When We (Me and My husband) visited Selvi aunty's home, she treated us with this delicious biryani. Many thanks to her for sharing this recipe.
Basic Information:
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Serves - 3
Ingredients:
Chicken Drumsticks - 6 pieces / 1/2 kg
Rice - 1.5 cups
Thick Coconut Milk - 1.5 cup (fresh/can)
Water -1.5 cup
Mint leaves - 1/4 cup
Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup, finely chopped
Ginger -1 inch piece
Garlic - 2 big cloves
Green chillies - 2 nos
Onion - 1 large
Tomato - 1 large
Salt - to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Red chilli powder - 2 teaspoon
Cardamom - 2
Cloves - 4
Bay leaves - 1
Cinnamon - 2 inch slice
Oil - 1 - 2 tablespoon
To Marinate Chicken:
Curd - 3 tablespoon
Red chilli powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Salt - 1/4 teaspoon / to taste
Method:
1) Wash chicken pieces well and marinate them with the given ingredients for marinate.
2) Keep in fridge for 30 minutes.
3) Mean while wash and soak basmathi rice for 30 minutes.
4) Grind ginger, garlic and green chilli to a paste and keepit aside.
5) Heat 2 tablespoon of oil in wide pan / cooker.
6) Add cinnamon, crushed cloves, cardamom and bay leaves when the oil is hot. Allow the ingredients to get brown.
7) Add onion and saute them till they are translucent.
8) Add ginger, garlic and green chilli paste and saute for 1 minute.
9) Add tomatoes and stir till the tomato completely mashes.
10) Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, mint leaves , coriander leaves and salt.
11) Saute till the raw smell of everything goes well.
12) Add the chicken drumsticks to this and without adding water, stir in high heat for 4 minutes.
13) Again reduce the flame to low and cook till the chicken is well cooked.
14) Add coconut milk and water. Give a stir and then add rice.
15) Mix well and cover using a lid.
16) Cook till rice is boiled well by stirring occasionally. If you are keeping rice in Pressure cooker cover and wait for 2 whistles.
17) Serve hot with any raita.
Note:
1) Adjust the water quantity according to your rice type.
2) The yogurt/curd added with chicken reduces the spice level. so make sure to add more red chilli powder than the usual quantity.
Sending this rice to Rice Recipes Event by Sameena.
