MALABAR CHICKEN BIRIYANI

 

 

Ingredients – 1

Chicken	1 kg
Rice	1 kg
Onion	500 gm
Tomato	250 gm
G/g paste	3 tsp
Green chillies	12
Poppy seeds	2 tsp
Cilantro	1 bunch
Mint leaves	1 bunch
Curry leaves	2 sprigs
Curd	1 cup
Lime juice	1
Ghee or butter	250 gm
Cashew/Raisin	20 gm each
Biriyani masala	2 tsp
Rose water, saffron	2 tbsp, 1 gm

Ingredients – 2          

Chilli powder	1 tsp
Turmeric powder	¼ tsp
Salt

Method

1. Marinate chicken with Ingredients – 2. Heat ghee in a pan, fry cashews and raisin. Keep aside. Mix half the onions with corn flour and fry them. Keep aside.
2. In the same pan, fry the marinated chicken slightly.
3. Grind ginger, garlic, green chillies and poppy seeds into a coarse paste.
4. Heat a heavy bottomed vessel, add half of the ghee. Add onions and fry well. Add tomatoes, g/g, poppy seed paste and fry for 2-3 minutes.
5. Add curd, salt and lemon juice. Now add the fried chicken. When the chicken is half cooked add cilantro, mint leaves, curry leaves and the garam masala.
6. Cook till the chicken is tender and the water is absorbed and the whole masala coat the pieces. Remove from the fire and keep aside.
7. Soak the rice for 20 minutes. Heat ghee in a vessel, add whole spices – fry. Now add the rice and fry for few minutes. Add water and salt and cook the rice in the rice cooker.