Chicken Dum Biryani

Ingredients

For Marinating the chicken:
Chicken - 2 kg
Lemon Juice
Yogurt - 2 cup
Turmeric powder - 3/4 tsp
Red Chili powder - 2-3 tsp
Cumin powder - 2 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp
Green Chilies - 5
Chopped Mint Leaves - 1 cup
Chopped Coriander Leaves - 1 cup
Ginger Garlic Paste - 3 tsp
Salt

For Fried Onions
Onions - 6 no.
Oil

For Cooking Rice
Water
Basmati Rice - 1 kg
Whole Spices - (Bay leaf, Star anise, Cinnamon, Cloves, Cardamom, Peppercorns)
Salt

For Cooking Dum Biryani
Ghee
Oil
Whole Spices - (Bay leaf, Star anise, Cinnamon, Cloves, Cardamom)
Mint leaves
Coriander leaves
Saffron Milk
Chapati Dough (to seal)

Method:
To fry the onion:
1. Take a wide sauce pan, pour some oil and add 6 medium sized onions.
2. Fry them till they are nice and brown.


To marinate the chicken:
1. Take 2 kg chicken in a bowl (Ratio 2:1. 2 kilos of chicken for 1 kilo of rice)
2. Add lemon juice and little bit of salt. Rub into the pieces and set it aside for 10 - 15 mins.
3. Next, for the main marination, in a bowl add 2 cups thick yogurt, 3/4 tsp turmeric powder, 2-3 tsps red chili powder, 2 tsps cumin powder, 2 tsp coriander powder, 1 tsp garam masala and little salt. Mix well.
4. To this add 5 finely chopped green chilies, 1 cup chopped mint leaves, 1 cup chopped coriander leaves. Mix everything together.
5. To the chicken pieces, add 3 tsp ginger garlic paste,3/4 fried onions and the entire yogurt marination.
6. Rub everything into the chicken pieces and make sure all the pieces are coated with the marination.
7. Let it marinate for 3-4 hours minimum.

To cook the rice:
1. Take 1 kg of basmati rice in a bowl.P our water.
2. Let it soak
3. Cook the rice


1. Heat a pot with oil and add the marinated chicken pieces to it

2. Layer the chicken pieces with coriander leaves and cooked rice and add saffron milk on top of it

3. Add fried onions and fresh coriander and mint leaves

Cook the biryani in dum and serve it hot