Ingredients
Marination ingredients for chicken biryani
- ½ kg chicken
- 3 tablespoons curd or yogurt or dahi
- 1 ¼ tablespoons ginger garlic paste
- Salt as needed (I used about ½ tsp)
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric or haldi
- ½ to 1 teaspoon red chilli powder (use less spicy variety)
- ½ to 1 tablespoon biryani masala powder or garam masala (Refer notes)
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice (optional)
Whole spices (skip if you don’t have any)
- 1 bay leaf or tej patta
- 4 green cardamoms or choti elaichi
- 4 to 6 cloves or lavang
- 1 inch Cinnamon or dalchini
- 1 Star anise or chakri phool
- ¾ teaspoon shahi jeera or caraway seeds
- 1 strand mace or javitri
Other ingredients for chicken biryani
- 2 cups basmati rice or chawal (aged rice only)
- 2 tablespoon ghee or Oil
- 1 onion large – sliced thinly
- ¼ to ½ cup mint (or pudina chopped – about 12 to 15 leaves)
- 1 green chili slit or chopped
- ¼ cup curd or 4 tbsps yogurt or dahi
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon red chili powder (optional, skip for kids)
- 1 teaspoon biryani masala powder (or garam masala)
- ¼ teaspoon Salt to add to chicken
- 3 cups water or thin coconut milk (if using normal rice use more water)
- ¾ teaspoon salt to sprinkle in water
- 2 tablespoon fried onions (optional)
