Nawabi Chicken Dam Biryani

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Ingredients,

For boiling rice, list 1

  • Basmati rice   500 gm
  • bay leave 2-3
  • star anise  1
  • cloves   4-5
  • cumin seeds   1 tbsp
  • salt   3 tbsp

for chicken marination, list 2

  • chicken with bones  800-850 gm
  • salt  2 tsp
  • fried onion  1 small
  • garlic paste  1 tbsp
  • ginger paste  1 tbsp
  • yogurt  250 gm
  • cinnamon powder  1/3 tsp
  • cloves powder  1/3 tsp
  • small cardamom powder  1/3 tsp
  • kashmiri red chili powder  2 tsp (you can also use normal red chili powder but this will give a nice colour )
  • cumin powder 1/3 tsp
  • coriander powder  1 tsp
  • turmeric powder  1 tsp

other ingredients,

  • onion  4 small
  • fresh coriander chopped 4 tbsp
  • fresh mint chopped   2 tbsp
  • tamarind paste  3 tbsp
  • desi ghee  1 tbsp
  • oil   1/4 cup
  • yellow food colour  1/2 tsp

Directions,

1. marinate chicken for half hour in all list 2 marination ingredients.
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1. marinate chicken for half hour in all list 2 marination ingredients.
2. soak 500 gm basmati rice for 1 hour.
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2. soak 500 gm basmati rice for 1 hour.
3. chop fresh coriander and mint, finely slice 4 onion. cut green chili. set aside .
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3. chop fresh coriander and mint, finely slice 4 onion. cut green chili. set aside .
4. in a pan add 1/4 cup oil and 1 tbsp desi ghee...if you don't have desi ghee don't add but this will give biryani a very nice flavor and this a secret of making a good biryani.
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4. in a pan add 1/4 cup oil and 1 tbsp desi ghee…if you don’t have desi ghee don’t add but this will give biryani a very nice flavor and this a secret of making a good biryani.
5. add 4 small sliced onion light brown them. take out half of them set a side ,we will add them in last dum.
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5. add 4 small sliced onion light brown them. take out half of them set a side ,we will add them in last dum.
6. add the marinated chicken in it with 1 green chili. stir on high heat for 8-10 minutes.
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6. add the marinated chicken in it with 1 green chili. stir on high heat for 8-10 minutes.
7. now add 1 cup water and with half lid on cook it for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is tender.
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7. now add 1 cup water and with half lid on low heat cook it for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is tender.
8. this is the picture of final curry for biryani. you can see it has light gravy in it.
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8.when chicken is tender add 3 tbsp tamarind paste give it a final stir turn of the heat. this is the picture of final curry for biryani. you can see it has light gravy in it.
9. now in a wide pan add 3-4 jug of water. add all list 1 ingredients.let it boil. when water start boiling ,add soaked rice. boil them until 70% done.
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9. now in a wide pan add 3-4 jug of water. add all list 1 ingredients.let it boil. when water start boiling ,add soaked rice. boil them until 70% done.
10. strain rice, throw excess water.
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10. strain rice, throw excess water.
11. now take a wide and large pan for dam, this is very important because rice want space for growing, if you take small pan just because you don't want to wash the bigger pan all previous effort you done to make this biryani will ruin . So always try to use bigger pan for dum and you will see how beautifully your rice come out .. :)
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11. now take a wide and large pan for dam, this is very important because rice want space for growing, if you take small pan just because you don’t want to wash the bigger pan all previous effort you done to make this biryani will ruin . So always try to use bigger pan for dum and you will see how beautifully your rice come out .. 🙂 So in this wide and large pan add 3-4 tbsp oil spread it in the bottom. then first layer half boiled rice. 2nd layer all chicken curry on rice.
12. now layer the remaining half rice on this chicken curry. and finish with chopped coriander and mint. and 2 fried onion, we fried in beginning, also add 1/2 tsp yellow food colour on rice .
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12. now layer the remaining half rice on this chicken curry. and finish with chopped coriander and mint. and 2 fried onion, we fried in beginning, also add 1/2 tsp yellow food colour on rice .
13. now with tight lid and a something heavy on that lid, so that completely seal. turn on the heat ,first high heat for 1 minute, then on very low heat for 11-12 minutes cook it.
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13. now with tight lid and a something heavy on that lid, so that completely seal. turn on the heat ,first high heat for 1 minute, then on very low heat for 11-12 minutes cook it.
14. carefully mix it with a large spoon. serve it with mint yogurt dip you can see the link down....
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14. carefully mix it with a large spoon. serve it with mint yogurt dip .

 

 

 

 

 

 

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