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Easy Herb Chicken Biryani Recipe

Herb Chicken Biryani Recipe with step by step pictures. In this recipe mint and coriander leaves are been pasted with green chillies and used as a main ingredient.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

  • Oil - ½ cup
  • Onions - 3 large sliced thinly
  • Tomatoes - 2 large sliced thinly
  • Chicken - 500 grams with bone cut into small pieces
  • Basmati Rice - 1 kg or 5 cups
  • Chilli Powder - 1.5 tblspn
  • Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 1 tblspn
  • Garam Masala Powder - 2 tblspn
  • Salt to taste
  • Water - 7.5 cup for 1 cup rice you need 1.5 cup water
  • Ghee - 2 tblspn
  • For Masala:
  • Coconut - ½ cup grated
  • Mint Leaves - 1 cup
  • Coriander Leaves - 1 cup
  • Cloves / Krambu - 10
  • Cardamom / Yelakai - 10
  • Bay Leaf - 3
  • Cinnamon / Pattai - 5 cm piece
  • Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tblspn
  • Black Stone Flower / Kal Paasi - 4 piece
  • Star Anise - 1
  • Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tblspn
  • Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
  • Green Chillies - 10

Instructions

  • Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 mins.
  • Grind the ingredients for masala and make it into a fine puree.
  • Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add in onions and salt. Fry this till golden brown.
  • Add in tomatoes and cook that for couple of mins.
  • Now add in the ground masala and cook till oil separates.
  • Add in chicken and mix well. Add in the spice powders and mix well.
  • Now cook the chicken for 15 mins or so.
  • Now add in the rice and toss well.
  • Pour in water, bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer the flame and cook for 15 to 20 mins. Let the pressure go all by itself.
  • Now open the cooker, add in ghee and mix well.
  • Serve.
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