Chicken dum biryani. Chicken dum biryani recipe can be prepared in two ways, kacha (kachi) Method and Pakki Method. In the Kachi method of making biriyani, the raw ingredients are just marinated and placed at the bottom of a utensil and layered with partially cooked rice, saffron etc. Sealed & cooked on a slow dum process, trapping the steam inside for even cooking.

This will help you in getting the perfect dum biryani. Chicken Dum Biryani Recipe is one such recipe which is loved by everyone in the family. Biryani is derived from the Farsi word 'birian' originated in Persia, biryani was introduced to India during the British rule. You can cook Chicken dum biryani using 21 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chicken dum biryani

You need 500 g of chicken.
Prepare 500 g of basmati rice.
You need 1 bunch of coriandor.
Prepare 1 bunch of mint.
Prepare 6 of green chillies.
Prepare 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
You need 1 cup of curd.
It's 2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste.
Prepare to taste of salt.
Prepare 6 of green cardamom.
It's 2 of cinnamon sticks.
You need 6 of black pepper corn.
You need 2 of Bay leafs.
You need 4 of cloves.
You need 1 tbsp of red chili powder.
It's 1/2 tsp of turmeric.
You need 2 of mace blades.
It's 1/2 cup of oil.
Prepare 1/4 cup of fried onions.
It's 1 tsp of cumin powder.
You need 1 tbsp of coriander powder.

Each of the variation being loyal to its regional history. Down south in most regions like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Chicken dum biryani is a ever green classic that needs no introduction in parts of countries like Persia, India and others! Dum biryani is goodness of rice and meat that comes in layers!

Chicken dum biryani instructions

Wash and drain the chicken nicely..
Slice onions and deep fry them and keep aside..
Now make a powder of all the whole spices listed above.and marinade the chicken..
Now make a fine paste of green chillies,mint and coriandor and apply to chicken, and also add curd lemon juice and oil to it and mix well with your hands making sure every piece is coated nicely..
Add some fried onions too and give it a nice mix and keep the marinated chicken in refrigerator for 2 hours..
Now take the rice and wash it 2/3 times and sock it for 1 hour..
Now heat some water in vessel around 6 cups,and add whole spices to it..
4 cloves,6 green cardamoms,1 cinnamon,2 Bay leafs 1 black cardamom and 1 tsp shahi jeera and salt around 4 tbsp..
Once water starts boiling add 1 tsp oil and rice to it..
Cook rice till 70 %. and drain the water completely..
Now assembling the biryani..
Add a layer of marinated chicken,and sprinkles some friend onions, chopped mint and coriandor..
Now add the layer of rice and again sprinkle some fried onions chopped mint and coriandor.
Second layer of rice same as above.
Add saffron milk on top, u can also add some ghee or clarified butter, it's optional.but if added it enhances the taste.
Now cover the pot with lid. and seal it with whole wheat dough or u can put some weights on top of the lip.to prevent escape of stem..
Now cook the biryani for 5 mints on high flame. after 5 mints. lift the pot. place the girdle and put the pot back on girdle and lower the heat to slow. and cook for about 30 mints..
After 30 mints your biryani is ready to serve. but do not hurry to open the lid. switch off the falme and wait for 10 more minutes and then open the lid and enjoy your fresh home made delicious chicken dum biryani...
U can garnish it with some fried onions and chopped mint and coriander leaves, serve with curd raita. and a lemon..

Layers of rice and meat cooked with rich and finger licking good masala in it's own steam pressure until rice is fluffy and meat cooked just to perfection. The biryani made here is done using chicken which is perfectly baked in the oven along with the rice. Check out other biryani recipes on the blog made using traditional method such as chicken biryani, biryani in cooker, mutton biryani, hyderabadi mutton biryani, lucknowi biryani, egg biryani or anda biryani etc… use fried onion for best taste rather than ready made one… Chicken Dum Biryani is a slow cooking process and this process is very essential to bring the perfect flavors out of the dum biryani. It is a Dum method and it is called so as the chicken marinade and the rice is placed inside the cooking pot and is tightly sealed with a chapathi dough and cooked by not letting the steam come out. We love to enjoy any this easy Indian Chicken Dum Biryani as such.