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Dindigul Thalappakatti Biryani Recipe / Dindigul Thalapakattu Chicken Biryani (Biriyani)

October 28, 2013 By Aarthi 63 Comments

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Biryani takes in our sunday lunch menu often. And i try so many different variation in biryani, i dont make biryani the way twice. And couple weeks back when i looked over the internet for chicken biryani recipe. I found this thalappalatti biryani recipe. This biryani is so famous in that place, i have heard about it but never tasted it. So i thought to give it a try.

This biryani is so easy to make. I made it in pressure cooker which made it even more easier. The main flavouring for this biryani comes from the masala which we make.  It is a homemade spice mix which smell so heavenly.

After tasting this one, i can’t wait to try my variation of this biryani using mutton. YUM YUM right. And also i am planning to make ambur biryani too which is another famous biryani. If you want you can check out my other biryani recipes starting from pressure cooker chicken biryani to hyderabadi mutton biryani..

Best accompaniment for this biryani would be some cooling raita..

Update: I got many mails from my viewers telling that, this biryani is not made with Basmati Rice, instead they use Jeera Chamba Rice. So if you can find that rice use it for traditional thalapakatti briyani.



Preparation Time: 15 mins
Soaking Time : 30 mins
Cooking Time : 1 hour
Serves : 4 to 5


Ingredients:

Ghee – 2 tblspn
Oil – 3 tblspn
Basmati Rice / Jeera Chamba Rice- 2 cup
Onion – 1 large sliced thinly
Green Chilli – 3 slit
Ginger Garlic Paste – 3 tblspn
Chilli Powder – 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp
Coriander Leaves – 1/2 cup chopped
Mint Leaves – 1/2 cup chopped
Thick Coconut Milk – 1 cup
Water – 2 cup
Salt to taste
 
For Marinating:
Chicken – 500 gram chicken on the bone
Thick Unsour Curd – 1 cup
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Salt to taste

For Briyani Masala Powder:
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 1.5 tblspn
Cinnamon Stick / Pattai – 2 small stick
Cardamom Pods / Yelakai – 4
Star Anise – 1
Cloves / Krambu – 4

Method:

Marinate chicken with the given ingredients for 10 mins,You can leave it in the fridge overnight.

Grind the ingredients given for the briyani masala to a fine powder.

Wash and soak the basmati rice for 30 mins.

Now make the masala. Heat oil and ghee in a frying pan.

Add in onions, green chilli and saute till light golden.

Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.

Add in turmeric, chilli powder and the ground masala.. Saute it for a min.

Now add in the marinated chicken along with the marination. Saute it for 5 mins so the chicken gets coated with the masala. 

Now cover the pan and cook on a low heat for 15 mins.

Transfer the masala to a pressure cooker. In the same kadai. Add a tsp of ghee and fry the soaked and drained rice for 5 mins or so. Once it is coated well with the ghee, add it back into the pressure cooker.

Add in coriander leaves and mint leaves, coconut milk and water. Add salt to taste

Now bring everything to a boil. Cover the pressure cooker and let everything cook for 1 whistle on high. Simmer the flame and let it sit for 15 mins. Once 15 mins is over, switch off the flame and let the steam escape all by itself. Once the pressure is released. Open the cooker and fluff the rice with a fork.

Serve the briyani with raita.


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Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients
Take chicken in a bowl
Add curd
Add Salt and chilli powder
Mix well
Take the masala ingredients in a mixer
Powder it
Heat ghee and oil in a kadai
Add onions and chillies
Saute it
Cook it till light golden
Add in ginger garlic paste
Saute it
Add in chilli powder and turmeric
Briyani masala powder
Mix it up
Add in marinated chicked
mix well
Cover and cook
till  the chicken is half cooked
Transfer it to pressure cooker
Add a tsp of ghee
Add in soaked drained rice
Saute well
Add rice to the chicken
Add in mint and coriander leaves
Add in coconut milk
Water
Mix well
Season with salt
Bring it to boil
Cover and cook
Till rice is cooked
Serve with riata
Enjoy

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  1. Srikitchen

    October 28, 2013 at 5:11 am

    may i know which brand basmathi rice u used? it looks perfect!

