Does anyone have the recipe for biryani rice with chicken? I have to make it for a school report.

bunsy
By bunsy

I mean the recipe that the Qatari's eat in their homes. The kind with whole chickens and pine nuts with raisins.

By mohasin uddin khaja• 10 Sep 2011 12:22
Rating: 5/5
mohasin uddin khaja

Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani:

Ingredients:

• ½ kg Basmati Rice (semi-cooked) • 1 kg Boneless or withbone Chicken (washed and chopped into small pieces) • 500 gm Curd • 4-6 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste • 4-6 Green Chilli • 2 Big Onions (sliced) • ¼ cup Lime Juice • ½ tsp Red Chilli Powder • A pinch of Caraway Seeds (Shahi Zeera) • 5-6 twigs Coriander Leaves (chopped) • 5-6 twigs Mint Leaves (chopped) • 2 pinch Saffron • 1-2 Cinnamon • 2-3 pods Cardamom • 2-3 drops Saffron Color • 1-2 pods Clove • 2 cup Oil • Salt to taste • 2 tsp Ghee

How to make Hyderabadi Biryani:

• Smear the pieces of Chicken with ginger-garlic paste. • Keep them to marinate for an hour. • In the meanwhile, fry the sliced onions in a heated pan on low flame till light brown. • Let the onions cool down and crush them. • Now add crushed fried onion (only three-fourth), curd, red chilli powder, cinnamon, green chilli paste, cardamom, shahi zeera, coriander leaves, clove, saffron water, mint leaves and salt to the marinated Chichen. • Leave the Chicken as it is for 1 hour. • Make the mixture of aromatic water by adding salt (one tsp), cinnamon, clove, cardamom, mint leaves and coriander leaves in a little water. • Now spread a layer of semi-cooked rice in a heavy bottomed vessel. • Add saffron color, limejuice, ghee and the remaining crushed onions over the layer of rice. • Spread a layer of marinated meat over this, and again spread the remaining semi-cooked rice. • Now add the aromatic water in a circular motion over the rice layer. • Now tightly cover the vessel with a lid. Keep it on a low flame. • Remove the vessel from the flame exactly after 15-20 minutes. • Hyderabadi Biryani is ready to eat. Serve hot.

By ghazalz• 9 Sep 2011 17:07
Rating: 5/5
ghazalz

 MethodWash and clean rice.Heat Olive oil over medium heat in deep cooking pot.Add chopped onions, and saute until transparent.Add chicken, stir and cook half way done.(If you like add little pepper powder).Add spices.Stir in 8 cups water, add tomato paste and rice.Allow to come to a boil.Cover and reduce heat.Let cook until rice is tender".:)) 

By ghazalz• 9 Sep 2011 17:06
Rating: 5/5
ghazalz

 "I have tried this dish many times.Very easy to prepare and delicious.Children will love it since it is no spicy and rice is very tasty.You can add nuts, dry fruits and vegetables to this. IngredientsChicken, cut up- 1 KgTomato paste, small can- 1Onion chopped - 1Rice basmati - 4 cupsOlive oil- 1/4 cupSaltCinnamon-4 sticks of 1/2 " sizeCloves-4 numbersBlack pepper corns -1/2 tspCumin-1/4 tspCardamoms-4 numbers 

By ghazalz• 9 Sep 2011 17:04
Rating: 5/5
ghazalz

I've copied it from a site for you :) You can do the same ;)"I have tried this dish many times.Very easy to prepare and delicious.Children will love it since it is no spicy and rice is very tasty.You can add nuts, dry fruits and vegetables to this.IngredientsChicken, cut up- 1 KgTomato paste, small can- 1Onion chopped - 1Rice basmati - 4 cupsOlive oil- 1/4 cupSaltCinnamon-4 sticks of 1/2 " sizeCloves-4 numbersBlack pepper corns -1/2 tspCumin-1/4 tspCardamoms-4 numbersMethodWash and clean rice.Heat Olive oil over medium heat in deep cooking pot.Add chopped onions, and saute until transparent.Add chicken, stir and cook half way done.(If you like add little pepper powder).Add spices.Stir in 8 cups water, add tomato paste and rice.Allow to come to a boil.Cover and reduce heat.Let cook until rice is tender".

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