Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, kolkata style chicken biriyani. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have kolkata style chicken biriyani using 27 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani:

1. Take For Biriyani Masala:
2. Take 2 tbsp Shahi Jeera
3. Take 2 tbsp Coriander Seeds
4. Make ready 7/8 Black Peppercorns
5. Make ready 8/9 White Peppercorns
6. Get 2/3 Black Cardamom
7. Prepare 7/8 Green Cardamom
8. Make ready 1 whole nutmeg (jaifal)
9. Prepare 2/3 whole maces (javetri flower)
10. Prepare 6/7 Cloves, 1/2 Cinnamon Sticks,
11. Prepare 2 Star Anise, 2 tbsp Fennel Seeds, half tbsp Kabab Chini
12. Prepare For Chicken Marination:
13. Make ready 500 gms Chicken cut into medium pieces
14. Get 2/3 Big Onions very thin sliced (for beresta)
15. Make ready 2 tbsp Ginger-Garlic-green chilli paste
16. Make ready 500 gms hung curd
17. Make ready 1/2tbsp Red Chilli powder
18. Get to taste Salt, Sugar
19. Make ready as needed Vegetable Oil, Ghee
20. Get For Biriyani Rice:
21. Get 500 gms Basmati Rice
22. Take 2 tbsp each Rose Water, Kewra water
23. Take 3/4 Potato cut into medium pieces
24. Make ready 4/5 Green cardamom, 2/3 Bay leaves, 4/5 Clove, 1 Cinnamon stick
25. Take as needed Saffron Milk (Saffron soaked in warm milk for 30 minutes)
26. Make ready 100 gms Khova
27. Prepare as needed Boiled Eggs

Steps to make Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani:

1. Dry roast all the whole spices in a hot tawa for 3-4 mins (make sure they don't get burnt). Take them off the heat and let them cool a little. Put all the spices in blender and make fine powder…keep it aside.
2. Marinate the chicken pieces with curd, red chilli powder, ginger-garlic-green chilli paste, and salt for 45 minutes to 1 hour
3. Wash Basmati Rice very well and soak in water for 30 mins. Take a clean piece of cotton cloth, put the whole spices in it and tie a knot. Now heat the water and put the cloth in it. Once the water comes to boil add the soaked rice. Add little salt. Cook for 3-4 mins and drain the water. Remove the spices.
4. Heat 2 tablespoons of ghee/oil in a deep & heavy bottomed pan.fry potato pieces and keep aside. Add chopped onions and very little sugar (for caramelise) fry till soft and lightly browned….this is called beresta. Keep it aside.
5. Now again heat oil/ghee in pan, add chopped onions. Add the marinated chicken once the onion is translucent. Sprinkle 1 tbsp of prepared Biriyani Masala and cook for 10-12 mins covered with lid on low flame. Add little water if required.
6. Take a heavy bottomed pan grease well with ghee or oil. First put the potatoes, chicken legs at the bottom, top it up with 2 tbs of gravy, add a layer of rice, beresta, sprinkle biriyani masala, sprinkle shredded khova, few drops of rose and kewra water, 2 tbsp saffron milk. Prepare several layers like this. Finish it with a dollop of ghee.
7. Seal the mouth of the pot with wheat flour dough to tighten the lid. Cook this on low heat for 10 to 15 minutes and let it stand for another 30 minutes before opening.
8. Chicken Biriyani is ready. Serve it with Chicken pieces, potatoes and boiled egg.

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