Pulao Biryani.
You can cook Pulao Biryani using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Pulao Biryani
- Prepare 1/2 kg of Rice.
- You need 1 kg of Chicken Bone-in.
- It's 2 tsp of Salt or to taste.
- Prepare 1 of Garlic whole small.
- You need 1 of " Ginger shredded.
- You need 3 of Onions thinly sliced.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of Red Chilli powder.
- You need 1 tsp of Turmeric powder.
- You need 2 tbsp of Coriander Seeds.
- Prepare 5-6 of Cloves.
- You need 2 of Cinnamon sticks small.
- It's 3-4 of Green Cardamoms.
- You need 2 tbsp of Lemon juice.
- Prepare 3-4 of Green Chillies slit.
- You need 1 tsp of Garam Masala.
- You need 2-3 of Tomatoes finely chopped.
- It's 1 of small bunch Coriander Leaves finely chopped.
- Prepare 1 of small bunch Mint Leaves chopped.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Oil or Ghee.
- You need 1 cup of Yoghurt.
- You need 2-3 of Saffron strands.
Pulao Biryani instructions
- Add 1 sliced onion, Coriander seeds, Ginger and chopped Garlic to a muslin cloth and tie it up. Add this muslin cloth to a cooking pot with chicken and 6-8 glasses of water..
- Cook until almost 4 glasses of stock remains in the pot. Meanwhile soak rice for 20 minutes..
- Now take out muslin cloth and separate chicken and stock. Heat ghee or oil and fry the remaining sliced onions..
- Fry until they turn pinkish in colour. Now add whole spices like cardamom, cinnamon and cloves. Next add green chillies, red chilli powder, chopped tomatoes and beaten curd. Saute until done..
- Now add chicken and mix well. Adjust salt and garam masala. Sprinkle chopped coriander and mint. Set aside this cooked chicken. Squeeze some lemon juice if desired. Bring stock to a rolling boil and then add soaked rice to it. Cook al dente. Add salt to the stock as per taste..
- Now comes the layering part, arrange the chicken at the bottom followed by rice and finally the saffron on top. Cover and let it be on the gas on a low heat until ready to serve. Serve this amazing dish with raita and onion rings..
