Easy and delicious biriyani recipe you can pull off on a weeknight
Ingredients:
1 small onion
1-inch ginger
4 green chilies
6 cashews
8-9 golden raisins
4 large garlic cloves
½ cup plain yogurt
1 tsp salt
1 kg chicken
¼ cup cooking oil
1 ½ cup sliced onion
½ tsp red chili
1 ¼ tbsp biryani masala
1 tsp rose water
1 tsp kewra water
3 prunes
1 tsp ghee
½ cup hot milk
1 tbsp salt
3 cardamom
8-10 pepper
4 cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
2 bay leaves
2 cups-soaked basmati rice
Instructions:
1. Blend onion with ginger, green chilies, cashews, golden raisins, garlic cloves, plain yogurt and salt to taste
2. Marinate the chicken with blended mixture for 30 minutes
3. Fry sliced onion in pan with cooking oil on high heat until brown
4. Remove half of the fried onion from pan to use for garnish
5. Add marinated chicken pieces to pan
6. Add red chili and biryani masala
7. Saute for 5 minutes
8. Cook for 25 minutes on low heat with the lid on
9. Using a large pot with boiling water, add salt, cardamom, peppercorn, cloves, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves and basmati rice that has been soaked for 30 minutes
10. Cook for 5 minutes on high heat
11. Add rose water and kewra water to chicken
12. Stir chicken as gravy reduces
13. Add prunes, and cooked basmati rice
14. Add ghee, hot milk, fried onions, and food coloring
15. Cook biryani for 20 minutes on lowest heat with lid on
16. Mix and garnish with fried onions before serving
17. Ready to enjoy!