Name: Handi murg biriyani with smokey flavour recipe by Swati Mookherjee at BetterButter
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: Chicken 1 kg.; extra long basmati rice 750 gms (washed & soaked); onions 4 medium size,sliced finely; ginger paste 50 gms; garlic crushed 12 cloves; dried red chilly paste 1 tblspn; biriyani masala 2 tblspn; garam masala powder 2 tblspn; raisin 100 gms; Cashews 50 gms; beresta 1 cup; Chopped coriander 1 cup; peppercorn 1 tspn; chopped green chillies 1 tspn; Kesar 1 Pinch; orange food colour 1 /2 tspn; for tempering - 2"cinnamon sticks, 4 cardamomss,6 cloves; Salt; sugar (optional); white oil 100 gms; ghee 2 hipped tblspn; a piece of charcoal or coconut shell; Silver foil

Ingredients Serving: 5

Chicken 1 kg.
extra long basmati rice 750 gms (washed & soaked)
onions 4 medium size,sliced finely
ginger paste 50 gms
garlic crushed 12 cloves
dried red chilly paste 1 tblspn
biriyani masala 2 tblspn
garam masala powder 2 tblspn
raisin 100 gms
Cashews 50 gms
beresta 1 cup
Chopped coriander 1 cup
peppercorn 1 tspn
chopped green chillies 1 tspn
Kesar 1 Pinch
orange food colour 1 /2 tspn
for tempering - 2"cinnamon sticks, 4 cardamomss,6 cloves
Salt
sugar (optional)
white oil 100 gms
ghee 2 hipped tblspn
a piece of charcoal or coconut shell
Silver foil

Instructions

marinade the chicken with ginger,garlic,red chilly paste,salt,orange food colour,kesar,half of the lime juice,1 tblspn oil for 1 hour
heat oil in a pan
add whole garam masala,fry till aroma comes out
add sliced onions, fry till golden brown
add raisins and cashews
add the marinated chicken
fry with the onions,add the garam masala and biriyani masala powder
when the water from chicken will get absorb and oil will get separate add the soaked rice
fry the rice with the chicken and spice carefully ( use folding style)
adjust the seasonings
after 5/6 min of frying add lukewarm water into it just the double amount of the rice
bring into a boil,keep boiling in high flamd for 2/3 min spread the remaining lime juice
then switch off the flame,
add a lid
when the water get absorb,transfer the whole thing in a microwave save pot and spread milk, coriander,beresta,little biriyani masala,ghee,chopped green chillies over the top
keep the lid
cook in micro for 5 to 6 min in high
bring out from oven
make small bowl out from the silver foil,keep it in the center of the biriyani
burn a charcoal or coconut shell thoroughly and keep it on the foil bowl
add some ghee over it and quickly put the lid over the pot
keep the pot in the oven or under a cloth so that the charcoal flavor thoroughly infused in the dish
serve hot with salad, raitaa

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