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- Biryani is a delicious or royal dish. It is loveable by all age groups. It is famous or popular in all areas or countries. You can make biryani for any special event or at home also.
- You can make mutton or chicken biryani depending on your choice or taste. The Biryani process needs some expertise or unique characteristics.
- Some people like simple biryani, and some like marinated layered biryani. Marinated layers of biryani need some time or some experience. Spices or ingredients depend on you or your taste.
- A few areas have biryani style or give names according to a place, like Karachi biryani or Hyderabadi biryani is famous by their name.
- As you know, biryani is everyone’s favorite dish, so always remember a few things.
- Keep in mind biryani should be spicy and savory, and tasteless. It should not look too oily or not dry. All colors and tastes depend on you. The matching of ingredients and quality depends on you.
Ingredients
Rice, chicken, oil, yogurt spices (depends on your choice) variation in spices also depends on you.
Process:
Marination:
- First, ensure that the chicken is thoroughly cleaned by rinsing it with hot water and removing any visible dirt. You may choose to make slits on the chicken pieces or leave them as they are.
- Next, prepare a marinade by combining yogurt, ginger garlic paste, garam masala, Biryani masala, turmeric, salt, red chili, or lemon juice in a separate bowl. Mix all the ingredients well.
- Add the cleaned chicken to the marinade and make sure that it is well coated. Let the chicken marinate for 1-2 hours, either by covering it or keeping it in the fridge.
Preparation of rice:
- You can choose the rice of your choice. Rinse rice in thrice of water. Drain or soak in fresh water for 30 minutes.
Chicken cooking process:
- For the cooking process of chicken, you can choose a heavy bottom pot or pressure cooker.
- Commonly people use heavy bottom pots. Add oil or ghee to it. As the oil cooks, after a few minutes, add thin strips of onion. Fry onion for a few minutes until it gets brownish color.
- The brown color of the onion indicates the cooking of the onion. It gives an excellent taste to the biryani.
- Add marinated chicken or saute it for 5 to 10 minutes. Saute it on low to medium flame. After 5 to 10 minutes, cover it or lower the flame. These things cook the chicken. It makes the soft and tender the chicken.
- After the set, time check whether the chicken is cooked or not with the help of a knife and fork.
- Check the taste of the chicken. If you feed any deficiency, you can add more salt and spices.
Biryani process:
- Assemble or mix well and spread chicken in one single layer.
- Spread rice or make one single layer on it.
- Add another layer of chicken and rice to it.
- Only mix some layers. Add mint leaves on top of the coating.
- Cover the pot, and the flame should be low to medium. Remain on the flame for 5 to 10 minutes until the rice is complete.
- After a set time, check your rice or taste them.
Your biryani is ready. You can serve it with raita or any other thing. This is the process of how to make chicken biryani at home.
Tips:
- For good biryani, the choice of rice is essential. You should choose Basmati rice or other good quality rice. Taste or appearance depends on it.
- Spices choose wisely. Excessive use of herbs destroys your biryani. Whole spices should be used in some proportion. Choose biryani masala of good quality.
- Marinated chicken gives a good taste. Marination is optional if you make simple biryani, but it provides a simple taste that is not so special.
- If your rice remains uncooked, wash it or continue cooking again.
- Your flame also plays a vital role because a high flame destroys the taste and moisture of rice, or too low flame serely uncooked the rice, so balance is essential in all aspects, and all things matter in the cooking process.
- If you want to avoid layered rice chicken biryani, you can mix rice or chicken with water or cook it all together for 15-20 minutes, but above mentioned process is easy, unique, or super good in taste.
- People who love to eat chicken biryani quickly understand all steps of the process and understand all tips. They promptly tell other people how to make chicken biryani at home.