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Handi Biryani Recipe With Chicken

Handi Biryani Recipe With Chicken

By Admin
Prep Time Total in 70 M
Course Main Course
Cuisine Assamese
Diet Non Vegeterian

Handi Biryani Recipe With Chicken is a chicken variant of cooking Biryani amongst the Muslim community in North India .

Ingredients

  • 500 grams Chicken
  • chopped to bite sized
  • 2 cups Rice
  • (Or jasmine rice as traditionally used)
  • 1/2 cup Onion
  • finely chopped
  • 2 teaspoons Ginger Juice
  • 1 tablespoons Ginger Garlic Paste
  • Ghee
  • to cook
  • as required
  • 1/2 cup Curd (Dahi / Yogurt)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
  • 3 Cloves (Laung)
  • 2 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds
  • 1 Black cardamom (Badi Elaichi)
  • 1 inch Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)
  • 1 Mace (Javitri)
  • 1 pinch Nutmeg powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Whole Black Peppercorns
  • 2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
  • 1 Bay leaf (tej patta)
  • 1 teaspoon Black pepper powder
  • 1 Dry Red Chilli
  • coarsely pounded
  • 5 cups Hot water
  • Salt
  • to taste
  • 2 Whole Egg
  • boiled

Instructions

Step 1

To begin making Handi Biryani Recipe With Chicken, first marinate the chopped chicken pieces in a large bowl with curd, salt, half of the pepper powder, half of ginger-garlic paste and red chilli powder for 30 minutes

Step 2

Also soak rice for 20 minutes and drain all the water once done with soaking them, and keep aside

Step 3

Meanwhile, you can cook the eggs till hardboiled

Step 4

Once the egg is boiled, peel the shell

Step 5

Heat a shallow frying pan with a little oil or ghee

Step 6

Once hot, slice each egg to four pieces, and fry them on all sides till browned

Step 7

Reserve these boiled and fried eggs for serving the handi biryani

Step 8

Once the eggs are prepared, the rice is soaked, and the chicken is marinated, proceed with making the biryani

Step 9

In a handi, heat a tablespoon of ghee and on a medium heat, add the marinated chicken pieces along with the leftover marinade

Step 10

Cook for 5-7 minutes or till the chicken is softer and at least half-cooked

Step 11

Once done, take them out and keep them aside

Step 12

Add some more ghee into the handi and add ginger juice, cover the handi for a minute to temper the ghee

Step 13

Add bay leaves, and rest of the whole masalas like clove, cardamom, cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, black pepper, and bay leaves and cook for a minute or till amazingly fragrant

Step 14

Now add the chopped onions and cook until it is golden brown

Step 15

Now add the rest of the ginger garlic paste, corsely pounded red chillies, remaining black pepper powder and turmeric powder and cook for about 2 minutes or till the raw smell goes away

Step 16

Now add the half done chicken pieces and cook for a few more minutes

Step 17

Be prepared with the hot water to add to the recipe by this time as well

Step 18

Amount of hot water also depends on the rice that you are using

Step 19

We want this to be on the fluffier side and hence, adjust the water accordingly

Step 20

Check the salt and adjust if required

Step 21

Bring the biryani to a boil and close the lid, stirring occasionally

Step 22

Once the mixture has come to a rolling boil, add the drained rice and cook for 15-20 minutes or till the rice is cooked well

Step 23

While serving, add the boiled and fried eggs that were kept reserved, such that each serving gets at least 2 pieces of the egg too

Step 24

Serve Handi Biryani Recipe With Chicken along with a side dish like Tomato Onion Cucumber Raita Recipe, and a side of Chicken Seekh Kebab Recipe

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