Hello my readers, I have been away from blogging these days due to my new job and busy schedule. Then I realised we need to find time for ourselves in this busy world and here I am back finding time for myself.

We had shifted to a new home lately and we are just setting up our kitchen and stuff. And we had guests for lunch and thought of making Kerala style chicken biriyani . Since we were just setting up the kitchen , I didn’t have any Biriyani pot and I thought of something different. And that’s how I ended up with this recepie.

For the Biriyani , I cooked rice in Rice cooker and made the gravy separately and Layered it in a stainless steel bowl separately.

Let’s checkout the detailed recepie below

Recepie:

Preparation time: 30 mins

Cooking time: 45 mins

Serves: 5

INGREDIENTS:

For Marination:

• Chicken Drumsticks: 10 nos
• Ginger garlic paste: 1 tbsp
• Yoghurt: 1 tbsp
• Kashmiri chilli powder: 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
• Garam Masala powder: 1 tsp
• Salt: 1 tsp

For Rice:

• Basmati Rice: 4 cups
• Ghee / oil : 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
• Salt: as required
• Lemon juice: 1 tbsp

For gravy:

• Onions: 3 large finely sliced
• Tomatoes: 1 finely chopped
• Ginger garlic paste: 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves: few
• Coriander leaves: 1 tbsp finely chopped
• Cinnamon stick: 1 ” piece
• Fennel seeds: 1 tsp
• Kashmiri chilli powder: 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
• Coriander powder: 3 tbsp
• Black pepper powder: 1 tbsp
• Chicken Masala powder: 1 tbsp
• Yoghurt: 1 tbsp
• Salt: as required
• Coconut oil: 5 to 6 tbsp

For garnishing:

• Fried onions: 1 cup
• Fried almonds: 1/2 cup
• Flavoured essence: 1 tbsp
• Coriander leaves: 2tbsp finely chopped

PREPARATION:

• Marinate Chicken pieces with the ingredients listed above for 15 mins and set aside.
• Heat oil for deep frying, drop in the marinated chicken pieces into oil and deep fry .
• Cook 4 cups of rice wih 6 cups of water , salt, ghee / oil and turmeric powder till the rice is 3/4 th cooked.
• Heat oil in a wok, add fennel seeds and cinnamon stick and toss for few seconds.
• Add onions, curry leaves and salt and sauté till it turns light brown.
• Add ginger garlic paste and sauté till the raw smell goes off.
• Add all the dry spice powders and sauté on low flame for 5 to 7 mins.
• Add tomatoes and cook till they turn mushy.
• Now add yoghurt, coriander leaves, black pepper powder and chicken Masala powder. Keep stirring for 5 mins .
• Add 2 cups of hot water and cook for 2 to 3 mins.
• Add the fried chicken pieces and cover and cook for 10 mins.
• The gravy is ready .
• Mix fried onions, fried almonds , coriander leaves, flavoured essence into the cooked rice and toss the rice.

• Grease a large bowl with ghee or oil.
• Start with a layer of rice at the base.
• Layer with gravy and chicken pieces on top . Again add a layer of rice and repeat the same.
• The top layer should be of rice. Cover the bowl with aluminium foil and keep it for 10 to 15 mins.
• Serve with salad , papad and pickle .

Hope you like the recepie. Do LIKE , COMMENT , SHARE if you like the recepie.

Thankyou ❤️