..If u want u can add boiled egg b4 serving ..

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Serve with salad and pickle

 

Note : The amount of water for cooking rice should be in good quantity and the vessel also should be big ..Other wise sometime there is a chance of messing up the rice … (once i had the same issue 😉 )

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Love

🙂

Veena

31 comments on “Chicken Biriyani Kerala Style”

  6. edaaa…goin to do this Biriyaani tomorrow…have 2 small guest for Lunch!!
    they r goin off to India for good..after their long stay here…(Benji’s BIG friends!)
    Been really long since i made Biriyaani…i know it tastes good!
    the pic is soooo mouthwaterin!!!

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  7. Have been following your blog for few months now and must say it is on of the few recipe blogs which has maintained it’s steam and class.
    This weekend wanted to make Biriyani and lo found a great recipe…thanks in advance.

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  10. Thanks a lot for trying this biriyani and happy to knw that u liked it..Need ur support and encouragement in future too
    Thank u Vineetha
    Thank u Shaji

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  11. Daaa…thanx sooo much for this magic recepie…it was jus FANTASTIC…N i really mean it…usually the biriyani i made lasts me for another day…but this time the dekchi went simplly EMPTY!!!!
    thanx once again….keep up the good work!

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  12. The recepie seems to be good. I was searching for the cashew nut curry which i really want to do. I got the same recepie which I searchedfor from this site. I am going to try this today. Thankyou for the recepie. But the yellow letters in black background is very difficult to read. Can u please change that color to white in black or to any other.

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  16. I am usually to running a blog and i actually admire your content. The article has really peaks my interest. I’m going to bookmark your site and preserve checking for new information.

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  17. Hi Veena,
    Thanks for the recipe. It was my turn for cooking this weekend and to my surprise Leena liked ( wife who is not a big fan of NonVeg).

    It was pretty spicy that was effect, and both rice and chicken got burned, it was still tasty. May be could include back, girding step for fried coconut.

    Since we were busy eating, forgot to click a snap too 😉

    Keep up the good work and Thanks for sharing,
    Arun

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  18. Hey that’s a great surprise to see ur comment..nice to knw tht both of u liked the biriyani though it’s burned:) ..he he ..yea so plz keep on visiting my recipes will update with more ..regards to Leena..

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  23. Dear chechi, Thank you so much for all ur wonderful recipes. Kindly advise on how many servings can be made with the given ingredients? Hope you will upload a video on this soon 😉 😀

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  28. How sweet of you to do it so soon for us. Your efforts are highly appreciated. Thanks a ton!! 🙂

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  29. Wondered if this can be also tried on Gas Stove- or is this only for microwave cooking? However i will try this and let you know my feedback later.

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  30. Looking yummy!!
    Ivide Chalakudy bhagathoke Rice um Chicken um prathyekam prathyekam undakunna reethi aanu. ithu pole randum koodi layering cheyth mixing onnum illa. Angane cheyyan ee recipeyil enthu maatam varuthanam?

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