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Thalassery biryani recipe with video - Thalassery biryani originated from the malabar region of Kerala and is quite popular for its unique aroma and taste that comes from the unusual variety of rice called Jeerakasala. Unlike the other kind of popular biryanis where basmati rice is used, thalassery biriyani is made using a premium quality short grain rice which is also known as kaima rice or. Malabar Chicken biryani is a special and very tasty chicken biryani recipe. This biryani has cooked spicy chicken masala layered between rice with fried onions and whole pot is placed on dum.
Malabari Chicken Biriyani is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Malabari Chicken Biriyani is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook malabari chicken biriyani using 35 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Malabari Chicken Biriyani:
- Make ready For chicken curry
- Prepare 2 lbs boneless and skinless chicken thighs cut into bite size pieces
- Prepare 1 large onion chopped fine
- Make ready 1.5 tablespoons ginger garlic paste
- Prepare 3 green chillies chopped
- Prepare 3/4 cup coriander leaves,chopped
- Make ready 1/2 cup mint leaves,chopped
- Get 1.5 tablespoon canola oil/ ghee
- Get 2 large tomatoes finely chopped
- Get 1 tablespoon Garam Masala
- Take 2 teaspoons kashmiri chilli powder
- Get 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- Take to taste salt
- Take 2 tablespoons thick yoghurt
- Make ready 1/2 cup coconut milk
- Get for Biriyani Rice
- Get 4 cups basmati rice
- Prepare 1 tablespoon ghee
- Prepare 8 cardamom pods
- Make ready 8 cloves
- Get 2 inches cinnamon stick
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
- Prepare 10 peppercorns
- Take 1 star anise
- Get to taste Salt
- Get For Layering
- Get 1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
- Make ready 1/2 cup chopped mint leaves
- Make ready 1/4 cup cashews (roasted in ghee)
- Get 1/2 juice of lemon
- Make ready 1 tablespoon Kewra water (essence of screw pine)
- Take 1/2 cup fried onions
- Make ready 5 boiled eggs (cut in half)
- Take Few stands of saffron soaked in milk
- Make ready as required dough made of all-purpose flour / whole wheat flour to seal the pot
I have already shared Malabar style Dum Biryani using Prawns. Malabar Chicken Biryani A simple, elegant Malabar style Biryani. The famed Malabar Chicken Biryani is made by layering an aromatic and herby chicken masala with fluffy rice, crunchy fried onions (birista), nuts, dried fruits and ghee in a large pot. Step by Step Instructions for Chicken Biryani: To begin, clean the chicken pieces and marinate them in a mixture of yogurt, red chili powder, enough salt to season, garam masala and minced ginger and garlic (or ginger-garlic paste).
Steps to make Malabari Chicken Biriyani:
- To start with the chicken curry, sauce onion in a frying pan till it turns light brown. Add green chillies, ginger-garlic paste and sauce till it blends well and is aromatic.
- Now add the mint and coriander leaves and mix well. Add tomatoes to this mixture and cook coved on low flame till it's all well incorporated. Add all the dry spices and mix well. Sautè for a few minutes for the spices to be well absorbed.
- Add yoghurt to this mixture and mix well. Now add the chicken pieces and sauce till all pieces are well coated in this mixture. Cooked covered on low flame till the chicken pieces are cooked. Finish the curry by adding coconut milk and mixing well.
- To prepare the rice, soak rice in cold water for 30 minutes and drain well. Pour ghee in a deep pan and sauce all the whole spices till aromatic. Add rice, salt and sautè well for a few minutes. This ensures that the rice doesn't turn out sticky. Add 4 cups of cold water. We want the rice to be almost cooked, not fully cooked. Cook the rice covered on low flame till it's fluffy and almost done.Pick out all the whole spices from the rice.
- Choose a wide container with a secure lid to layer the biriyani. Start layering the biriyani by putting a thin layer of rice, topped with an even layer of chicken curry. Add another layer of rice, topped with fried onions, mint, coriander, cashews. Repeat the process till the top layer. Garnish the top most layer of rice with mint, coriander, cashews, kewra, lemon juice. pour saffron milk on 1/2 cup of rice and to the top layer. Arrange the egg half on top, yolk side down.
- Seal the mouth of the lid with dough to make it air tight. Put in a preheated oven (350 degrees farheight)
The famed Malabar Chicken Biryani is made by layering an aromatic and herby chicken masala with fluffy rice, crunchy fried onions (birista), nuts, dried fruits and ghee in a large pot. Step by Step Instructions for Chicken Biryani: To begin, clean the chicken pieces and marinate them in a mixture of yogurt, red chili powder, enough salt to season, garam masala and minced ginger and garlic (or ginger-garlic paste). The longer the chicken is marinated, the more flavorful and tender. Malabar chicken biryani is the favorite non-vegetarian rice preparation of the South, the state of Kerala to be specific. Malabar Biryani also goes by other names, such as Thalassery Biryani, Kozhikode Biryani and Kerala Biryani.
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