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    Chicken Salna Recipe / Chicken Salna for Biryani

    August 29, 2022 By Aarthi 12 Comments

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    Chicken Salna Recipe / Chicken Salna for Biryani with step by step pictures. Best ever chicken salna which can be served with biryani, parotta or roti.

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    1. Chicken Salna Recipe | Chicken Salna for Biryani
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    Chicken Salna Recipe

    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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    Chicken Salna Recipe / Chicken Salna for Biryani with step by step pictures. Best ever chicken salna which can be served with biryani, parotta or roti.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 45 mins
    Total Time 55 mins
    Course Main
    Cuisine Indian
    Servings 4 servings
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    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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    Take all your ingredients

     

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    Heat little oil in a pan, add in your whole spices

     

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    saute them for a min

     

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    add in coconut

     

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    and some poppyseeds

     

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    saute them well

     

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    roast till they turn golden

     

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    Now it has turned little darker

     

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    take them in a blender jar

     

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    make it into a smooth puree..set aside
     
     
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    Now heat some oil in a pressure cooker

     

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    add in onions and green chillies

     

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    saute till golden

     

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    add in ginger garlic paste

     

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    add in tomatoes
     
     
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    cook till mushy

     

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    season with some salt

     

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    add in chilli powder, coriander powder

     

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    some cumin powder and turmeric powder

     

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    mix well, cook till oil separates

     

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    add in chicken

     

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    toss well

     

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    stir for few more mins

     

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    pour in water

     

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    and pressure cook till done

     

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    now add in the coconut masala in

     

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    mix well

     

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    simmer this till oil floats on top

     

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    add in coriander leaves

     

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    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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    Comments

    1. Jamuna Sundar

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

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    2. Anonymous

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      yummy,..mouth watering..

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    3. Anusheya V

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      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

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      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

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

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    6. Sri Dhivya

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      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

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      5 stars
      Any replacement for khus khus ?

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      • Aarthi

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        skip that. add little cashews

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    8. Fatima

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      5 stars
      Any substitute for khus Khus?

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    9. Ishu

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      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..!

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