Chicken Dum Biryani Recipe

Ingredients:

For Marination:-
4 legs pieces of chicken
salt to taste
1 teaspoon of turmeric powder
1 tables of red chilli powder
2 tablespoon of ginger, garlic and green chilies paste
2 teaspoon of chicken curry masala
2 teaspoon of biryani masala
some chopped fresh coriander
some fresh mint leaves
1 small cup of fried onion
1/2 teaspoon of kevda essence
2 1/2 tablespoon of mustard oil
4-5 tablespoon of curd

For Rice Prepartion:-
1 1/2 small glass of basmati rice
7 small glasses of water
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of oil
6-7 cloves
6-7 green cardamom
1 inch of cinemon

For Chicken Masala Prepartion:-
2 tablespoon of ghee
1 black cardamom
5-6 cloves
1 inch of cinemon
1 bayleaf

For assemble:-
some chopped fresh coriander
some chopped fresh mint leaves
10-12 drops of orange food colour
some fried onion
And dough to seal the pan

Method:
1) For marination:- First of all Take a bowl and add 4 washed legs pieces of chicken and add all the ingredients of marination and mix everything well.
2) Keep this marinated chicken in refrigerator for atleast 1-2 hours. You can keep it overnight as well.
3) For Rice Prepartion:- Take a big and deep pan, add 7 small glasses of water and let it boil.
4) Once it starts boiling add salt, oil, cloves, green cardamom, and cinemon.
5) Now add washed basmati rice. Mix it well and let it cook.
6) Cook it until it gets 70% cooked. You can check it by pressing the rice with the help of finger.
7) Once the rice is cooked. Strain it using sieve.
8) Now For chicken prepartion: Take a pan and add 2 tablespoon of ghee. Let it heat.
9) Once the ghee is heated up add black cardamom, cloves, cinemon, bayleaf and mix it well for 1 minute.
10) Now its time to add marinated chicken into this. Mix it well.
11) Cook the chicken until it gets cooked 70%.
12) Keep stirring it in between.
13) Once the chicken is partly cooked. Take half of the chicken with masala out in a bowl.
14) Lets assemble:- Now put the 1 layer of 70% cooked rice on the chicken.
15) Add 4-5 drops of ornage food colour.
16) Sprinkle some fried onion.
17) Top it with some chopped fresh coriander and mint leaves.
18) Now put layer of half of the chicken with masala on it.
19) Again put the 1 layer of remaining rice.
20) Few drops of orange food colour on rice.
21) Sprinkle some fried onion.
22) Top it with some chopped fresh coriander and mint leaves.
23) Cover the lid.
24) Now seal the edges of a pan with dough. Seal it properly so that steam should not come out.
25) Cook this sealed pan of biryani for 15 minutes on medium flame.
26) After 15 minutes turn off the flame and cut the edges of carefully.
27) Remove the lid.
29) Delicious biryani is ready to serve.
30) Take it out in a plate and serve with Raita.
31) Enjoy!!