Chicken Biryani

RECIPE

2 Chickens, cut and washed2 teaspoon red Masala¾ cup Yoghurt3 teaspoon jeeru (cumin)¾ Lemon juice2 teaspoon ground Ginger6 teaspoon Dhodra dhania (coriander)1&½ teaspoon arad (Turmeric) 2 - 2&½ teaspoon Salt A pinch of Saffron3 whole Green chillies 3x Cloves3x Cinnamon sticks 3x whole Cardamom 2 handfuls fried onions
Marinate the Chicken in the above ingredients. Boil 4&½ cups of rice with 5 teaspoon of Salt. Deep fry as many pieces of potatoes as desired. Boil 1 & ½ cups Masoor (Back lentils) until soft but not mushy. Add a generous amount of ghee (Clarified butter) or oil in a pot.
Lay the pieces of meat at the bottom of the pot and fit the pieces of fried potatoes in between the meat.
Put half the boiled rice in the leftover chicken marinade, add into that ¾ of the boiled Masoor (Back lentils) and some frozen peas. Mix this all together.
Layer this rice over the chicken and potatoes then take the plain white rice and layer this too over the Masala rice. Drop a few blobs of ghee (Clarified butter) on the white rice. Garnish with fried onions, Masoor (Back lentils), peas and chopped green chillies. Pour ¾ cup to 1 cup of water over, cover with foil and put to steam.
Serve with salad and dhai.Enjoy💚

POSTED ON

17 Feb 2026

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