Chicken Biryani Style
Marinated in curd and cashew, cooked under pressure without a whistle.
01 Scalepeople ×1
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Pans2
Bowls2
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Ingredients
For 4½ kgchicken or (mutton)चिकन · चिकन
1limeलिंबू · नींबू
1 tspcrushed garlicलसूण · लहसुन
1 tspcrushed gingerआले · अदरक
1grated onionकांदा · प्याज़
1 cupcurdदही · दही
2 tspred chilli powderतिखट · लाल मिर्च पाउडर
½ tsphaldi powderहळद · हल्दी
to tastesaltमीठ · नमक
1 tspgaram masalaगरम मसाला · गरम मसाला
somesaffron strandsकेशर · केसर
1 Tbspcoriander, choppedकोथिंबीर · धनिया
1 tspgreen chillies, choppedहिरवी मिरची · हरी मिर्च
4 Tbspcashew powderकाजू · काजू
—ghee, for making chickenचिकन · चिकन
to tastecreamसाय · मलाई
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Pots & pans
Sized for 41kadhaiकढई · कढ़ाई
1pressure cookerकुकर · कुकर
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Mise en place
All of this before the heat goes on1The marinade
½ kgchicken or (mutton)चिकन · चिकन
1limeलिंबू · नींबू
1 tspcrushed garlicलसूण · लहसुन
1 tspcrushed gingerआले · अदरक
1grated onionकांदा · प्याज़
1 cupcurdदही · दही
2 tspred chilli powderतिखट · लाल मिर्च पाउडर
½ tsphaldi powderहळद · हल्दी
to tastesaltमीठ · नमक
1 tspgaram masalaगरम मसाला · गरम मसाला
somesaffron strandsकेशर · केसर
1 Tbspcoriander, choppedकोथिंबीर · धनिया
1 tspgreen chillies, choppedहिरवी मिरची · हरी मिर्च
2Kept back
4 Tbspcashew powderकाजू · काजू
—ghee, for making chickenचिकन · चिकन
to tastecreamसाय · मलाई
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The order
In order01Hands offMix all the ingredients except cashew powder and marrinate it for sometime.
02HeatThen put ghee in the kadhai — when hot put the cashew powder in it and fry till light brown. Do not burn it.
03HeatThen add the chicken marinated and fry for sometime, then add one cup of water to it and cook till done.
04PrepAdd water accordingly to make your gravy.
05HeatSince it is marinated it cooks fast. I cook in the cooker under pressure so it cooks in 15 to 20 minutes without giving it a whistle.20m
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Other people’s versions
Links only — nothing copiedHow One of NYC's Best Indian Chefs Makes BiryaniBon Appétita full restaurant biryani, a different dish to hers
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Notes
Transcribed as written, spelling and all — "marrinate", "cooks fast".
Her cashew powder is deliberately held back from the marinade and fried first; that is why it is listed separately here rather than reordered into one list.
She gives the pressure time as "15 to 20 minutes". Stored as 20 so the plan does not promise a shorter dinner than she does; the range is here, in her words.
"without giving it a whistle" is hers and load-bearing — do not normalise it into a whistle count.
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