Chicken Briyani - With Ground Masala

CHICKEN BRIYANI - WITH GROUND MASALA

I used all the ingredients in the recipe, but cooked it in my own method. 

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1 kg

Rice - 1 kg

onion - 1 (chopped)

tomato - 3 (chopped)

salt to taste

thick coconut milk - 1 cup

Ginger Garlic paste - 4 tbsp

small onions - 1 cup

Red chillies - 20 (less spicy ones)

star anise - 2 

bay leaf - 2 

cardamom - 10

cloves - 10

cinnamon - 2"

pudina leaves - 1/2 cup

corriander leaves - 1/2 cup

curd - 1 cup

oil - 1/2 cup

ghee - 5 tbsp

juice of 1 lemon

Method 1 (Chef Jacob Method) :

- soak rice in water for some time

- grind 1/2 of small onions to a fine paste

- grind the rest of the small onions along with 1 cinnamon, 4 cloves and 4 cardamom and the red chillies to a fine paste.

- add ghee (Chef used ghee for the entire recipe) 

- add  the star anise, 6 cardamom, 6 cloves, 1 cinnamon stick and bay leaf

- add chopped onions and fry

- add the tomatoes and ginger garlic paste and fry

- now add  the chicken and the onion paste and fry for 2 - 3 mins

- now add in the onion chilli paste and fry

- now add in the curd, salt and keep frying

- add corriander leaves and pudina leaves

- add in the lemon juice and mix well

- add in the rice and mix well

- now add in the water which is twice the amount of rice

- and also add in coocnut milk

- mix well and cook 

- Serve.

Method 2 (My Method) :

- soak rice in water for some time

- grind 1/2 of small onions to a fine paste

- grind the rest of the small onions along with 1 cinnamon, 4 cloves and 4 cardamom and the red chillies to a fine paste.

- add oil (Chef used ghee for the entire recipe) 

- add  the star anise, 6 cardamom, 6 cloves, 1 cinnamon stick and bay leaf

- add chopped onions and fry

- add the tomatoes and ginger garlic paste and fry

- now add  the chicken and the onion paste and fry for 2 - 3 mins

- now add in the onion chilli paste and fry

- now add in the curd, salt and keep frying

- add corriander leaves and pudina leaves

- add in the lemon juice and mix well

- and also add in coocnut milk

- mix well and cook till the chicken is half cooked

- Let the gravy in the chicken be that way. Do not reduce it

- in a big pan add water and bring it a boil

 - add a tsp of oil and now add in the soaked rice

- bring it a boil for 2 mins

- when the rice is half cooked, strain the water 

- now add the rice to the chicken  gravy

- and then add in the ghee

- mix well

- and allow that to cook for 10 mins on a covered vessel

- remove from fire and allow that to rest for 10 mins

- now mix it from the bottom.

- Serve.

Source:

Chef Jacob