Easiest Way to Make Appetizing Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani

Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani. Check Out Chicken Biryani On eBay. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders Spiced ghee rice layered with spicy chicken masala, fried cashews, raisins, onion and other garnishes and finally Dum it to get delicious mouthwatering Kerala Style Chicken Biryani or Chicken Dum Biryani. Serve the chicken biryani with a salad, lemon pickle and pappadam.

Soak the poppy seeds, fennel seeds, cashewnut in the water for half an hour and grind it to smooth paste along with grated coconut and keep it aside. Then pour ghee in the pan and chop the patta, cloves and cardamom. Easy & Perfect Kerala Style Chicken Biriyani for beginner by www.garammasalacooking.comThis video explain how to make delicious Kerala Style Chicken Biriyani. You can have Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani using 25 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani

1. It's of rice For.
2. It's of Basmati rice -.
3. It's of Ghee - tblspn.
4. It's of Coriander leaves curry leaves + -.
5. Prepare of masala cardamom cinnamon Whole - - - stick , - 4 , 1 small.
6. It's of mace jeera - piece , shah -.
7. It's of Lemon juice lemon -of.
8. It's of Salt.
9. It's of Water -as needed.
10. Prepare of masala For.
11. It's of Chicken -.
12. Prepare of Ginger - medium sized piece.
13. It's of Garlic - podes.
14. It's of Green chilli -.
15. Prepare of Coriander leaves -.
16. Prepare of Curry leaves -.
17. You need of Lemon Juice - tblpsn.
18. You need of Kashmiri chilli powder -.
19. You need of Coriander power -.
20. You need of Turmeric powder -.
21. Prepare of Curd - tblspn.
22. It's of Onion - medium sliced finely.
23. You need of Tomato big -.
24. Prepare of Curd - tblspn.
25. Prepare of Salt.

Wash and clean the chicken pieces. Apply some ghee to a baking dish. Put one layer of rice in the dish. Sprinkle some chopped coriander & mint leaves, fried onion, cashew and raisins (if using) and drizzle some ghee.

Kerala Chicken Dum Biryani step by step

1. Home made biryani masala powder(makes around 1/4 cup powder).
2. Cinnamon-2 medium pieces,cloves-10,cardamom-6,fennel seeds-1/4 cup,whole pepper corns-1 tspn,mace-3 meduim pieces Star anise-1 small,nutmeg-1 small piece,shah jeera-1/2 tspn Dry roast these ingredients.Then grind to a fine powder..
3. For rice.
4. Soak basmati rice in water for 30 mints..
5. Boil water in a deep pan.Add ghee,whole masala,coriander and curry leaves,lemon juice and salt to it.Let it boil.Then add rice to it and let it cook.Switch off the flame when rice is 3/4th cooked.Drain water and keep aside..
6. For masala.
7. Cut chicken pieces to medium sized pieces.Crush together ginger,garlic,green chilli,coriander leaves and curry leaves.Marinate the chicken pieces with this crushed paste.Add 2 tblpsn curd,1 tblspn lemon juice,red chilli powder,coriander powder,tumeric powder and salt also to the chicken pieces.Mix well till the chicken pieces are well coated with the masala.Keep aside for 30 mints (or more).
8. Now fry the onion till they are golden brown and keep aside.In the same oil,add chopped tomato.Add let them cook well.Now add the marinated chicken pieces.Sprinkle homemade biryani masala powder.Add enough salt also.Mix everything well.Cover and cook in low flame.After 5 mints add 3/4 th of the fried onion to the chicken,mix well,see if water needs to be added to the chicken.If so add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water.Cook till the gravy becomes thick and chicken is 3/4 th cooked.Finally add....
9. Layering.
10. In an oven proof tray,spread one layer of chicken masala.Then spread cooked rice on top of it.Spread some fried onion.Repeat the same with all the masala, rice and fried onion.Top layer should be rice.Mix a pinch of turmeric powder with 2 tblspn warm milk and sprinkle on top of the biryani.Cover with aluminium foil and bake for 30 mints at 350 F/180 C. Garnish with remaining fried onion and serve with raita..
11. Notes:If you are using stove top method, layer the biryani in a heavy bottomed pan and cover it with a tight lid.Heat a thava and when it is hot place the biryani vessel on the top.Keep the flame at lowest and cook for 20-25 mints.At the same time, place a pan of boiling water on top of the biryani vessel..

Chicken dum biryani recipe can be prepared in two ways, kacha (kachi) Method and Pakki Method. In the Kachi method of making biriyani, the raw ingredients are just marinated and placed at the bottom of a utensil and layered with partially cooked rice, saffron etc. Sealed & cooked on a slow dum process, trapping the steam inside for even cooking. Biryani (/ b ɜːr ˈ j ɑː n i /) is a mixed rice dish originating among the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent. It is made with Indian spices, rice, and meat (chicken, beef, goat, lamb, prawn, or fish), and sometimes, in addition, eggs and/or vegetables such as potatoes in certain regional varieties.