Name: Bombay Chicken Biryani (Yakhni style) recipe by Zara Hussain at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Kohinoor basmati rice - 11/2 cups; chicken 1 kg (medium sized pieces); onions - 3medium chopped; tomatoes - 2 medium chopped; green chillies 4-5 slit lengthwise; Curd - 1 cup; coriander- 1 cup chopped; ginger garlic paste - 5 tbsps; red chilli powder. 11/2 tbsps; Turmeric 1/2 tsp; Coriander powder - 1 tsp; Cumin powder - 1 tsp; for boiling the rice - 4.5 small cardamom, 5-6 cloves, 1-1/2 inch cinnamon, 1 tsp shahzeera, salt to taste, 6 cups water; 4 tbsps - refined oil; 6 tbsps - pure ghee; a few strands of saffron soaked in 1/4 cup of milk; 1/4 cup chopped rice and coriander for garnishing; 4 boiled eggs

Ingredients Serving: 8

Kohinoor basmati rice - 11/2 cups
chicken 1 kg (medium sized pieces)
onions - 3medium chopped
tomatoes - 2 medium chopped
green chillies 4-5 slit lengthwise
Curd - 1 cup
coriander- 1 cup chopped
ginger garlic paste - 5 tbsps
red chilli powder. 11/2 tbsps
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
for boiling the rice - 4.5 small cardamom, 5-6 cloves, 1-1/2 inch cinnamon, 1 tsp shahzeera, salt to taste, 6 cups water
4 tbsps - refined oil
6 tbsps - pure ghee
a few strands of saffron soaked in 1/4 cup of milk
1/4 cup chopped rice and coriander for garnishing
4 boiled eggs

Instructions

Chop the onions and tomatoes and keep it aside. slit the chillies lengthwise. finely chop the coriander too. wash and clean the chicken thoroughly.
in a wide mouthed vessel, heat the oil and the ghee. once heated, add in the chopped onions and fry till translucent.
Next add in the tomatoes, green chillies, and all the masalas. sauté it till the raw smell of the masala goes off.
next add in the chicken pieces and let it cook at medium heat, till the chicken is 1/4 cooked. this is called as the yakhni
in another vessel, heat the water, add in the masala meant for boiling the rice
once the water starts boiling, add in the rice and par boil it, till it is 1/3 done
drain the water and keep it aside.
now to the yakhni, layer the rice
now heat some ghee in a pan, add in the chopped onions and fry it. once golden fried, spread it over the rice
next sauté some chopped coriander and again spread it over the rice
put the boiled eggs on top and sprinkle the saffron milk over the rice
close the lid, put some weight on it and let it cook on high for 10 mins and then on sim for 30 mins.
serve it piping hot with curd raita

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