Remmy's Kitchen: Chicken dum biriyani recipe for bachelors / Easy kerala chicken dum biriyani / Bachelors biriyani

The combo of rice and spicy masala makes the biriyani a flavourful complete meal.Trust me it is not a Herculean task to prepare a biriyani.This time when I declared I'm gonna prepare an easy peasy biriyani within minutes (ooops !!!!!exaggeration only),my hubby came to help me.He made a mess in the kitchen but still helped me in frying the onion cashew and kismis (check the pics..:P).Believe me it is so easy...So I love to call this biriyani as bachelors biriyani...

Already I have posted an easy pressure cooker biriyani recipe but both are entirely different in taste!!!!!!

Ingredients :

Serving size : 3-5

Chicken : 500 gm
Curd : 2 tblspn
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tspn
Chilly powder : 1 tspn

For Rice :

Basmati rice : 2 cup
Onion sliced : 1/4 cup
Cinnamon / patta: 1 stick
Cardamom / elakka : 2
Cloves / grampoo : 3
Lemon juice : 1 tspn
Hot water : 3 cup
Ghee : 2 tblspn
Salt

For Masala :

Onion sliced : 4
Ginger : 1" piece
Garlic : 8 cloves
Green chilly : 2
Tomato chopped : 1
Garam masala : 1 tspn
Coriander leaves : fist full
Mint leaves : fist full
Oil / ghee
Salt

To garnish:

Fried cashew : 5-8
Fried kismis : 1.5 tblspn
Fried onion : 1/4 cup
Garam masala : 1/2 tspn
Coriander leaves, Mint leaves : 1/2 cup

Method :

Rice:

Wash and soak rice for 30 minutes.
Drain it and keep aside.
Heat a pressure cooker with ghee.Add cinnamon (patta), cloves(grampoo) and cardamom(elakka).Add sliced onion and fry it for a few minutes.

Now add drained rice and saute it well till it becomes crispy.
Add hot water (3 cups) and mix it well.
Now add salt and lemon juice.
Close the cooker with its lid and keep it on a high flame till the first whistle.
Switch off the stove and when the pressure goes off, fluff up the rice gently.

Masala :

Marinate the cleaned chicken pieces with curd, turmeric powder and chilly powder. Keep it aside for 15 minutes.
Make a paste of green chilly, ginger and garlic. Set aside.
Slice the onion and keep aside.

Heat a pan with oil / ghee
Now add the sliced onion to the pan.Saute it well
Add chopped tomatoes and saute it well.
Now add ginger, garlic, green chilly paste and saute it well till the raw smell leaves.
Add mint and coriander leaves.

Now add garam masala powder.
Add marinated chicken pieces and mix it well with all other ingredients.
Now add enough water and cook it on a medium flame.
Cook it either in pressure cooker or in a pan.If you are using cooker you can save time and gas.One whistle is enough.Add 1/4 cup of water while cooking chicken

To garnish :

Heat a pan with ghee
Fry both cashews and kismis .Drain it and keep aside.
Take 1/4 cup of onion and fry it in oil. keep it separately with fried cashews and kismis.

How to make dum :

Take a biriyani pot or vessel.
Add one layer of chicken masala.
Now add one layer of cooked rice.
Add a few fried cashews, kismis and fried onion.
Sprinkle garam masala powder.
Add chopped mint and coriander leaves.

Repeat the same for the remaining rice and chicken masala.
Now close the pot with its lid and you can make a seal with maida dough too.
Keep it on a hot tawa .
Keep the stove in simmer mode for 20 minutes.
Now open the biriyani pot. Yea, you will feel heavenly with the pleasant smell of biriyani.