Shahi Nawabi Biriyani

Ingredients

Serves : 4 

·         ½ kg Basmati Rice (semi-cooked)

·         1 kg Boneless Chicken (washed and chopped into square pieces)

·         500 gm Curd

·         4-6 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste

·         4-6 Green Chilli

·         8-10 Big Onions (sliced)

·         ¼ cup Lime Juice

·         ½ tsp Red Chilli Powder

·         ½ A pinch of Caraway Seeds (Shahi Zeera)

·         5-6 twigs Coriander Leaves (chopped)

·         5-6 twigs Mint Leaves (chopped)

·         2-4 pinch Saffron,pods Cardamom, Cinnamon

·         2-3 drops Saffron Color

·         1-2 pods Clove

·         2 cup Oil

·         2 tsp Ghee

·         Salt to taste

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Directions

Prep:30min  ›  Cook:20min  ›  Extra time:15min marinating  ›  Ready in:1hr5min 

1.      Smear the pieces of meat with ginger-garlic paste. • Keep them to marinate for an hour. • In the meanwhile, fry the sliced onions in a heated pan on low flame till light brown. • Let the onions cool down and crush them. • Now add crushed fried onion (only three-fourth), curd, red chilli powder, cinnamon, green chilli paste, cardamom, shahi zeera, coriander leaves, clove, saffron water, mint leaves and salt to the marinated chicken. • Leave the chicken as it is for 1 hour

2.      Make the mixture of aromatic water by adding salt (one tsp), cinnamon, clove, cardamom, mint leaves and coriander leaves in a little water. • Now spread a layer of semi-cooked rice in a heavy bottomed vessel. • Add saffron color, lime juice, ghee and the remaining crushed onions over the layer of rice. • Spread a layer of marinated chicken over this, and again spread the remaining semi-cooked rice. • Now add the aromatic water in a circular motion over the rice layer. • Now tightly cover the vessel with a lid. Keep it on a low flame on tawa.

3.      Remove the vessel from the flame exactly after 15 minutes. • Shahi Nawabi Biryani is ready to eat. Serve hot.

4.      Garnish with Coriander and mint leaves and small piece of Lemon.

Make it healthier

After having Shahi Nawabi Biryani..make a soup of mint leaves n lemon soup..