Premium Biryani Recipe
Premium Biryani Recipe
Servings: 5–6 | Prep: 20 min | Cook: 70 min | Total: ~90 min
Ingredients · Method · Notes
Ingredients
Chicken & Masala
- Chicken (bone-in) 1 kg, curry cuts
- Yogurt 1 cup (whisked)
- Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp
- Green chilies 4–6 (slit)
- Fresh mint ½ cup, coriander ½ cup (chopped)
- Lemon juice 2 tbsp
- Oil ¼ cup + ghee 2 tbsp
- Onions 3 medium (≈350 g), thin sliced
- Tomatoes 2 medium, chopped
Whole Spices
- Bay leaves 2
- Black cardamom 2
- Green cardamom 6
- Cloves 6
- Cinnamon 1 inch
- Cumin seeds 1 tsp
Rice
- Basmati rice 750 g (soaked 30 min)
Rice Boil Spices
- Salt 2 tbsp (apne taste ke mutabiq)
- Optional: bay leaf, cloves, cardamom for boiling pot
Garnish / Color
- Saffron pinch in ¼ cup warm milk (ya ½ tsp food color in 2 tbsp milk)
- Fried onions ½ cup
- Ghee 2 tbsp
Method
- Rice 30 min soak karo. Pani ubalo, namak + optional whole spices daalo, rice ko 80% tak boil karke drain kar do.
- Degchi me oil + ghee garam karo. Onions golden fry karo, aadhi nikaal ke garnish ke liye rakh do.
- Remaining onions me ginger-garlic, tomatoes aur powdered spices daal ke bhunai karo.
- Chicken add karke high heat par sear; phir yogurt, green chilies, mint & coriander daal do. Oil separate hone tak bhuno.
- Layering: Half rice, phir chicken masala, phir baqi rice. Upar saffron milk/food color, ghee, fried onions.
- Dum: Tight lid, low flame 20–25 min. 10 min rest, phir gently mix karke serve.
Notes
- Rice ko 80% tak hi boil rakho—dana beech se halka kachcha ho.
- Boil water thoda zyada namkeed ho to final salt perfect rehta hai.
- Dum ke liye neeche tawa rakh do to bottom burn nahi hota.
- Aroma pasand ho to end me 1 tsp kewra.