How to Make Delicious Traditional Kerala Chicken Dum Biriyani

Traditional Kerala Chicken Dum Biriyani. Spiced ghee rice layered with spicy chicken masala, fried cashews, raisins, onion and other garnishes and finally Dum it to get delicious mouthwatering Chicken Biryani or Chicken Dum Biryani. Biryani can be made with basmati rice, spices and meat (chicken, mutton, beef, prawn, or fish) or vegetables or egg. Malabar chicken dum biryani for homeless Peoples.

On to the 'DUM' - sealed cooking method for Thalassery Chicken Biriyani - Dum Biryani: Now we will cook the chicken masala and the rice together in a sealed, steaming environment. You need a pot, large enough to hold both the rice and masala and enough room for some steam to develop as well. Chicken dum biryani recipe can be prepared in two ways, kacha (kachi) Method and Pakki Method. You can have Traditional Kerala Chicken Dum Biriyani using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Traditional Kerala Chicken Dum Biriyani

1. It's of For Rice.
2. You need of Basmati Rice.
3. Prepare of Whole spices (cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves).
4. You need of Juice of one large lemon.
5. It's of Ghee.
6. Prepare of Salt.
7. You need of For Gravy.
8. You need of Chicken.
9. Prepare of onion sliced.
10. Prepare of ginger, garlic, green chilli paste.
11. It's of large Tomato.
12. It's of turmeric powder.
13. It's of Garam masala.
14. Prepare of Paste of 1/2 cup cashewnut, 1/2cup coconut and 1tbsp curd.
15. You need of mint and coriander leaves.
16. You need of veg oil.
17. You need of For Dum.
18. You need of Pineapple essence / fresh grated pineapple.
19. You need of ghee.
20. You need of mint and coriander leaves.
21. You need of garnishing mix (mentioned below).
22. You need of For Garnishing.
23. It's of Fry (1 onion, 1tbsp cup cashewnut and 1tbsp Raisins).

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. Kachche Gosh biryani is the typical Hyderabadi Dum Biriyani, where the meat (goat or chicken) is not precooked, rather layered raw with the rice & then slow cooked with the rice. This really needs technique & expertise to get done right, which is why Hyderabad has acquired such a rich repute for their unique traditional method.

Traditional Kerala Chicken Dum Biriyani instructions

1. Wash and Soak the rice for 30 mins. In a large pot boil water and add whole spices, ghee and salt. Add the soaked rice. When the rice is almost cooked add lemon juice. Strain the rice from water. *Important: (Rice should not be completely cooked as it will be cooked again in dum). Keep the cooked rice aside..
2. Now time for Gravy. Heat a large pan. Pour oil saute onion with some salt. When the onion changes colour and becomes soft add ginger,garlic, chilli paste and saute till raw smell goes. Add chopped tomatoes and saute. When tomatoes are well cooked, add turmeric powder and garam masala powder. Saute well. When the masala is cooked add cleaned Chicken. Mix well with masala. Add chopped mint and coriander leaves and cook. When half cooked add coconut cashew paste (mentioned along ingredients)..
3. Combine well and cook until the gravy thickens and chicken is well cooked. Now the gravy is Ready..
4. It's time for dum now. Take a large biriyani pot. Heat to make sure there is no presence of water in it. Now take away from flame. Into the pot add 2tsp ghee and grease the base of the pot well..
5. Add a thick layer of rice above the rice add another layer of gravy above that sprinkle some mint and Coriander leaves, ghee, pineapple essence and garnish mix (mentioned along ingredients). Repeat the process until u finish layering complete rice and gravy..
6. When you finish layering add a tbsp of garam masala and close well with a lid such that the steam will not escape..
7. Keep the pot on a low flame for dum upto 30 mins..
8. After 30 mins you perfect chicken Dum biriyani is ready..

The origin of biriyani is associated with the Mughalai cuisine. It is prepared in multistep process in which rice and chicken is cooked separately and then cooked together with the alternate layers of chicken and rice. The traditional biriyani is non vegetarian and may include chicken, mutton and sea food among types of meat. Traditional Kerala Chicken Dum Biriyani is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy.