White Chicken Biryani Recipe with step by step pictures. Biryani is one of the most famous dishes and we love to serve it on a special occasion and festive moments. This biryani is white in color and texture but full of masala and flavor.
First marinate the chicken in the ingredients listed above for 1 hour.
Wash and soak basmati rice for 1 hour. Bring lots of water to a good boil, add in salt and the spices.
Add in the drained rice and cook for 5 to 7 mins till the rice is 70 percent cooked, when you taste it, it should have a bite to it. Now drain this and set aside.
Now take a pot in which you are going to cook biryani. Heat oil and fry the onions till golden. Drain more than half of the onions and set aside.
In the remaining oil add the marinated chicken.
Spoon the ¾ th of the rice in, spread tomatoes, half coriander and mint leaves then half of the fried onions.
Now spoon the rest of the rice in and spread coriander, mint and fried onions.
Now cover this with foil, and a lid. Put this on a very low heat and cook for 30 to 35 mins. You can put this over a tawa and cook on a very low heat.