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  2. SINDOORI

    October 28, 2013 at 5:47 am

    oh this biriyani makes my mouth watery !!!!! wish you success and continue doing this great job 🙂 🙂

    Reply
  3. Shobana Vijay

    October 28, 2013 at 8:13 am

    Superb aathi.Pass that plate to me dear.
    Regards
    Shobas Delight

    Reply
  4. Sakunthala

    October 28, 2013 at 8:39 am

    அருமை… பிரியாணி பார்க்கும்போதே சாப்பிட வேண்டும் என்று தோன்றுகின்றது. உங்கள் அனைத்து பதிவுகளும் மிகவும் அருமை. வாழ்த்துகள்.

    Reply
  5. fxsunny

    October 28, 2013 at 9:41 am

    Thanks for sharing. Shouldn't the water be 4 cups…since you have 2 cups of rice? Or is this different coz of the pressure cooker?

    Reply
    • roshni.m.s

      December 15, 2016 at 2:17 am

      I think when she cooked the chicken there was some gravy/ water that came out of chicken, which would compensate the other 1 + 3/4 cup water….usually for 2 cups of rice you add 3 + 3/4 cup of water because 4 cups of water can sometimes make the rice overcook…

      Reply
  6. fxsunny

    October 28, 2013 at 9:42 am

    Don't we need 4.cups of water, for 2 cups of rice? Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  7. Priya Suresh

    October 28, 2013 at 7:34 pm

    Briyani,the word itself makes me drool, wat a tempting one pot meal.

    Reply
  8. Unknown

    October 28, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    சூப்பர் – வர்ற தீவாளிக்கு திண்டுகல் பிரியாணி போடுற போறோம்

    Reply
  9. Aarthi

    October 29, 2013 at 3:22 am

    @Srikitchen i dont use any particular brand of rice, i just use the brand which they pack and sell in my supermarket, like my super market brand. If you soak any basmati rice for 30 mins, then fry them in ghee a little and use the correct amount of water level, your rice will turn perfect

    Reply
  10. Coral crue

    October 30, 2013 at 2:08 pm

    superb, i will try!

    Reply
  11. Anonymous

    November 7, 2013 at 10:05 am

    Hi Aarthi

    Very nice recipe,good step by step procedure..But dear I want to tell one thing….The original thalappakatti briyani is with jeeraka samba rice,also the the briyani is dark brown color..I have tasted so many times…This ia a classical tamilnadu briyani recipe…

    Reply
  12. Anonymous

    December 25, 2013 at 3:40 pm

    Tried your recipe and it turned great ehanks

    Reply
  13. Sowmya

    January 20, 2014 at 7:46 am

    Hi aarthi, Thank you for this wonderful recipe. I made this yesterday with jeera samba rice and it came out superbly. DH loved it and planing make it again. Thanks once again.

    Reply
  14. Anonymous

    February 1, 2014 at 10:23 am

    wow recipe.. gonna try next week..no need to add tomatoes huh ?

    Reply
  15. Aarthi

    February 2, 2014 at 6:52 am

    @AnonymousNo you dont have to add tomatoes

    Reply
  16. Anonymous

    February 17, 2014 at 6:26 am

    I have tasted dhinugal thalapakkattu briyani..color is dark brown & no chilli powder is added only green chillies…also they does with seeraga samba rice …

    Reply
  17. subitha

    March 26, 2014 at 10:01 am

    Came out well aarthi.. 🙂 the taste was authentic.. 🙂

    Reply
  18. chithra siva

    April 20, 2014 at 2:07 am

    Hi arthi,Yesterday i tried this briyani …It was awesome..My husband praised me a lot..Thank you so much..god bless u and ur family..

    Reply
  19. Anonymous

    May 11, 2014 at 12:29 pm

    Hi arthi
    U explain steps very well and it s a pleasure to see ur recipe. Clear and precise!! Keep it up! For the cooker, how many whistles do we need for the rice to be cooked?
    Thanks

    Reply
  20. Anonymous

    May 11, 2014 at 4:46 pm

    I tried this with jeera samba rice.it is very good receipe

    Reply
  21. Aarthi

    May 19, 2014 at 4:22 pm

    @AnonymousCover the pressure cooker and let everything cook for 1 whistle. Simmer the flame and let it sit for 15 mins. Once 15 mins is over, switch off the flame and let the steam escape all by itself. Once the pressure is released. Open the cooker and fluff the rice with a fork.

    Reply
  22. Anonymous

    July 8, 2014 at 5:15 am

    semmaya irunthathu arthi . thank u 4 sharing this info .

    Reply
  23. sasi

    July 20, 2014 at 11:51 am

    I tried this today and it came our very well

    Reply
  24. Anonymous

    August 12, 2014 at 11:10 am

    for the first whistle the flame should be in low ,medium or high..do mention dat pls

    Reply
  25. Aarthi

    August 12, 2014 at 5:18 pm

    @AnonymousFor the first whistle it should be on high

    Reply
  26. Xavier Amalraj

    September 8, 2014 at 8:41 am

    Yester day we made with your Idea Great Thank You….

    Reply
  27. Xavier Amalraj

    September 8, 2014 at 8:41 am

    We made it with your Idea Thank U.

    Reply
  28. Anonymous

    October 17, 2014 at 7:24 am

    Hi
    Sorry to say this,u never taste dindigul thalapakatti briyani then how come u say this is dindigul thalapakatti briyani

    Reply
  29. Anonymous

    October 18, 2014 at 9:20 am

    Is it not necessary to add tomato for more taste

    Reply
  30. Aarthi

    October 19, 2014 at 2:38 pm

    @Anonymousno need

    Reply
  31. Surinder Pal Singh

    October 27, 2014 at 9:15 am

    I made this last night. Came out very good. Sorry no pics – was not given time to take a pic.
    Too good.

    Reply
  32. Joseph Kurian

    November 2, 2014 at 2:36 pm

    Hello Aarthi,
    I was planning to prepare this dish tomorrow. The description of recipe provided by you is excellent and self explanatory, Good work!
    I'm writing to you also because, I am stuck with one doubt though, ie.. In the ingredients section you mentioned that the quantity of coconut milk shld b 1 Cup, but I observed that in one of your reply, to a comment (regarding the quantity of water), you mentioned about using 2 cups of coconut milk . Could you kindly clarify if its 1 cup or 2 cups?

    Again, appreciate your effort in including the pics and for providing such a detailed description of the recipe.
    Looking forward to ur reply, n Thanks in Advance,
    -Joseph 🙂

    Reply
  33. dhivyadove

    November 3, 2014 at 11:43 am

    Vry useful…thank u aarthi

    Reply
  34. Aarthi

    November 3, 2014 at 6:24 pm

    @Joseph KurianSorry that is a typo. Totally the water level including the coconut milk should be 3 cup for 2 cup of rice.

    Basically, for 1 cup rice you have to use 1.5 cup of water content.

    Reply
  35. Aarthi

    November 3, 2014 at 6:27 pm

    @fxsunnyBasically for 1 cup of rice there should be 1.5 cup of water content, since you are cooking this in pressure cooker.

    I have used 1 cup of coconut milk and 2 cups of water for 2 cup of rice. So the total water content is 3 cup.

    Hope this clear your doubts.

    Reply
  36. Joseph

    November 5, 2014 at 4:52 am

    @AarthiGot it! thanks again, very much appreciated.

    Reply
  37. urmimala ghatak

    November 9, 2014 at 5:41 am

    Turned out great! Thanks! Have tried several of your other recipes too…and they''ve all been good! Look forward to trying many more 🙂

    Reply
  38. renumahesh

    December 11, 2014 at 8:45 am

    Hi aarti I'm a very big fan of ur recepies
    For a kind information I'm from dgl n near to thalapakati home
    They use seerakasamba rice n mechery vellatukari for biryani n they won't use turmeric it changes the colour of the biryani n only crushed small onion they use for biryani n dhaniya powder n only green chillies for spice powder cinnamon cloves cardamom that's it

    Reply
  39. Anonymous

    January 16, 2015 at 8:41 am

    Hi, can I use carnation evaporated milk instead of coconut milk? Thank you

    Reply
  40. Aarthi

    January 20, 2015 at 9:52 am

    @Anonymousu can use..but coconut milk gives the flavour.

