Briyani- Hyderabadi style- Chicken Briyani

HYDERABAD BRIYANI

Preparation time- 30 mins

cooking time- 1 hour

Marinate time-  min 2 hours

Total time- 3 hours

This is the simple Hyderabad Briyani thats easy to cook with mild spices and that even child can eat with great interest.

Author: Aharika

Servings : 4- 5

INGREDIENTS (for cooking rice)

1 1/2 Cup Basmati Rice(1 cup = 500 ml)

1/2 Kg Chicken

3 Large Onions sliced

Cinnamon- 1 inch

Cloves- 2

Ghee- tsp

Saffron (4to5 strands), 2 Badam, 2 Cashews (soaked in 3 tsp hot milk) grind into paste.

Green chilli 2

Mint leaves 4 to 5

Marination of Chicken

 3 tsp  of Ginger and Garlic Paste

1/2 tsp of Garam masala

3 tsp red Chilli Powder

1 tsp of turmeric powder 

Curd- 1 small cup

2 tsp of lemon juice

Salt- 3 tsp or as required to your taste

Preparation:

Marination and soaking:

• Wash Chicken and drain water completely befor you marinate. Now take a bowl and add curd, red chilli powder, turmric powder, gingrt& garlic paste, salt, Garam masala and lemon juice. Mix them well and taste it for further requirements and finally add drained chicken in to the mix and marinate it for 2 hours before you cook.
• Wash rice till the water runs clear. Soak rice 30 mins and set aside.

Cooking Rice:

• Boil 5 cups of water, add salt to it. 
• Boil water for 5 mins and then add drained rice into it (The rice has to get cooked upto 70% and the balance will be cooked in dum).
• Once the rice is cooked, drain it and set aside. 

Cooking Briyani:

• Heat a pan, add 6 tbs of oil and 2 tbs of ghee.
• Once the oil gets heat, add cinnamon, cloves and then add sliced onion into it. (the onion has to turn brown and slight crispy).
• Then, add the Marinated Chicken into the pan and saute it till the chicken gets cooked. 
• Taste it to add salt or spice if required.
• Once the chicken gets cooked, layer the cooked rice evenly over the chicken.
• Finally add the paste of saffron, badam and cashew mix and lemon juice over the rice. 
• Give a slight stir to the rice and sprinkle corriander leaves atlast.
• Now Set the flame to medium and close the pan with heavy lid and place a weight over the lid so that the steam  does'nt go out of the Casserole. Thats perfect to make dum. (you can also place thawa beneath the pan and make a dum).
• Cook in medium flame for 10 mins and in low flame for 5 mins.
•  Atlast, turn off the stove and Rest it for 20 minutes before you serve.