Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, kolkata style chicken biriyani. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to 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 well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have kolkata style chicken biriyani using 27 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani:
- Get For Biriyani Masala:
- Take 2 tbsp Shahi Jeera
- Make ready 2 tbsp Coriander Seeds
- Get 7/8 Black Peppercorns
- Take 8/9 White Peppercorns
- Take 2/3 Black Cardamom
- Prepare 7/8 Green Cardamom
- Make ready 1 whole nutmeg (jaifal)
- Prepare 2/3 whole maces (javetri flower)
- Take 6/7 Cloves, 1/2 Cinnamon Sticks,
- Make ready 2 Star Anise, 2 tbsp Fennel Seeds, half tbsp Kabab Chini
- Take For Chicken Marination:
- Prepare 500 gms Chicken cut into medium pieces
- Make ready 2/3 Big Onions very thin sliced (for beresta)
- Get 2 tbsp Ginger-Garlic-green chilli paste
- Take 500 gms hung curd
- Prepare 1/2tbsp Red Chilli powder
- Get to taste Salt, Sugar
- Get as needed Vegetable Oil, Ghee
- Prepare For Biriyani Rice:
- Prepare 500 gms Basmati Rice
- Get 2 tbsp each Rose Water, Kewra water
- Get 3/4 Potato cut into medium pieces
- Prepare 4/5 Green cardamom, 2/3 Bay leaves, 4/5 Clove, 1 Cinnamon stick
- Make ready as needed Saffron Milk (Saffron soaked in warm milk for 30 minutes)
- Prepare 100 gms Khova
- Take 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:
- 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.
- Marinate the chicken pieces with curd, red chilli powder, ginger-garlic-green chilli paste, and salt for 45 minutes to 1 hour
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Chicken Biriyani is ready. Serve it with Chicken pieces, potatoes and boiled egg.
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