Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, saffron’s chicken dum biryani. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Saffron’s chicken dum biryani is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Saffron’s chicken dum biryani is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook saffron’s chicken dum biryani using 30 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Saffron’s chicken dum biryani:
- Get Steps for cooking rice :-
- Get 1 kg Salam India basmati rice (India gate)
- Take 2 teaspoons salt
- Make ready 1 tablespoon lemon juice (rice will cook well)
- Take Hard spices:-
- Get 4-5 cinnamon sticks
- Get 4-6 cloves
- Make ready 4-6 green cardamoms
- Take 1 teaspoon Shahi zeera (black cumin)
- Make ready 2 black cardamoms
- Make ready 1 kg fresh chicken (14-16 pieces from 1 full chicken)
- Take For saffron flavour:-
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon strands of saffron (original)
- Take 1 teaspoon saffron essence
- Get 3-4 tablespoons Milk add saffron essence & drizzle while cooking in final step
- Take 1 teaspoon yellow food colour (liquid) if using powder please use quarter teaspoon)
- Take 2 tablespoons ghee to drizzle over after cooking
- Make ready 4-5 tablespoons oil for cooking
- Take 1 big onion (for frying)
- Prepare 2-3 tablespoons yoghurt (thick Greek yoghurt/curd)
- Make ready 4 green chili’s (slits)
- Take Spices:-
- Get 2- teaspoons salt
- Prepare 2 1/2 teaspoons red chilli powder
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Prepare 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste (fresh)
- Make ready 1 teaspoon gram masala powder (homemade)
- Take 1 teaspoon kasuri methi
- Take 1 lemon (rice & marination)
- Get 1 cup leaves of both Mint & coriander leaves for cooking
Steps to make Saffron’s chicken dum biryani:
- Wash & soak rice for about 2 hours adding salt & all hard spices mentioned above set aside. While cooking will add lemon juice so the strands of rice will be cooked separated & non sticky. Also fry onion till golden brown leave some for garnishing & add the rest in marinated chicken.
- Wash chicken with 1 tablespoon vinegar as always the fishy smell disappears.now marinate chicken with yoghurt & all spices & kasuri methi add few fried onions & same oil for fried onions for nice flavour & 1/2 teaspoon strands of saffron cover it & marinate for 1-2 hours in the freezer.
- Now cook rice until it’s 70 % cooked then drain the water besides in a nonstick wok brush the bottom with oil then add the marinated chicken spread it nicely next layer with all the cooked rice now add milk with saffron essence or directly add the essence & yellow food colour, mint & coriander leaves, ghee, sprinkle some Garam masala powder dig wholes in between slightly as the steam will be even while cooking.
- Cover the lid & cook on high flame for around 5 minutes just turn the wok to all sides as it may start cooking with heat in all sides then simmer the flame & cook for 20 minutes making sure the lid is covered well to let the steam within & cook evenly. I have covered the lid whole with foil rolled to tuk in.once the kitchen is fully aromatic with dum biryani & then off the flame burner let it rest for 10 minutes then check it must be done well.
- Now enjoy the scrumptious & the famous dish saffron chicken dum biryani with curd raita & mirchiyon ka salan with salad & a dessert & combination meal for weekend. I am pretty sure everyone must be in treat for the meal..!
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