    Reply
  41. chinnamuru

    February 3, 2015 at 7:58 am

    I tried this it is came out very well thanks for sharing

    Reply
  42. Anonymous

    April 19, 2015 at 5:27 am

    Hi

    Can someone tell how many ml a cup has. 160 ml makes a cup according to some measurements.

    Reply
  43. Aarthi

    April 21, 2015 at 1:20 pm

    @AnonymousMy 1 cup measures 240 ml

    Reply
  44. sumaya

    May 17, 2015 at 4:41 pm

    Wow…. yummmy…..😍

    Reply
  45. Naveen M

    May 22, 2015 at 1:04 pm

    Yummy tummy super biriyani i try it very nice

    Reply
  46. Shalini

    June 13, 2015 at 3:38 am

    Wow yummy briyani…I tried it today and it turned out very well…am big fan of ur receipes…

    Reply
  47. ramya

    June 14, 2015 at 5:46 am

    awesome recipe aarthi 🙂 came out well 😀 my husband loved it 😀

    Reply
  48. Thasha Nair

    June 17, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    Hello 😊 , can I transfer the rice into a rice cooker instead of pressure cooker and will it bring any changes ?

    Reply
  49. Aarthi

    June 19, 2015 at 6:12 am

    @Thasha Nairyes u can use rice cooker

    Reply
  50. Bharat Singh TN

    August 2, 2015 at 8:05 am

    Thank you… very good recipe… I prepared it today… Everyone liked it…

    Reply
  51. Bharath Kumar

    September 13, 2015 at 12:05 pm

    I tried with the same instruction… Very good result… Thanks for ur wonderful guidance

    Reply
  52. nagamani kavitha

    July 12, 2016 at 10:07 am

    I have tasted thalappakatti biryani already. Your recipe is not proper thalappakatti biryani. In that they will use only jeeraga samba rice only and it will be in light brown colour.

    Reply
  53. Rifath Ali Khan

    July 17, 2016 at 4:48 pm

    Tried your recipe Aarthi,superb is the word

    Reply
  54. revathi sunil

    July 31, 2016 at 4:19 pm

    Hi aarthi,
    Thanks for sharing this recipe.
    I tried last week my husband n my friends family all are like this Biriyani very much.
    This week again my husband ask me to do this Biriyani. Thank u 😊

    Reply
  55. revathi sunil

    July 31, 2016 at 4:19 pm

    Hi aarthi,
    Thanks for sharing this recipe.
    I tried last week my husband n my friends family all are like this Biriyani very much.
    This week again my husband ask me to do this Biriyani. Thank u 😊

    Reply
  56. Praveen Nair

    September 2, 2016 at 2:40 pm

    Hello Aarthi ji .. I tried out the biryani today and it tasted very good.. I added some chicken masala powder and marinated the chicken.. it tasted nice. All in all a wonderful recipe..please keep posting

    Reply
  57. Divya

    January 9, 2018 at 1:28 am

    Hi Aarthi.. i strted following ur receipes since 2015 wen my son turned 6 months.. u r awesome.. i recommend all the new born moms to try recipe wen their kids turn 6 months. No more store bought junks for kids. And this briyani i tried last sunday. It turned out awesome..And ur periperi chicken is my all my favorite. keep posting. God bless.

    Reply
  58. Harini

    February 7, 2018 at 3:09 pm

    Tried this for dinner today. It was super hit. I can’t believe I made such a tasty biriyani. 😀 Thank you so much Aarthi !!

    Reply
  59. Shalini

    March 18, 2018 at 7:57 am

    Wonderful Recipe!

    Reply
  60. Raji

    August 28, 2018 at 11:03 am

    Hi aarthi…u have mentioned two cups of basmati rice…can u say app how many grams…that will be easy to measure

    Reply
  61. Rajini

    September 16, 2018 at 7:33 am

    Hi Aarthi,

    Thanks for the recipe..

    I just tried it today and the taste is great but the rice overcooked following exactly the same procedure.. 🙁
    Any suggestions?

    Reply
  62. Fansta

    May 10, 2020 at 11:34 am

    Hai Aarthi sis is must that should use coconut milk or water is enough

    Reply

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