Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani
Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, kolkata style chicken biriyani. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Calcutta/Kolkata Chicken Biryani is a mixed rice dish inspired by Awadhi cuisine. Biryani usually cooked with rice, Yogurt, meat and spices. However Diwali is a special occasion, so a little bit more time in kitchen will not hurt anybody.

Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook kolkata style chicken biriyani using 27 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani:
  1. Get For Biriyani Masala:
  2. Make ready 2 tbsp Shahi Jeera
  3. Take 2 tbsp Coriander Seeds
  4. Take 7/8 Black Peppercorns
  5. Make ready 8/9 White Peppercorns
  6. Get 2/3 Black Cardamom
  7. Make ready 7/8 Green Cardamom
  8. Make ready 1 whole nutmeg (jaifal)
  9. Get 2/3 whole maces (javetri flower)
  10. Take 6/7 Cloves, 1/2 Cinnamon Sticks,
  11. Prepare 2 Star Anise, 2 tbsp Fennel Seeds, half tbsp Kabab Chini
  12. Prepare For Chicken Marination:
  13. Take 500 gms Chicken cut into medium pieces
  14. Make ready 2/3 Big Onions very thin sliced (for beresta)
  15. Make ready 2 tbsp Ginger-Garlic-green chilli paste
  16. Take 500 gms hung curd
  17. Prepare 1/2tbsp Red Chilli powder
  18. Make ready to taste Salt, Sugar
  19. Take as needed Vegetable Oil, Ghee
  20. Take For Biriyani Rice:
  21. Make ready 500 gms Basmati Rice
  22. Get 2 tbsp each Rose Water, Kewra water
  23. Take 3/4 Potato cut into medium pieces
  24. Prepare 4/5 Green cardamom, 2/3 Bay leaves, 4/5 Clove, 1 Cinnamon stick
  25. Take as needed Saffron Milk (Saffron soaked in warm milk for 30 minutes)
  26. Get 100 gms Khova
  27. Make ready as needed Boiled Eggs

Also fry the potatoes and keep them aside. Put chicken pieces in a bowl. Kolkata style mutton biryani is already on blog, today I'm going to share the 'Chicken biryani' recipe with you. How to make Kolkata Style Chicken Biryani Recipe.

Instructions to make Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani:
  1. Dry roast all the whole spices in a hot tawa for 3-4 mins (make sure they don't get burnt). Take them off the heat and let them cool a little. Put all the spices in blender and make fine powder…keep it aside.
  2. Marinate the chicken pieces with curd, red chilli powder, ginger-garlic-green chilli paste, and salt for 45 minutes to 1 hour
  3. Wash Basmati Rice very well and soak in water for 30 mins. Take a clean piece of cotton cloth, put the whole spices in it and tie a knot. Now heat the water and put the cloth in it. Once the water comes to boil add the soaked rice. Add little salt. Cook for 3-4 mins and drain the water. Remove the spices.
  4. Heat 2 tablespoons of ghee/oil in a deep & heavy bottomed pan.fry potato pieces and keep aside. Add chopped onions and very little sugar (for caramelise) fry till soft and lightly browned….this is called beresta. Keep it aside.
  5. Now again heat oil/ghee in pan, add chopped onions. Add the marinated chicken once the onion is translucent. Sprinkle 1 tbsp of prepared Biriyani Masala and cook for 10-12 mins covered with lid on low flame. Add little water if required.
  6. Take a heavy bottomed pan grease well with ghee or oil. First put the potatoes, chicken legs at the bottom, top it up with 2 tbs of gravy, add a layer of rice, beresta, sprinkle biriyani masala, sprinkle shredded khova, few drops of rose and kewra water, 2 tbsp saffron milk. Prepare several layers like this. Finish it with a dollop of ghee.
  7. Seal the mouth of the pot with wheat flour dough to tighten the lid. Cook this on low heat for 10 to 15 minutes and let it stand for another 30 minutes before opening.
  8. Chicken Biriyani is ready. Serve it with Chicken pieces, potatoes and boiled egg.

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