Chicken Dum Biryani / Chicken Biryani

I want to give the whole credit for this irresistible, spicy and delicious biryani recipe to my friend Rekha Sridhar.  She is my neighbour cum friend whom I know for the past 5 yrs.  We used to chat, go for walk almost daily.   I love all her non veg recipes, especially biryani!

I requested her to prepare this biriyani in our house,which came out very well.  Thank you Rekha for teaching me this yummy biriyani.

I just handled the photography part, in this recipe; while she was preparing.  Hence I could give this detailed step by step procedure with photos to share with you all! 

Let's check the recipe now; It might appear lengthy in the instance, but worth trying.

Don't forget to check "Shark Puttu/சுறா புட்டு" one more delicacy which I learnt from her.

PREP TIME

15 min

COOK TIME

35 mins

TOTAL TIME 

45 mins

                                                                                                                                                   

Recipe for Chicken Dum Biryani
Recipe type: Main Course

Cuisine: Tamilnadu

Serves: 3 to 4(approximately)

Ingredients:

To cook the rice:

Basmati rice - 2 cups 

Cinnamon -  1'' inch  piece
Cloves - 2
Cardamom - 2
Oil - 2 tsp
Salt - to taste

Water to cook rice

For Biriyani:
Oil - 4 to 5 tbsp
Chicken - ½ kg
Cinnamon - 4 to 5 " inch piece
Cloves - 6
Cardamom - 5
Bay leaf - 3
Onion - 1 big(sliced lengthwise)
Tomato - 1(big) (sliced lengthwise)
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Green chilli - 2(slit lengthwise)
Curd - 2 tbsp
Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
Garam masala powder - ½ tsp
Fresh mint and coriander leaves - handful
lemon juice - from 2 lemon(small)
Salt to taste

While layering:
Red colour - a pinch (dissolved in water)
Yellow colour - a pinch (dissolved in water)
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Corriander leaves - handful(finely chopped)