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Chicken Biryani Recipe/
Chicken Biryani is a popular South Asian dish..
It is a flavorful and aromatic rice dish that is made with rice, chicken,
and a blend of spices.
Biryani is something I fell in love with in my teenage years
because before that, I only used to eat aloo chawal. Aaloo chawal was a must
for our family on Sundays because that was the only day we were off from school
and could have some family time. For the whole week, we used to wait for Sunday
to eat our delectable pot of aloo chawal with salads and raita. We all know
what biryani means to us in South Asia. We all have our own version of biryani;
some like to eat it with flavours while others prefer it plain.In Pakistan,
beef biryani is popular, but in India, chicken biryani takes the lead. Indians
do not eat beef or mutton due to their religious preferences, and that is
fairly right, but that does not end there. Here are some folks who do not eat
either beef or chicken biryani but like to eat their curried rice with fish and
vegetables, and that happens only with South Asians. So not only with regions,
but biryani preferences change due to personal taste as well. I have been fond
of simple pulao in our own Desi style since my childhood. When I first started
cooking, I used to make aloo chawal or mattar chawal, and that experience was
very satisfying and filled with pleasure.Although most of the time I mess up
terribly, that does not keep me from cooking something that I am absolutely in
love with. I do not remember the first time I tasted biryani; maybe the time
when I celebrated my birthday and my family prepared a whole homemade feast for
friends and family or the time when I first started going to college and my
family prepared a huge pot of biryani; by the way, that was the time when I was
moving to college away from home, my family prepared me a farewell
meal.So whether it is a teary eyed farewell or celebratory meal, Biryani has
something to satisfy all emotional needs. As you all know, freshly prepared
biryani is a common and celebrated meal option in a desi household. That was
also the case in our situation. On every important festival or holiday, our
family used to ask, What would you like to eat? Without a second thought, we
blurred out Biryani. That's how our love for biryani began. We are an
unconventional family that does not conform to the norm. That is why we don't
make biryani like everyone else. We have our own way,but that is not something
special. In fact, everyone can cook and boast about their cooking skills by
following this recipe. So here is how we make our not so conventional
biryani.
Recipe.
Ingredients you need to make biryani are chopped onions, tomato
paste, chicken, yoghurt, rice, a spice mixture, tamarind, and lemons.
Quantity of ingredients
2 cups of cooking oil
2 to 3 chopped onions
Cumin seed as per your taste
Made tomato paste from four tomatoes.
Spice mixture as per your liking.
Half kg chicken
3 to 4 lemons
Half a bowl of yoghurt
1 kg of rice
5 pieces of imli or tamarind
Reminder
For you to make biryani, take a pot large enough to
hold all the rice in it.
Description
First, you have to take a large pot with two cups of cooking oil
in which the rice does not get messed up. then you can put onions in a
large pan and stir fry chopped onions in cooking oil with a little sprinkle of
cumin, as per your taste. When you see that the onions are getting brown in
appearance,then you can add chicken to fry in the same oil as the onions. After
the chicken changes its shape and texture,you can further add tomato paste to
the spice mixture, along with yoghurt, imli, and lemons. The spice mixture
includes salt,red chilli powder, and turmeric, which you should mix well with
the chicken and fried onions. After 15 minutes, when the chicken with all
the flavors of the spices is ready, add water twice as much as your
rice quantity. As your water starts to boil, add the washed rice to it and wait
for all the water to be absorbed before your dish is ready to serve. Just make
sure there is no water remaining in rice. To enhance
your appetite made salad and raita to go with biryani and you are good
to go.
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