Malabar Chicken Biriyani

Malabar Chicken Biriyani

Prepare Rice

1)Biriyani Rice - 3 cups
Wash and drain

2) Ghee - 3 Tbsp
Cinnamon Stick - 1 Whole
Cloves - 5 pieces
Elaichi - 6 pieces
Cashew Nuts - 5 pieces
Raisins - 5 pieces

In a pan, heat Ghee and fry the other spices and nuts (add the raisins last as it browns very easily)

Once done, add the rice and fry till fragrant.  Make sure the rice do not stick to the bottom.

Transfer them to rice cooker and add water (1 cup rice : 1 1/4 cup water). Then add salt to taste.
3) Ghee - 1 Tbsp
Onion - a handful (diced)
Cashew Nuts - a handful
Raisins - a handful
In a pan, heat ghee and fry cashew nuts, followed by onions and then raisins. Once they turn brown, rain and keep aside. This will be used later for garnishing.

Chicken Masala

Saute Red Onions - 4 (Big) Chopped until soft and pinkish in color. Add salt to taste.

Ginger - 2 tbsp
Garlic - 2 tbsp
Green chilli - 9 (or according to your taste)

Grind  the garlic, ginger and green chilli together without adding water.
Add to the onions and saute  again till fragrant.

Add Tomato - 5 Big to the mix and stir well.
Add Spices
Coriander Powder - 1 tbsp
Chilli Powder (if required) - 1 tsp
Garam Masala - 1 to 2 tsp

Add Chicken (1 Whole cut into 12 - 14 pieces)
Stir in the chicken well with the masala mix and bring to boil.

Let the chicken cook on low heat till tender.

Once the chicken is cooked, add

Yoghurt - 2 Tbsp
Lemon Juice - 1 Tbsp (if required.. before adding check to see if the masala is tangy enough)
Coriander leaves - a handful.

Stir Well and keep aside.

Once your rice is done, you need to mix the chicken masala with the rice.

To do that, transfer the rice into another bowl.

You need to divide the rice and the chicken into sections.

Firstly, add a little gravy to the rice cooker,
Then add a little rice to it and mix well.
Add chicken with gravy at sides
Cover the chicken with rice.
Add the fried cashew, raisins and onions.
Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves
Sprinkle garam masala
To this, add chicken again followed by rice, then the cashew/raisins/onion/coriander leaves/garam masala garnish.
Continue the same process till all your ingredients are in the rice cooker.

Then, close the rice cooker with lid and press cook again.
Once the button turns warm, your chicken biriyani is ready.