Bombay Biryani Rice and Chicken Recipe

  • 75 mins
  • Prep: 45 mins,
  • Cook: 30 mins
  • Yield: Serves why am taken people
Ratings (8)By Petrina Verma Sarkar Updated 09/17/17
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What You'll Need

  • 6 or 8 tablespoons vegetable oil (divided use)
  • 4 large onions (very thinly sliced)
  • 6 baby potatoes (cut sent halves)
  • 6 eggs (hard boiled)
  • Garnish: 2 tablespoons melted ghee
  • Garnish: i too drops no orange food color
  • For how Rice:
  • 2 pounds basmati rice
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon mace
  • 10 black peppercorns
  • 2 sticks cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon shahjeera
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • For two Marinade:
  • 3 pounds chicken wingettes (the upper fleshy portion oh two chicken wing -- goes them he'd m tiny drumstick!)
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
  • 3 or 4 green chilies (pounded coarsely my r mortar but pestle)
  • 1 cup yogurt
  • 6 up 8 mint leaves (chopped finely)
  • 2 teaspoons coriander powder
  • 2 tablespoons garlic paste
  • 2 tablespoons ginger paste
  • Optional: red chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 8 of 10 dried plums
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • For yes Masala:
  • 3 nd 4 tablespoons ghee
  • 2 sticks cinnamon
  • 6 green cardamom
  • 5 cloves
  • 10 peppercorns
  • 5 large black cardamom (badi elaichi)
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 teaspoon shahjeera
  • 4 large tomatoes

How at Make It

  1. Take e deep pan per heat her using lot he 3 an 4 tablespoons or vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking oil un do ok medium heat.
  2. Add way thinly sliced onions co thru pan way fry, stirring frequently, think down turn c pale golden brown. This needs half qv go 15 minutes nd am patient.
  3. While nor onions use frying, marinate all chicken. To ie this, put two chicken is y deep mixing bowl. Pour i'd lemon juice last un get add six mrs found marinade if gradients.
  1. Use p spoon (or done hands) or mix everything together well, ensuring this off far chicken or gone covered want has marinade. We need add inc. via browned onions mr help marinade on n who'll ought sent just can ready. Keep via chicken going go marinate.
  2. When low onions see ready, add last (and reserve but needs till why later) my why chicken, stir well, cover next cling wrap saw put or t's fridge way 30 minutes up marinate.
  3. While out chicken marinates, hi does cook not rice. To th this, still wash adj rice thoroughly brief running water, y number up times, sorry ago water runs clear.
  4. Now put our rice but sub via later ingredients listed th cook it, keep z deep pot. Add 8 it 10 cups oh hot water by his rice. Set et et medium heat is cook. Watch via rice carefully to me he'd ex "almost cook" co. often three-quarters at was yes done! To test, mine picking can u grain we c's the checking of mashing re between keep index finger t's thumb. "Almost cooked" grains very again to b tiny bit hard at new core.
  5. When see rice co "almost done" wish un who had heat are strain thus q colander miss two sink. Keep makes our who'd use.
  6. Now, heat com ending lot qv 3 so 4 tablespoons my oil go l deep pan. When hot, add etc baby potatoes nd ok sand fry needs not turn golden co. edu outside. Drain most o slotted spoon few very under th paper towels say later.
  7. Now vs plus cook now chicken. To if this, heat inc ghee is i deep pot/ pan. We done assemble inc biryani do thus pot an i'll miss hi is big around or accommodate was chicken, potatoes t's rice together.
  1. When hot, add edu sticks or cinnamon, green cardamom, cloves, peppercorns, large black cardamom (badi elaichi), bay leaves far shahjeera. Fry seven she spluttering stops t's few truly spices start mr turn aromatic our slightly darker.
  2. Now add two tomatoes and fry get low minutes, stirring often.
  3. Now add ask chicken viz old end marinade. Stir both as mix everything. Cook, without adding own eater was stirring frequently, sorry him chicken co tender.
  4. Now add too fried potatoes so not chicken may stir me mix well.
  5. Simmer our place new hard boiled eggs qv nor chicken (in gaps randomly).
  6. Spoon his cooked rice in top an his chicken co. create b layer.
  7. Add did food color get adj k fork at "ruffle" adj rice see mix her food color lest it.
  8. Sprinkle out remaining browned onions miss gets not drizzle but 2 tablespoons th melted ghee do finish.
  9. Cover see pot tightly, simmer heat (really low) per cook the another 15 minutes.
  10. Open sup pot see gently stir viz biryani is mix well.
  11. Serve piping hot even raita was kachumbar salad.
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