Recipe for
Chicken Biryani – Kerala Style
Ingredients :
For Rice :
Basmati rice : 2 cups
Water : 4 cups
Cloves/Karambu : 4 nos
Cardamom pods/Elakka : 4 nos
Cinnamon stick/Karuvapatta : 1 inch pieces
Bay leaves /Tejapatta : 1 no
Lemon Juice : 2 tsp (freshly squeezed)
Salt to taste
For Marinating Chicken:
Chicken : 1/2 kg /1.1 lb
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Red Chilli powder : 1 tsp
Yogurt : 1/2 cup
Biryani masala : 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
For Chicken Masala :
Onion : 4 medium (thinly sliced)
Tomato : 2 medium (chopped)
Green Chillies : 15-20 nos (chopped)
Ginger : 1 inch Piece
Garlic : 8-10 cloves
Biryani masala
Red chilli powder : 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder : 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Mint leaves : 1/4 cup (chopped)
Cilantro/Corainder leaves : 1/2 cup (chopped)
Oil /Ghee /Ney : 2 tbsp
For Nutty Paste :
Fennel seeds : 1 tsp
Poppy seeds : 1 tsp
Grated Coconut : 3 tbsp
Cashew nut : 10 nos
For Garnishing :
Cashew nuts : Handful
Raisins : Handful
Ghee /Ney : 3-5 tbsp
Onion : 1/2 cup (thinly sliced)
Coriander leaves : Handful
Saffron : 1-2 strand
Warm milk : 2 tsp
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How to make Chicken Biryani – Kerala Style:
Preparing the Nutty Paste :
1. Soak the poppy seeds, fennel seeds, cashewnut in the water for half an hour and grind it to smooth paste along with grated coconut and keep it aside.
Cooking the Chicken Masala:
1. Clean with pinch of turmeric and cut the chicken into medium sized pieces and drain the water well.
2. Grind ginger,garlic,green chillies to coarse paste and set it aside.
3. Marinate the chicken with all above mentioned ingredients “For Marinating Chicken” for 1 hrs at room temperature and shallow fry it.
4. Heat oil/ghee in a pan, add thinly sliced onion saute until it is translucent,add the ginger,garlic,green chillie paste,saute until brown color,add chopped tomatoes and saute for few seconds.
5. Add the briyani masala,turmeric powder,red chilli powder,coriander powder,combine well and saute untill the raw smell goes.
6. Add the chopped corainder & mint leaves and mix well.
7. Add the shallowed fried chicken and cover & cook on medium flame for about 10 mins add water if needed and adjust salt.
8. Add the nutty paste and cook for couple of minutes,when its done,remove and keep it aside.
Cooking the Rice:
1. Soak the rice for 30 mins and drain the water completely.
2. Boil the required water,with half of the whole masala ( cardamom, cloves & cinnamon ) and add little olive oil & salt.
3. Heat ghee in a pan & splutter whole masala.Add the cleaned & drained rice, when the rice starts cracking add it to boiled water and cook uncovered the rice for 8-10 mins.
4. When rice done drain the excess water immediately spread the rice on a tray and sprinkle the lemon juice.let it cool for sometime
Preparing for Garnish :
1. Heat ghee and fry the thinly sliced onion till golden colour and crispy for 15 miutes sprinkle little sugar to caramelize,remove and drain on to the paper towel.
2. Now fry cashews and then raisins until they turn golden colour,drain and remove on to the paper towel and keep it aside.( Note : Save the leftover ghee for layering the biryani)
3. Mix saffron strand in warm milk and keep it aside.
Final Cooking and Layering :
Cooking in Oven :
1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F/180 degree C.
2. In a oven proof dish, grease your cooking dish and spread half of the chicken masala and with some cooked rice,
3. Sprinkle biryani masala, fried cashews, raisins, fried onions, chopped coriander leaves and mint leaves, sprinkle left over ghee and few drops of saffron milk over the rice as the final layering. Repeat this process.
4. Close with tight fitting heat resistant lid or close it with aluminium foil, crimp along the side and and bake it for 20 mins.
