Hyderabadi Chicken Briyani

Hyderabadi Chicken Briyani

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice- 2 cups
Milk - 3/4 cup
Saffron strands - a pinch
Fried cashews - 5
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp 

To temper:

Oil - 4 tbsp
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Poppy seeds - 1/2 tsp
2 bay leaves
2 cardamom
3 cloves 

2 stick cinnamon

1 Star Anise

1/2 tsp Black stone flower
2 Kapok buds

To marinate:

Oil - 2 tbsp
Fried onions - 1/2.
Chicken - 1/2 kg
Coriander leaves - 1 cup
Mint leaves - 3/4 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tbsp
Chilli powder - 2 tbsp
Green chillis - 2 small
Lemon - 1/2
Curd - 1 cup
Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Salt for taste

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients in "To marinate" section and keep it overnight for best results or for 1 hour atleast.

2. Boil rice to 3/4 consistency with 1 tbsp oil ,1 bay leaf, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 cardamom and 1 clove and salt for taste. Drain excess water and keep it aside

3. Take 1/4 cup warm milk and add pinch of saffron strands and mix nicely and keep it aside.

4. In a pressure cooker add oil and fry all remaining ingredients in section "To temper"

5. Add the marinated mixture in the cooker and stir fry for 5-10 minutes.

6. Add 3/4 cooked rice on top of gravy and add few fried onions , coriander leaves, saffron milk and 1/2 tbsp garam masala. Adjust it uniformly.

7. Now for the next layer again add remaining rice. Again on top of rice add fried onions, coriander leaves ,1/2 tsp garam masala, fried cashews and pour remaining saffron milk.

8. Close the cooker lid and place it on low flame and wait for a whistle. 

9. Open the lid once steam it settled. Mix from the bottom.

10. Yummy Briyani is ready. Serve hot with an egg. :)

Yummy Hyderabadi Chicken Briyani