Description
This flavorful Chicken Tikka Biryani combines juicy marinated chicken tikkas, aromatic basmati rice, and spiced gravy, layered to perfection and cooked on dum. A festive biryani that brings restaurant-style taste right to your kitchen!
Ingredients
For Chicken Tikka:
500g chicken
1 tbsp Kashmiri chilli powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp kasuri methi
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1/4 cup whisked yogurt
Juice of half lemon
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp refined oil
1/4 tsp orange-red food color
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp chicken powder
For Gravy:
2 onions, sliced
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
2 tomatoes, pureed
3 tbsp whisked curd
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp biryani masala
2 green chillies, chopped
2 tbsp coriander leaves
2 tbsp mint leaves
1 cup water
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp chicken powder
For Rice:
500g basmati rice
Whole spices: 1 star anise, 4 green cardamoms, 1 black cardamom, 4 cloves, 2 cinnamon sticks, 1/2 tbsp shahjeera
2–3 lemon slices
2 tbsp oil
1.5 liters water
1.5 tbsp salt
For Layering:
1/2 tbsp vanaspati
1/4 tsp kesar food color + 2 tbsp water
Few mint leaves
2 tbsp coriander leaves
1 tbsp desi ghee
Instructions
Chicken Tikka:
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Marinate chicken with all ingredients for 1 hour.
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Heat oil, cook chicken on high for 5 mins, add sugar & chicken powder, cover and cook on low for 15 mins.
Gravy:
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Fry onions until golden, add ginger garlic paste and sauté.
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Add tomato puree and cook till oil separates.
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Add turmeric, chilli, biryani masala and cook with water.
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Mix in curd, cook till oil separates.
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Add chillies, coriander, mint, water, salt, chicken powder and boil.
Rice:
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Wash and soak rice for 30 mins.
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Boil water with spices, lemon, oil, and salt.
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Add rice, cook to 90%, and strain.
Layering:
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Grease pot with ghee. Layer half rice, then gravy and chicken.
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Add herbs, remaining rice, food color, ghee.
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Dum cook on low flame 8 mins, rest 15 mins.
Notes
Use bone-in chicken for deeper flavor.
Cook rice only 90% to prevent mushiness in dum.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Dum Cooking
