Chicken Dum Biryani - Easy Dum Biryani In Pressure Cooker


Course                 Main dish

Marination           1/2 hour

Prep Time           20 minutes

Cook Time          30 minutes

Servings               4 people


Ingredients

1/2 kg rice
1/2 kg chicken
3 onions
7 glasses water
1 lemon 
4 cloves
4 small cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon shahi jeera
4 cardamom
4 teaspoons ghee
Oil for deep frying (onions)
Salt as per taste

For Marination

1 onion
1/2 cup coriander
1/2 cup pudina (mint leaves)
4 green chillies
1 1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1 teaspoon garam masala powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
400 ml curd
4 cloves
10 peppercorns
4 small cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon shahi jeera
4 cardamoms
Salt as per taste

Method 

  • Take a grinding jar add 1 onion, coriander, mint leaves and green chillies and grind them into a fine paste.
  • Take chicken in a bowl add salt, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala powder and curd. Mix everything well and let the chicken marinate for 1/2 hour.
  • Heat oil and deep fry sliced onion to golden brown.
  • Mix half of the fried onions with chicken.
  • Heat a pressure cooker and add marinated chicken and 4 cloves, 10 peppercorns, 4 small cinnamon sticks, 1 teaspoon shahi jeera and 4 cardamoms. Mix everything well close lid and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
  • Wash 1/2 kg rice and soak them for 15 minutes.
  • Then boil water in a large vessel add soaked rice, lemon juice, 4 cloves, 4 small cinnamon sticks, 1 teaspoon shahi jeera, 4 cardamoms, 2 teaspoons ghee, Salt as per taste.
  • Let rice cook until half done, then strain water and keep aside.
  • Once pressure reduces open pressure cooker and switch on the flame.
  • Take out some of the gravy into one cup using a ladle.
  • Add rice to cooked chicken and sprinkle fried onions on top.
  • Add some chopped mint and coriander leaves, 2 teaspoons ghee (clarified butter) and the gravy which we took out.
  • Here I am not using saffron or any other food colours.Now close lid and dum biryani on low flame for 10 to 15 minutes.
  • Once the pressure reduces open cooker and take out the biryani from side serve hot...

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