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Chicken Salna Recipe / Chicken Salna for Biryani

May 11, 2015 By Aarthi 12 Comments

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I make different types of salna to go with different dishes. This is one recipe which goes well with pretty much anything, specially biryani..It taste simply superb..Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

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Chicken Salna Recipe / Chicken Salna for Biryani

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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
servings
Course: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 4 servings
Aarthi
Author: Aarthi

Ingredients

  • Oil - 3 tblspn
  • Onion - 1 large sliced thinly
  • Green Chilli - 3
  • Tomato - 2 large chopped
  • Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
  • Coriander Powder - 1.5 tblspn
  • Turmeric Powder /Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
  • Cumin Powder - 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Water as needed
  • Chicken - 500 grams
  • Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
  • Coriander Leaves a handful finely chopped

For Roasting & Grinding:

  • Oil - 1 tsp
  • Cinnamon / Pattai - 2 cm piece
  • Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tblspn
  • Cardamom /Yelakai - 5
  • Cloves / Krambu - 5
  • Coconut - 1 cup grated
  • Poppy Seeds / Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa - 3 tblspn

Instructions

  • Heat 1 tsp of oil in a kadai. Add in all roasting ingredients and roast till light golden. Remove it to a blender and make it into a smooth puree. Set aside.Heat some more oil in a pressure cooker. Add in onions, chillies and saute till golden.Add in ginger garlic paste and cook for a min.
  • Add in tomatoes and salt. Cook till it gets mushy.
  • Add in spice powders and mix well.
  • Add in chicken and toss well. Add in water.
  • Cover and pressure cook for 2 whistle, simmer the flame and cook for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself.
  • Open the cooker, add in coconut masala and mix well.
  • Simmer for 10 to 15 mins.
  • Add in coriander leaves.
  • Serve.
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Pictorial:
Take all your ingredients
Heat little oil in a pan, add in your whole spices
saute them for a min
add in coconut
and some poppyseeds
saute them well
roast till they turn golden
Now it has turned little darker
take them in a blender jar
make it into a smooth puree..set aside
Now heat some oil in a pressure cooker
add in onions and green chillies
saute till golden
add in ginger garlic paste
add in tomatoes
cook till mushy
season with some salt
add in chilli powder, coriander powder
some cumin powder and turmeric powder
mix well, cook till oil separates
add in chicken
toss well
stir for few more mins
pour in water
and pressure cook till done
now add in the coconut masala in
mix well
simmer this till oil floats on top
add in coriander leaves
Serve
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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Jamuna Sundar

    May 12, 2015 at 5:40 pm

    Salna is looking yummy. I want to try. Some people adding peanut with that.

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  2. Anonymous

    May 14, 2015 at 6:49 am

    yummy,..mouth watering..

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  3. Anusheya V

    July 7, 2015 at 11:31 pm

    Wow….. I tried this chalna today for the barotta combination.. It turned out soo good.. thanks aarti for posting this recipe

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  4. Ann Karthi

    November 20, 2015 at 2:30 am

    Wow…. Aarthi I am a big fan of u…. Almost I learned more than 50 dishes from this site….. Why don't u create a app for ur site,
    This dish is absolutely my favourite one…. Thanks for sharing the dish… Along with grinding I added little cashews to make a thick paste, it even came out well….. Thanks again for sharing ur recipe

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  5. Unknown

    February 18, 2017 at 5:07 pm

    I gave it a try today and this came out really well 😀 Thank you so much ❤

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  6. Sri Dhivya

    April 28, 2019 at 6:50 am

    I have made this recipe twice… It’s a favourite recipe in our home… Thank you for this lovely recipe….

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  7. Fatima

    May 4, 2020 at 2:37 pm

    5 stars
    Any replacement for khus khus ?

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    • Aarthi

      May 5, 2020 at 5:20 pm

      skip that. add little cashews

      Reply
  8. Fatima

    May 4, 2020 at 2:37 pm

    5 stars
    Any substitute for khus Khus?

    Reply
  9. Ishu

    December 13, 2020 at 4:35 am

    I tried this today for parotta and it came out soo well. This is the first time I’m trying Salna. Entire family loved it..!

    Reply

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