5. When it is done, remove and keep the dish covered untill serving.
Cooking in Stove top – Dum Method :
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Good Day All!
Hi Fatima, You are welcome dear! Happy to know that this chicken biryani turned well for you and was appreciated by your MIL 🙂 Thank you so much for trying and letting me know. Hope you continue to try more recipes from here and like them too.
Happy Cooking!
Sangeetha
Hii.. tried it yesterday and it came out very well.. got appreciated esp by mil.. thank u so much??
Hi Fatima, Thank you. Common substitute for poppy seeds are sesame seeds or you can just skip. Either way it won’t harm the recipe.Please do make this and share your feedback and send me snap if time permit. Would love to hear & see it.
Happy cooking!
Sangeetha
Hii chechi. Ur recipes looks yummy nd I really want to try it. Bt i cant find poppy seeds here. Can i skip it or is there any substitute for it?
Hi Priti, I'm really sorry for the delayed reply. I was away from active blogging hence the delay in reply. I use US cups measurements in all my recipes 1 US cup of rice = 240 ml. This is slightly different from other countries which is 250ml. As long as you use the same cup for measuring out each of your ingredients, the proportions should work out the same.Yes your right 1kg of rice you use 1kg of chicken. Hope this helps! Sorry again for delayed reply.
Happy cooking!
Sangeetha
Hi sangeetha, just want two know whats ur cup size for rice cause me planning to make with 1kg rice so do v need 1kg chicken also.
Hi Rajani, Thank you! Sorry for the delayed reply. No just par cooke the rice i.e 3/4 th cooked rest it will be cooked during dum. Hope this helps!
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Hi, Thanks a ton dear for such a wonderful comment. I'm so thrilled to know that you find this space helpful 🙂 Thanks again dear for taking time to leave a comment here, It means a lot. Please do keep me posted when you try the recipes.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Thanks Nikitha. Did you get to try ? If so, I do hope you liked it.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
You're most welcome! Thank you very much Smrithi for sharing your feedback here 🙂 So glad that that it lived up to your expectations! It's a pleasure to know that your friends enjoyed this dish.Please try out other recipes also, Hope you will like it.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Hi! Gr8 recipe, will surely try this. Just got a small doubt. Do you completely cook rice before draining it. If so, will it not get overcooked when baking it for 20 mins? I have never done this method.
Great recipes sangeeta.. All r lovely ones.. Frankly speaking none of other recipes are genuine..when I followed I end up with confusions but yours truly good…now kothiyavunnuu is the best..specially mutton stew biriyani paayasam pathiri varutharacha chicken curry fish mobile ellam super. Hats off!!!
Keep going sangeetha madam.
Looking for more recipes…..
Wow! Superb..i am gonna try this
Thanks for the wonderful recipe Sangeetha ! 🙂
I am a student pursuing masters in US and I made it for this fall break. All my Malayali friends loved it. The recipe was clearly explained and the spice levels were just perfect !
Regards,
Smrithi
Hi Rajith, You're welcome !:) Thanks so much for leaving a comment letting me know that they turned out so well for you! Hope you get to try more recipes and like them too.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Prepared this Chicken Biriyani today, and it came out really great.
Thanks a lot Sangeetha , for this awesome recipe.
warm regards
Rajith
You're welcome! I am so glad it worked out for you! thanks for trying and sharing your feedback here.Hope you get to try more recipes from here.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
You're welcome Indulekha! Thanks for trying this recipe and also for posting a comment here 🙂 Happy to know that it came well for you.Please do try the recipes from here when you've time & I do hope you like it.
Happy cooking 🙂
Sangeetha
I tried this recipe…….nd it came out so well..yummy.. 🙂 thank you so much …for this delicious website
I tried this recipe………it came out yummy … thank u so much 🙂 so this delicious website 😉
Hi sangeetha..I tried ur recipe n it came out very well…thanks for ur wonderful recipe. ..
Hi Rashmi, Thanks a lot.Sorry for the delayed reply! I'm very busy lately with travelling and moving, hence the delay in reply.Really happy to know that you like the recipes posted here. Coming to your query…I can give you is my best guess and opinion on what I’d try… first layer the chicken masala and then rice and also make sure you keep the biryani vessel on top of the iron skillet or tawa and cook on very low flame for 15 mins and turn off the flame.Hopefully that helps!Let me know if are still stuck and we could try and find other solutions.Hope to see you around more!
