Chicken briyani

Hope the post heading speaks louder so, this recipe does not need any formal intro. Chicken Briyani  can be prepared in various style. Today let's see the process involved in preparing via electronic rice cooker.

Chicken Briyani

  Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Chicken – 1 kg
• Basmati Rice – 1 & ½ Glass
• Oil – 6tspn
• Red Chilli powder – 1tspn
• Turmeric powder – pinch
• Coriander powder – 1/2tpsn
• Everest Briyani masala – 3tspn
• Salt – 1 & ½tspn (adjust to taste)
• Lemon – ½
• Coriander leaves – as required
• Mint leaves – as required
• Food Color – 1tspn
• Curd – 3tspn
• Ajinamoto – 1/2tspn
• Bay leaf – 2
• Cumin seeds – 1/2tspn
• Fennel seeds – 1/2tspn
• Ginger- garlic paste – 2tspn
• Green chili paste – 1tspn
• Cardamon - 2 
• Onion - 3 (big size)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Chicken Briyani:

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Method:

1. Soak the rice for 1 hour.
2. Cut the Chicken as big size. Clean well with water and 1/4tspn of turmeric powder.
3. Take a big bowl add chicken pieces, red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt, coriander powder, briyani masala, ajinamoto, lemon juice, ginger-garlic paste, curd, green chili paste, coriander leaves, mint leaves, 4tspn oil mix well and soak for 1 hour. (figure 1 & 2)
4. Take a pan, heat 2tspn oil in medium flame add bay leaf, cinnamon, fennel seeds,cardamon and saute for 1 minute. (figure 3)
5. Now add onion & continue sauteing until onion color changes to golden brown. (figure 4 & 5)
6. Add soaked chicken & mix well. Close with lid and cook until chicken gets half boiled. Approximately 3-5 minutes(figure 6, 7 & 8 )
7. After chicken is half cooked switch off stove and transfer into rice cooker.(figure 9 & 10)
8. Now on top of the chicken add soaked rice, food color, mint leafs, water and close the cooker and cook. (figure 11,12,13 & 14)
9. Serve in a bowl. (figure 15)

Spicy Chicken Briyani is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step 3, u can taste the masala and If you feel like the taste is not as expected then add necessary ingredients to suit your taste and mix well. Marinate the chicken for at least 1/2 an hour.