Recipe of the day 20th April 2012

[~Maliha~]

Hyderabadi Briyani

Ingredients:

Rice ½ kg

Chicken 750 gm

Red chili powder 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp

Onion as required

Lemon 4

Mint leaves ¼ bunch

Fresh coriander leaves ¼ bunch

Green chili 4 – 6

Black pepper 1 tsp

Cardamom 3 – 4 (whole)

Cumin 1 tsp (whole)

Yellow food color 2 tsp

Yogurt 1 cup

Milk 2 tbsp

Oil/clarified butter ½ cup

Recipe :

Marinate chicken with salt, red chili powder, black pepper, ginger garlic paste, yogurt and cumin.Now boil rice and add mint leaves, green chilies, whole cardamom, salt and vinegar.
Cook rice for a while.


Then preheat oil in separate pan, add chicken and cook on low flame without water.When chicken water dries up then add coriander leaves, mint leaves and 3 lemons juice.Now add little oil in a large pan, make rice layer then add chicken, sprinkle coriander leaves, mint leaves and cover with remaining rice.Fry medium size onion in oil to sprinkle on top of rice.Finally, dissolve yellow food color in milk and add 1 lemon juice. Drop on rice.Simmer for 10 minutes and serve hot.Hyderabadi chicken biryani is ready to serve.