I have been searching for easy and tasty biryani recipe for a long time, after a lots of trial and error along with the help of my brother-in-law Murugesh chandra bose I have ended up with this Chicken Biryani recipe. Follow the steps and you will end up with yummy biryani 🙂 Let us see how to make Chicken Biryani in pressure cooker.
Ingredients :
Oil -4 tbsp
Bay leaf – 2
Clove – 4
Star ansil -2
Cardamom – 4
Cinnamon – 2
Onion- 2
Tomato – 1.5
Ginger garlic paste – 3 tsp
Green chili – 2
Mint – 1/2 cup
Coriander – 1/2 cup
Chilli Powder – 1.5 tsp
Garam Masala- 1/2tsp
Vinegar – 1/2 tsp
Basmathi Rice – 2 cup
Water – 3 1/4 cup
Salt- According to taste
To Marinate :
Chciken -1/4 kg with bone and fat
Curd – 1 tbsp
Chili powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 1/2 tsp
Method :
1.Wash basmathi rice and soak it in water for 20 minutes ( not more than that, otherwise the rice will start to break)
2.Wash chicken well and marinate it along with curd, salt, chilli and coriander powder for 30-60 minutes.
3.Heat oil in the cooker then add bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon, star ansil, and clove.
4.Slit open green chilli and add it. Be careful while adding it as they splutter a lot.
5.Add finely chopped onion and cook it until it turns translucent.
6.Add ginger garlic paste and cook until raw smell leaves.
7. Add Finely chopped tomato and cook until it turns mushy.
8.Add chopped coriander and mint, cook until oil separates.
9. Now add marinated chicken chilli powder and garam masala.
10.Cook until chicken oozes out water and oil separates.
11.Now add water, soaked rice and salt.
12.Add vinegar or 1tsp lemon juice.
13.Cook until the water boils and rice comes up. Now close the cooker and cook it in simmer for 10 minutes.
14.Open the cooker once the pressure is released, fluff it up and transfer it.
Notes :
- Adjust chilli powder according to your taste
- Add pinch of salt and turmeric while washing chicken to get rid of smell.
- You can also soak pinch of saffron in 2 Tbsp of warm milk for an hour and add it before closing the cooker.
- Biryani taste good when served with chicken fry and onion raita
For Easy Ghee rice recipe click here
