Chicken Dum Biryani. Chicken dum biryani recipe with step by step pictures. Dum biryani, a classic dish of the Mughal Nizams is an eye-catching aromatic rice loved by all. We all love biryani, but when it comes to preparing them most of us, step back because of the tedious process.

The most important of which comes from the very many spices like cardamom, cinnamon, cloves that are added to it. These spices give the biryani a tempting aroma that can be smelt from metres away. Chicken Dum Biryani Recipe is one such recipe which is loved by everyone in the family. You can have Chicken Dum Biryani using 45 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chicken Dum Biryani

Prepare of For Marination:.
It's 750 gms of chicken.
It's 1/2 cup of yogurt.
You need 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste.
It's 2 of green chillies.
It's 1 tsp of turmeric powder.
It's 1 tsp of salt.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of chilli power.
You need 1 tsp of coriander powder.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of garam masala.
You need 1 of bay leaf,.
Prepare of 2 black cardamoms,.
It's of 1 green cardamom, 4-5 black pepper corns, 3-4 cloves, 2 star anise, ,.
Prepare 1 tsp of jeera.
It's 1 of cinnamon stick.
You need 1/2 cup of mint leaves.
It's 1/2 cup of coriander leaves.
Prepare 2 tsp of vegetable oil.
It's 1/2 cup of fried onions.
It's of For Masala:.
Prepare 3 tbsp of oil.
You need 1 tsp of jeera.
It's 3 of large onions, sliced.
Prepare 1 tsp of freshly made ginger garlic paste.
It's 2 of tomatoes, cut lengthwise.
It's as needed of Little salt.
It's 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
It's 1/2 tsp of chilli powder.
Prepare 1 tsp of coriander powder.
You need 1/2 cup of water.
Prepare of For Rice:.
Prepare 2 1/2 cups of basmati rice, washed and soaked in water for about 30-40 mins.
You need 1 tsp of oil.
You need 2 tbsp of salt.
You need as needed of Few mint leaves.
Prepare as needed of Few coriander leaves.
You need of All the mentioned whole garam masala's above, but wrapped in a muslin cloth.
Prepare of For Dum:.
Prepare 1 cup of chopped mint and coriander leaves(together.
Prepare 1 cup of fried onions.
Prepare 1 tbsp of ghee/clarified butter.
Prepare 1 tsp of biriyani masala (I have used Everest).
It's 2 tbsp of milk (room temperature).
You need as needed of Juice of 1 lemon.
It's as needed of Red food colour (optional).

Biryani is derived from the Farsi word 'birian' originated in Persia, biryani was introduced to India during the British rule. Each of the variation being loyal to its regional history. Down south in most regions like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani is a World famous Dish, it is made using chicken which is marinated then cooked and then is added to cooked rice and again cooked under dum #chickenbiryani #.

Chicken Dum Biryani instructions

For the marination, clean the chicken and all the mentioned ingredients. Mix well, cover and refrigerate it overnight or for min 3-4 hrs..
In a rice pot, add 3/4th water and all other ingredients. Cover and let it come to a boil. Then add the soaked rice and cook till 3/4th done. Strain and keep aside..
In a pressure cooker, add oil and let it heat. Now,add zeera and then the sliced onions. Fry till golden brown..
Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a min or so in medium flame..
Add the sliced tomatoes, salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder, chilli powder, and mix well. Cook till the tomatoes turns mushy..
Now it's time to add the marinated chicken. Give it a good mix and on high flame cook till the water separates. Then, lower the flame and pressure cook it for 1 whistle..
Take a thick bottomed nonstick pan/biriyani handi and grease it with few drops of oil. Add the first layer of chicken and then rice. Add few chopped mint and coriander leaves, few fried onions. Again layer it with chicken and rice. Finally, add the remaining fried onions,mint and coriander leaves. Sprinkle the biriyani masala all over the top layer.Add the food colour to the lemon juice, mix well and add few drops here and there. Add few drops of milk here and there too. Add the clarified ghee..
For Dum: I use an aluminum foil and cover the pan entirely, nicely seal it and cover the lid. You can also use the authentic method of dum i.e sealing the pan along with the lid with wheat dough so that the air shouldn't pass..
Note: 1) Adjust the spice level as per your taste. 2) If you don't want 4 layers of biriyani, add all the chicken in one layer and then top it up with the cooked rice. 3) After you pressure cook the chicken and if you see the gravy is too thin, on high flame, let it cook for few more mins(uncovered). 4) When it comes to using food colour, you can definitely play with as many or as less colors you want. You also have a choice to skip this step completely..
Note: For fried onions,I have just sliced the onions and fried it in vegetable oil till they turned brown. You can also use store bought one if you want to avoid this step and save some time..

Chicken dum biryani is a ever green classic that needs no introduction in parts of countries like Persia, India and others! Dum biryani is goodness of rice and meat that comes in layers! Layers of rice and meat cooked with rich and finger licking good masala in it's own steam pressure until rice is fluffy and meat cooked just to perfection. What is Hyderabadi chicken dum biryani? Hyderabadi biryani is originated in Hyderabad (a city of India) in the kitchen of Nizam of Hyderabad.