Name: Awadhi Chicken Biryani
Ingredients: 1 kg Basmati Rice; 1 1/2 kg Chicken Bone-in; 3 tbsp Ginger garlic paste; 2 tbsp Red chilli powder; 1 tbsp Cumin powder; 1 tbsp Coriander powder; 4-5 Green Chillies slit; 2 tbsp Lemon juice; 400 gm Yoghurt; 1 bunch Coriander Leaves finely chopped; 1 bunch Mint Leaves chopped; Whole Spices -; 2-3 Cardamom pods; 2 Cinnamon sticks small; 1 tsp Caraway Seeds; 2-3 Bay Leaves; 3/4 cup Oil; 3 tbsp Salt; 3 Onions thinly sliced and fried and crushed; FOR COOKING RICE -; 2-3 Cardamom pods; 2 Cinnamon sticks small; 2-3 Mace slightly crushed; 1 tsp Caraway Seeds; 1/4 cup Coriander Leaves finely chopped; 1/4 cup Mint Leaves chopped; 2 tbsp Salt

Awadhi Chicken Biryani.

you can cook Awadhi Chicken Biryani using 27 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Awadhi Chicken Biryani

It's 1 kg of Basmati Rice.
Prepare 1 1/2 kg of Chicken Bone-in.
It's 3 tbsp of Ginger garlic paste.
You need 2 tbsp of Red chilli powder.
Prepare 1 tbsp of Cumin powder.
Prepare 1 tbsp of Coriander powder.
Prepare 4-5 of Green Chillies slit.
Prepare 2 tbsp of Lemon juice.
You need 400 gm of Yoghurt.
You need 1 bunch of Coriander Leaves finely chopped.
You need 1 bunch of Mint Leaves chopped.
It's of Whole Spices -.
You need 2-3 of Cardamom pods.
You need 2 of Cinnamon sticks small.
Prepare 1 tsp of Caraway Seeds.
You need 2-3 of Bay Leaves.
You need 3/4 cup of Oil.
You need 3 tbsp of Salt.
It's 3 of Onions thinly sliced and fried and crushed.
It's of FOR COOKING RICE -.
Prepare 2-3 of Cardamom pods.
Prepare 2 of Cinnamon sticks small.
Prepare 2-3 of Mace slightly crushed.
Prepare 1 tsp of Caraway Seeds.
You need 1/4 cup of Coriander Leaves finely chopped.
It's 1/4 cup of Mint Leaves chopped.
You need 2 tbsp of Salt.

Awadhi Chicken Biryani instructions

Soak rice for 20 minutes. Boil it until 50% cooked along with the ingredients mentioned under cooking it. Drain and keep aside. Deep fry the onions in enough oil and keep aside..
Use this oil only about 3/4 cup in chicken marination after it is cooled. Marinate chicken with all the ingredients listed under it and set aside for minimum 2 hours. After the stipulated time, cook this marinated chicken on medium heat well covered..
Oil starts floating on top and thus It is done in about 20 to 25 minutes. Now take a wide vessel, it is time to dum (slow steam heat) the biryani. Arrange the cooked chicken at the bottom followed by the rice and then the chicken and so on..
Finally garnish the biryani with the ingredients listed under it. Cover it with an aluminium foil or place a clean towel on the vessel before covering it with the lid and place some heavy utensil on top of it so that the steam does not escape..
Heat should be low and leave it on undisturbed for a good 20 minutes. Do not open the lid while it is on dum. Serve hot in layers with simple onion raita. Serve garnished with Mint, Coriander Leaves and fried onions alongside Cucumber Raita.