Kerala Chicken Biryani
Posted On 19-Apr-2007 at 1:14 AM by Seena
This is the usual method of making biriyani in muslim homes of Thrissur.Mom makes biriyani using other methods like adding coconut milk or blended coconut. I will come with that recipes later Insha Allah.
Ingredients to make Chicken Biriyani
Basmati rice - 2 1/2 cups
Chicken- 1/2 kg
Onion(medium) - 6 nos(chopped finely)
Tomato(medium) - 3 nos(chopped finely)
Garlic - 7 big cloves
Ginger - 1 and 1/2 inch piece
Green chilly - 2
Garam masala powder - 1 tbsp
Yogurt - 4 tbsp
Coriander leaves - 1 cup
Mint leaves(Pudhina) - 1/4 cup
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Lime juice - 4 tsp
Chilly powder - 1 tsp or
Pepper powder - according to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Cardamom(Elakka) - 2 nos
Cinnamon(Karugapatta) - 3 small pieces
Cloves(Grambu) - 2 nos.
Salt
How to prepare
1)Grind garlic,ginger and green chilly together to make paste.
2)Heat ghee in a pan.
3)Saute onions till golden brown.
4)Add garlic-ginger-green chilly paste and fry for 2 mins.
5)Add chopped tomatoes, chilly powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, mint leaves ,salt and coriander leaves into it.
6)Saute for a few minutes till the masala becomes thick.
7)Add cut and cleaned chicken pieces and stir.
8)Pour little water [if required] and mix.
9)Cook till chicken is done.
10)Add yoghurt.
For rice
11)Boil water in another vessel.
12)Add enough salt, a pinch of turmeric powder, cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves and 1 spoon ghee into this.
13)Cook rice until it is done and drain. :- Take care the rice not to be sticky.
14)Heat a vessel.
15)Pour a little of ghee.
16)Put a little of cooked rice and spread 1 tsp of lime juice over it.
17)Place one layer of the chicken masala above it and repeat the process till the rice and masala are over.
18)Close the lid tightly and heat on a low flame for about 10 mins.
19)Mix before serve.:- Serve with yoghurt and cocunut-pudhina chutney and pickle.
Thank you for the wishes Seena,hope you did have a great Vishu!Biryani my fav too!
Seena, I shouldn't have come here at this hour. It is dinner time here and three delicious dishes!!!!! That aatirachi is so good. I am definitely going to try this one. Avial with shallots!! never tried. Must taste really good as shallots do add flavor to any curry. btw what is the medicinal value you mentioned?
Seena,
Salam Alekkum!
The Biryani looks yum. I love biryani prepared by muslim way. Never knew how to make it. Will give this a try.
Love,
Jothi.
സീന ,
മാസത്തില് ഒരിക്കലെങ്കിലുംവെള്ളിയാഴ്ചകളില് ബിരിയാണി വെക്കാറുണ്ട് , ഇന്നേവരെ ഒരിക്കല് വെച്ചതുപോലെ പിന്നീടായിട്ടില്ല :)
അപ്പോള് തറവാടി,
ഇനി എന്നും ഒരേപോലത്തെ ബിര്യാണി ഉണ്ടാക്കാന് ഇവിടന്നു പഠിച്ചോളൂ..:)
Hi Seena,
I am going to try the biryani today and let you know. It really looks delicious.Biryani has kept me far for sometime now.i am apprehensive of using curd and heating it! Still today im going to try.
Your blog has a regular visitor, my sis. She just keeps her laptop in kitchen and cook what u have here and tells me that i prepared this and that from your blog... I am very thankfull seena. Lats yr i tried the chicken curry and fry and u saved me. Now i cook better and so will visit you regularly.
regards.
Hi again, forgot to inform you something. I created a blog recently and have added you to the blogroll. Hope its fine
Thanks you.
Nimi
Seena, i have yet another blog which is new born and was finding it difficult to send this message through OpenID, so this 3rd msg.
i have added you to my blogroll.
Please do visit.
http://arogyam.wordpress.com/
Thank you.
nimi.
Nimi, glad to see u again!
I was thinking what happend to you, since couldn't see your comments for long.. :)
I hope you learned to cook well.
Now are you at TVM?
I remember you had mentioned about your sis before, pls tell her to leave her valuable comments here..:)
Ok, I hope this biryani recipe will save you, this was the one which saved me in many occasions, I din't fail even the first time.. :)
keep visiting, I visited your baby blog too, good, keep up the work..
see you,
Yes it was a great success, and yes your biryani saved me.This was the first time i prepared biryani, and more than me he liked it very much.. every credit to Seena..
thank you.
I stay in TVM.And sure will pass on the message to my sis.
I will be posting some snaps of dishes i prepared (offcourse all the recipe credit to you people) in future, so do keep visiting my new blog.It was nice of you to have a look at it.
Thank you.