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Mar 31, 2012

CHICKEN TIKKA BIRIYANI










Ingredients




Chicken                     - 1 kg


FOR MARINATION


Chilly powder               -1tbsp
Pepper powder           -1tsp
Garam masala powder -1tsp
Salt 
Curd                           -2tbsp
Orange food color        -1/4tsp
Vinegar                       -4tbsp 
Ginger garlic paste       -1tbsp
mix all this with chicken and marinate for 6 hours.Then cook on a vessel. 


RICE


Basmathi rice      -1kg
whole garam masala
salt
boil water and cook the rice with garam masala and sieve set aside .


FOR GRAVY


onion                  -4
Ginger garlic paste-1tbsp
Tomato               -4
Red chili powder  -1 tsp
Coriander powder -1tsp
Turmeric powder  -1/2 tsp
salt
curd                     -1/2 cup


Heat a vessel with 1/2 cup oil fry onion then add ginger -garlic paste saute well add tomato saute till tomatoes becomes juicy then add powders mix well ,pour curd mix well then add cooked chicken mix well.


DUM
Coriander leaves -1/2 cup
Mint leaves         -1/2 cup
Green chilly chopped-4


First layer with rice add half of leaves & G-chilly then pour all chicken gravy then leaves &G-chilly last layer with rice ..
Recipe by-shireen-anwer .check recipe video here













MAJBOOS






Majboos -An amazing  Arabic Biriyani with whole fried  Chicken ,special Arab spices[majboos spice powder] &dried lemons . .This is very famous Rice Dish in Arab country .Coming to the recipe.My recipe is not traditional one it has been amended as per the taste of my family. 



CHICKEN MAJBOOS

3 cups- basmati rice (long grain rice)
1 kg    -chiken
[marinated with salt, chilli powder,pepper powder,lemon juice ,garam masala powder,jeera powder]
3 onions-sliced thinly
Ginger garlic paste-2tbs
Green-chilli paste of 4
Tomato- 4 -5
Coriander powder-1tsp
garam masala powder-1/2tsp
Jeera powder-1/2 tsp
Pepper powder-1/2tsp
Hot water -6cup
Juice of 1-lemon or 2-dried lemon
Fry the marinated chicken.
Heat a large vessel with oil&ghee,[oil 3tbs &ghee 3tbs] add some whole jeera,then onion,along with salt until the onions become soft and translucent.add ginger, garlic, chillies paste fry for3-4minutes,add tomatoes,Reduce the heat to medium and cover and cook till the tomatoes becomes soft and gravy,at ths stage you can add all dry powders and fry for some time add 1/2 cup of coriander leaves then pour  hot water. When it begins to boil add lemon juice &salt to taste ,add washed and drained rice ,
Set the rice up to boil.when water comes to the same level of rice, reduce the heat add fried chicken , cover Cook till almost done,,