Friday, October 11, 2013

Chicken Briyani - With Ground Masala



CHICKEN BRIYANI - WITH GROUND MASALA

I used all the ingredients in the recipe, but cooked it in my own method. 

Ingredients:
Chicken - 1 kg
Rice - 1 kg
onion - 1 (chopped)
tomato - 3 (chopped)
salt to taste
thick coconut milk - 1 cup
Ginger Garlic paste - 4 tbsp
small onions - 1 cup
Red chillies - 20 (less spicy ones)
star anise - 2 
bay leaf - 2 
cardamom - 10
cloves - 10
cinnamon - 2"
pudina leaves - 1/2 cup
corriander leaves - 1/2 cup
curd - 1 cup
oil - 1/2 cup
ghee - 5 tbsp
juice of 1 lemon


Method 1 (Chef Jacob Method) :
- soak rice in water for some time
- grind 1/2 of small onions to a fine paste
- grind the rest of the small onions along with 1 cinnamon, 4 cloves and 4 cardamom and the red chillies to a fine paste.
- add ghee (Chef used ghee for the entire recipe) 
- add  the star anise, 6 cardamom, 6 cloves, 1 cinnamon stick and bay leaf
- add chopped onions and fry
- add the tomatoes and ginger garlic paste and fry
- now add  the chicken and the onion paste and fry for 2 - 3 mins
- now add in the onion chilli paste and fry
- now add in the curd, salt and keep frying
- add corriander leaves and pudina leaves
- add in the lemon juice and mix well
- add in the rice and mix well
- now add in the water which is twice the amount of rice
- and also add in coocnut milk
- mix well and cook 
- Serve.

Method 2 (My Method) :
- soak rice in water for some time
- grind 1/2 of small onions to a fine paste
- grind the rest of the small onions along with 1 cinnamon, 4 cloves and 4 cardamom and the red chillies to a fine paste.
- add oil (Chef used ghee for the entire recipe) 
- add  the star anise, 6 cardamom, 6 cloves, 1 cinnamon stick and bay leaf
- add chopped onions and fry
- add the tomatoes and ginger garlic paste and fry
- now add  the chicken and the onion paste and fry for 2 - 3 mins
- now add in the onion chilli paste and fry
- now add in the curd, salt and keep frying
- add corriander leaves and pudina leaves
- add in the lemon juice and mix well
- and also add in coocnut milk
- mix well and cook till the chicken is half cooked
- Let the gravy in the chicken be that way. Do not reduce it
- in a big pan add water and bring it a boil
 - add a tsp of oil and now add in the soaked rice
- bring it a boil for 2 mins
- when the rice is half cooked, strain the water 
- now add the rice to the chicken  gravy
- and then add in the ghee
- mix well
- and allow that to cook for 10 mins on a covered vessel
- remove from fire and allow that to rest for 10 mins
- now mix it from the bottom.
- Serve.


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2 comments:

R said...

so flavorful and delicious!

Usha said...

sounds flavorful. Thanks for stopping by my blog.