Indian Cooking Recipe: Nawabi Biryani
The following are the instructions on how to cook delicious Indian food: Nawabi Biryani
Ingredients:
1. 10 peppercorns
a. cloves
2. 8 sprigs mint leaves only
3. 5 cardamoms
4. 4 onions, sliced
a. kg chicken, skinned, cut into serving pieces 1 1/2 cups long grained rice, soaked in water for 1/2 hour, washed
b. cups yoghurt
c. cup clarified butter (ghee)
d. cup coriander leaves, chopped
e. cup milk
5. 1/2 cup almonds, blanched, halved
a. tbsp ginger-garlic paste
b. tsps chilli powder
c. tsp garam masala powder
6. 1 tsp mixed cumin seeds and shahjeera
7. 1 tsp turmeric powder
8. 1/2 tsp saffron
9. salt to taste
Method of Preparation:
Mix ginger-garlic paste, salt and yoghurt. Apply to chicken pieces and leave for 1 hour to marinate.
Heat 1/2 cup ghee and add cumin seeds and shahjeera, cloves, cardamoms, peppercorn and almonds. Add chicken, turmeric, chilli powder, garam masala powder, and 1/2 cup water. Cook till chicken is tender. Add coriander and mint leaves. Reserve.
Heat 1/4 cup ghee in a pressure cooker and add rice. Fry till golden brown. Add 3 cups water and pressure cook till the rice is done but not soft.
Heat remaining 1/4 cup ghee and fry onion slices till brown and crisp. Drain and reserve.
In a large pan, put a layer of rice. Top with a few fried onion slices and saffron strands. Add a layer of chicken. Repeat till all rice and chicken pieces are over. Cover tightly and finish cooking in an oven or by placing the pan on a hot griddle till each grain of rice is fluffy and the Biryani is aromatic.
Serve hot.
