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White Chicken Biryani Recipe

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.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
marination time: 1 hour
Total Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

  • Oil - ½ cup
  • Onion - 2 large sliced thinly
  • Coriander Leaves - ½ cup chopped finely
  • Mint Leaves - ½ cup chopped finely
  • Tomatoes - 2 large chopped into big chunks
  • For Cooking Rice:
  • Basmati Rice - 1 kg
  • Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
  • Cinnamon / Pattai - 3 cm piece
  • Cardamom / Yelakai - 10
  • Cloves / Krambu - 6
  • Star Anise / Anasipu - 1
  • Salt to taste
  • Water lots of it
  • For Marination:
  • Chicken - 1 kg I used boneless chicken
  • Curd / Thick Yogurt - 1.5 cup
  • Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
  • Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
  • Cinnamon / Pattai - 3 cm piece
  • Cardamom / Yelakai - 10
  • Cloves / Krambu - 6
  • Star Anise / Anasipu - 1
  • Coriander Leaves - ½ cup chopped finely
  • Mint Leaves - ½ cup chopped finely
  • Salt to taste
  • Cashews - ½ cup
  • Kishmish / Sultanas - ½ cup
  • Green Chillies - 15 chopped roughly
  • Garam Masala Powder - 3 tblspn

Instructions

  • 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.
  • Once it is done, mix it well and serve hot.
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