Dum Biryani

Who doesn't know Hyderabadi dum biryani?  Not just in India but it is renowned world over.

Today I am going to show you how to make dum biryani the way I learned from my brother.

Ingredients

1 Kg Chicken meat 

1 Kg rice

4 Spoons Ginger Garlic paste

1 Spoon Turmeric powder

     1 Spoon Red chilies powder

1 Spoon garam masala

Half cup yogurt

1 cup fried onions

Bunch of mint and coriander leaves 

Salt according to the taste

Biryani Rice Masala Ingredients

2 bay leaves

1/2 spoon  cumin seeds

1/2 spoon cardamom

1/2 spoon black pepper seeds

2 cinnamon sticks 

2 Nutmeg

2 Star anise

2 Mace

4 Cloves

Let start the process

First take the chicken, preferably thigh pieces (or any other fleshy pieces will do). Wash thoroughly and add turmeric powder, salt, red chilli powder, garam masala, ginger garlic paste, fried onions and yogurt.  Mix thoroughly and let it marinate for an hour.

Then start cooking rice by first adding gee or butter to rice cooker.  Add all of biryani rice masala items and roast for 3 minutes. 

Wash the rice, soak it in the water for 20 minutes and add little bit of salt. Add the rice mix to the cooker, cook for 15 minutes until the rice is half boiled.

Drain all the water out of rice and store it in a separate container.

Now start the cooking process of dum biryani.  Take a big container and pour 4 spoons of oil or butter, then add all the marinated chicken and cook it for 15 minutes. You can add more salt and chilli powder now according to your taste.

After the chicken becomes softer add fried onions on top of the chicken.

Spread the previously half boiled rice on the chicken.  Add mint and coriander leaves.  Cover the cooker with lid and let it cook for 45 minutes in low flames. To make sure that biryani is cooked properly check the tenderness of the chicken.

Finally dum biryani is ready, serve it with raita . Enjoy biryani with your friends and family members.