Jan 23rd, 2010 , Dum Biryani(Chicken)

Hello friends,

I just came back from shopping , had bought lot of stuff. And finally i got imli today so will be trying Imli chatni tomorrow which was pending other day. My hubby tried Rajma recipe today and it came out too good. He couldnt beleive he has made it . So guys start making stuff for you and your dear ones. Recipe for today is "Dum Biryani". And it came out good .My bro relished it ,mom couldnt stop eating . I was happy.

So lets go for it now.

Dish: Dum Biryani Time:1.30 mins Serves: 4 people Costing:

Ingridients:

Rice: 2 Bowls
Chicken :1 kg
Onions:8 (cut into small pieces)
Ginger & Garlic(Make a paste)
Tomatoes:3 (Pureed)
Green chillies:3(silted)
Khara Garam Masala
Garam Masala Powder-1 tsp
Red chilly powder: 2 tsp
Turmeric powder: 1tsp
Coriander powder: 1 tsp
Khari Lal Mirch:3
Kesar:5 gms
Milk:1/2 Bowl
Cashewnuts(to garnish)
Deep Fried onion (to garnish)
Coriander leaf to garnish
Ghee: 5 Spoons(just have to be little generous in pouring ghee)

Process:

Clean and wash the chicken pieces and keep aside .Pour 5 spoons of ghee in a cooker and heat it . Put pepper corns , Khari Lal mirch , khara masala and let it splutter. Add onions and Ginger garlic paste and fry till it turn golden . Add green chillies , red chilly powder ,turmeric powder , coriander powder and fry it for 5 mins till the oil saperates. Add tomatoes and fry it again for 5 mins .Add Chicken pcs to it ad fry it till it is 3/4 th cooked .Add salt and cover it with a plate. Cook in low fame for 10 mins and thewn turn off the gas.

Drain the rice & keep aside. Boil 6cups of water in a pan.Transfer the rice to the boiling water, add salt & cook uncovered till the rice is3/4th cooked. Drain the rice in a colander & set aside.

Dissplve Kesar in 1/2 bowl of warm milk

Now take a heavy bottomed vessel and coat it with ghee. Add a layer of rice, top it with a layer of chicken gravy , add little ghee ,sprinkle kesar and milk on it and repeat till all the rice and chicken gravy is layered. Now knead the wheat flour to make a nice dough. Take a right fitting lid for the vessel, cover and seal the lid to the vessel with the wheat dough. Take a heavy bottomed tava, heat it and put the gas on simmer. Now keep the vessel on the tava and cook for approximately 35-40 minutes. Remove and garnish with fried onions,kaju and finely chopped fresh coriander.

I have clicked the fotos today. A friend of mine suggested me to do. So will try to put the photos of all the recipe which i make.Though i dont promise it :)

love ya