Recipe: Appetizing Kerala style chicken biriyani

Kerala style chicken biriyani.

you can cook Kerala style chicken biriyani using 49 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Kerala style chicken biriyani

1. You need of Ghee rice.
2. Prepare 2 cup of jeerakashala rice.
3. It's 1 of med size onion.
4. Prepare 4 of green chillies.
5. Prepare 3 of cardamom.
6. Prepare 2 of " cinnamon.
7. You need 4 of cloves.
8. Prepare leaves of Coriander.
9. You need leaves of Mint.
10. You need of Ghee.
11. You need of Refined oil.
12. You need of Salt.
13. You need 1 tbsp of Lemon juice.
14. It's 3 cup of Water.
15. Prepare of Chicken Masala.
16. Prepare 1/2 kg of Chicken.
17. Prepare 5 of Onions.
18. You need 2 of Tomatoes.
19. You need of Chilli powder-1tsp.
20. You need of Ginger 2" pc.
21. Prepare 10 cloves of Garlic.
22. Prepare 6-7 of Green chilli.
23. It's of Cinnanmon 1" piece.
24. It's 3 of Cardamom.
25. You need Cloves of 3.
26. You need leaves of Coriander.
27. You need leaves of Mint.
28. You need leaves of Coriander.
29. Prepare 1 of Lemon.
30. Prepare of Salt.
31. You need of Oil.
32. It's of Ghee.
33. It's of Water.
34. You need of Biriyani masala.
35. You need 1 tbsp of Fennel seeds.
36. It's 1 tsp of Jeera.
37. You need 1 of Star anise.
38. Prepare Cloves of 5.
39. Prepare 4 of Cardamom.
40. You need 2 of " Cinnamon 4.
41. It's 1/4 tsp of Shahjeera.
42. You need of Dum.
43. You need of Birista (crispy fried onions.
44. You need leaves of Coriander.
45. You need leaves of Mint.
46. It's 1/2 tsp of homemade biriyani masala.
47. You need of Ghee just to smear the vessel.
48. You need of Roasted cashews optional.
49. Prepare of Roasted raisins optional.

Kerala style chicken biriyani step by step

1. Slice 4 onions and heat a pan and pour 4tbsp of oil.once hot put onions and fry them till golden brown and crispy....
2. Roast all the ingredients listed under biriyani masala till aromat and grind it into a fine powder.
3. Grind ginger,garlic and green chilli to a paste.
4. Take a pressure cooker pour 2tbsp ghee.add all the whole spices listed under ghee rice and saute till aromat now add onion and saute till pink.pour 3 cups of water add salt too. when it comes to boil add rice, few coriander leaves, mint leaves and a tbsp of lime juice now close the lid of the pressure cooker and wait till 2 whistles on high- med flame.
5. Pour 1tsp oil +1tsp ghee and add all the whole spices listed under chicken masala.now add 1 onion and saute till pinkish in colour to this add tomatoes and cook till tomatoes are mushy and now at this stage add ground ginger garlic and green chilli paste and saute till raw smell disappears after that add coriander leaves and mint leaves and saute for a few secs.
6. Now add washed and cleaned chicken and saute for few mins now to this add chilli powder+ homemade biriyani masala+salt and give it a good mix and cook closed for 4 mins for the chicken to release it's own water....
7. Now add a cup of water and cook for 4mins.keep the lid closed.
8. Open the lid and add birista and mix thoroughly and let the chicken cook for 3more mins.At this stage there be should b some gravy or else add 1/4 cup water... (Adding birista will give a nice flavor and colour to the gravy.....).
9. Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves and mint leaves and give it a final mix (optional step).
10. In the final stage take a deep heavy deep bottomed vessel smear a tbsp of ghee all over the vessel and take half of the chicken masala and spead as 1st layer and top it with ghee rice as second layer and sprinkle some birista+1/4 tsp homemade biriyani masala+ coriander leves and mint leaves..... Repeat one more layer with chicken and den rice as the last layer by lastly sprinkling birista+homemade biriyani masala+1/4tsp garam masala+coriander leaves and mint leaves.finally close with a tight lid.
11. Swicth on the gas and put on high flame for 5mins and dein on low flame for 5mins..swicth off and let it sit for 30mins and then open and serve with raita, pickle and Kerala papad.