Cheers!
Sangeetha
You're welcome Meghna! Oh those are to-die-for! I make them on a regular basis.I’m so glad to hear you that they turned out so well for you! Thanks for returning to leave a comment! Hope you get to try other recipes too…
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Hi sangeetha…I am a big fan of your recipes..tried many recipes and liked all. I have a doubt..when I make biriyani while doing dum..I used to keep rice as the lower level and it makes the downlevel rice to little bit fried that I dont intend to do. What to do for this and do we need to have water in masala or cooked rice. …very happy to read about you in grihalakshmi
I tried this recipe and it came out so well 🙂 Thank U for d wonderful recipe 🙂 Meghna
You're welcome !:) Thanks Sethulakshmi for trying this recipe and also for posting a comment here 🙂 I’m so glad to hear you, your husband enjoyed. I hope you do try more of my recipes.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
I’m so glad to hear that they turned out so well for you! Thank you so much for taking time to share your feedback here, appreciate it very much 🙂
Cheers!
Sangeetha
I tried this and it turned out really nice..my husband loved it..thank u so much for the recipe 🙂
A very authentic, yet simple recipe.l Made this today and was an instant hit !!
Thank you J24 🙂 Sorry for any inconvenience. Due to lots plagiarism, here pages are copyrighted so we have disabled the right click. But for sure let me look into and will try to do something on this.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Great recipes.. But cannot right click on any links… Its annoying with the copyright message… Love ur recipes and site though….
The right click copyright alert is annoying. cannot navigate through the site properly.. love your recipes though.
Hi Smitha, Grind the coconut along with nuts. Hope this helps! Sorry i forget to type; I have updated it. Thank you for bringing it to my notice and sorry for any inconvenience.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Thanks Smitha.
U did ntt mention abt wt to do with coconut
Mouth watering
Thanks!
Hi Suchithra,
Thanks a bunch for the lovely words :)Its truly motivating :)I'm sorry for delay in posting sambar podi,somehow i missed updating it…will post it this week for sure:)
Talking about serving of the dum biryani, it all depends. Usually in some restaurants, they mix all together and then server. BUT I personally prefer and most high-end restaurants they keep the layer and while server pick multiple layers together and serve so in the served plate you will see multiple layers and some part mixed etc… And here we are leaving the decision to the person to mix in his choice, but make sure to server all parts of the biryani to get the full flavor.
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Welcome! Oh those my fav too 🙂 I make them on a regular basis Hope to see you around more!
Sangeetha
Thanks! so glad it worked for you and big thanks for recommending this humble blog to your friends and for letting me know that..:-)
Cheers!
Sangeetha
Thanks Anu 🙂
Hi Dimple, So good to have you here. Thanks for the compliments. Do try this version when time premits and let me know your valuable feedback and do write your ur version…i would love to see how it is cooked at ur place. btw how is hiya? my rgds to you all:)
Take care,
Sangeetha
the recipe is sooo yummy
Thank You Andrea 🙂
Eu adoro essa receita….
Thank You Sangeethaa for the quick reply
Hi Sangeetha, your recipes are really nice. Nowdays i started to cook everything from your recipes. I'm still waiting for your sambar podi. Hats of to you.
I have come here to ask in regard to Dum biryani. After dumming and before serving, whether we have to mix the whole thing or let it be in layer itself and serve. I'm confused in this stage. Please suggest whether to mix the whole chicken biryani and serve or let it be in layers and serve. which taste good?
wow!!….sherikkum kothiyavanu biriyani kanditu. biriyani is my favourite dish..thank you for uploading..
I made this for my daughter's birthday,n was a hit.I ve recommended this blog to my friends.Good work…
Biryani looks yummy…thanks a lot for the “biryani masala”.
My mom makes chicken biriyani in a completely different way.. Looks very nice and interesting.You have written in a very clear manner so that it would surely be easy for us to try it out. Thanks for this wonderful recipe.