Chicken Dum Biriyani
published by norah13 on Jun 17, 2009
Unique combination of chicken and rice, finger licking recipe.
Ingredients
- chicken 500gm
- rice-4cups(clean, presoaked)
- water-6 cups
- milk-1 cup
- ghee(home made butter)-1/2 cup
- oil-as per the requirement
- salt according to taste
- onions sliced – 1 full cup
Spices
- cinnamon(few chunks)
- cloves-5-6
- cardamom-finely grounded
Marinate:
- curd -bowl full
- chilly powder -1/4 cup
- turmeric-1/2 tsp
- ginger garlic paste-3-4 big spoonful
- lemon juice-2-3 tsp
- salt according to taste
Take the chicken, add all the marinate ingredients and mix the meat well, and put it aside for 30 minutes
Method
- take a thick pan
- add oil and ghee ,after the oil is heated add sliced onions
- let them turn a little more than golden brown
- add marinated chicken
- sir it at regular intervals till it is half cooked
- in another dish
- boil the rice, with the spices added in the water, make sure the rice is not completely cooked
- now take a big dish and now arrange the chicken and rice in layers
- let the bottom be a layer of rice and then chicken and then rice and so on
- now when the layering is complete
- pour the milk in such a way that it reaches every grain in the dish
- seal the dish with silver foil
- if not then place a dish full of water on the lid so that the steam won’t go away and that’s what the Dum is steaming the rice
- now put the dish on low flame for about 15 minutes
You delicious chicken Dum biriyani is ready
Serves six plates


# 1 by revivor
June 17th, 2009 at 3:09 am #
I love biriyani and this sounds beautiful. Had it like this once in Mauritius, highly recommended!! thanks, your friend revivor
# 2 by Southgate
June 17th, 2009 at 3:43 am #
My spouse used to prepare biriyani and I will sure refer your article to her.Thank you. If I go on reading your article time and again, I may have to spend heavily in an NV hotel.Hence, I stop myself here.Thank you.
# 3 by Daisy Peasblossom
June 17th, 2009 at 12:42 pm #
Sounds yummy.