HYDERABADI CHICKEN DUM BIRYANI RECIPE
Ingredients
For Chicken Marination:
11/2 kg chicken cut into large pieces
2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
2 tbsp red chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
salt as per taste
1 bunch coriander leaves
1 bunch mint leaves
7 - 8 green chillies
1 tsp caraway seeds(shahi zeera)
3 - 4 cloves(loung)
2 cinnamon sticks(dalchini)
3 - 4 cardamoms(elaichi)
3 - 4 black pepper corns(kali mirch)
2 cups fried golden brown onions
2 cups yogurt
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
tsp garam masala powder
For the Rice:
Water for boiling
1 kg basmati rice
2-3 cloves(loung)
1 cinnamon stick(dalchini)
2-3 cardamoms(elaichi)
1 tsp caraway seeds(shahi zeera)
2 - 3 black pepper corns(kali mirch)
1 tbsp lemon juice
salt - to taste
For Dum Seasoning:
2 tbsp oil
2 tbsp coriander leaves
2 tbsp mint leaves
2 tbsp fried onions
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 cup saffron flavored milk
1 tbsp ghee
1 cup water
Preparation
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For The Chicken Marination:
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Wash the chicken pieces well with lemon juice and water and strain the chicken completely.
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Add ginger garlic paste into it.
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Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix well.
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In a blender add a bunch of coriander leaves, a bunch of mint leaves, green chillies, add a pinch of salt and make the paste called as green paste or hara masala paste.
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Add the green paste to the chicken marinade.
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Add whole garam masala that is cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper corns, caraway seeds.
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Mix the whole mixture well.
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Crush the onions and add into the marinade.
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Add beaten yogurt and mix well.
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Add oil over the marinade and mix well.
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Add garam masala powder and lemon juice and mix well.
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Check the taste of salt and add if required.
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Rest this marinade inside the refrigerator for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
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Procedure To Cook The Rice:
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Firstly, wash the basmati rice and soak it for about 35 minutes.
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Take a cooking pot, add water generously into it.
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Into the water, add salt as per taste, cinnamon stick, cloves, shahi zeera, black pepper corns, cardamoms.
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Bring the water to a boil.
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When the water starts boiling, add the soaked rice into it.
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Cook the rice for about 6 - 7 minutes until it is three fourth done.
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Strain the rice completely and rest the strained rice aside.
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Procedure To Give The Dum:
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In a cooking pot, to the base add oil and spill it all over the base.
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Add the chicken marinade into it and spread it evenly.
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Add the rice which has been cooked into it.
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Spread the rice evenly all over the marinade.
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Season the rice with coriander leaves, mint leaves, fried onions.
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Add lemon juice all over the rice.
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Add saffron flavored milk(2 saffron strands added into the ¼th cup of milk to get orange red color).
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Add ghee into it.
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Add little water all over the rice(optional).
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Make a chapathi dough and seal the lid and the cooking pot tightly with the dough.
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Switch on the flame, put the cooking pot onto the flame.
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Dum the biryani on sim flame for about 45 minutes.
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Procedure to take the biryani out:
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Take the biryani out with a spatula from one corner side and when taken out, the spoon has to go deep down and should come out with the rice and chicken.
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Serve the lip smacking biryani on a serving plate.
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Garnish the hyderabadi chicken dum biryani with fried onions.
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Also it can be garnished with coriander and mint leaves.
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And also serve it with lemon slices and raw onion rings.
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About
Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani recipe is an authentic Hyderabadi special rice dish which is a popular Dum Biryani recipe of Chicken from Hyderabad and Hyderabad is famous for Biryani all across India.
Added:
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 2:50am
