Name: Ambur Chicken Biryani recipe by Shashikala Teggi at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Basmati (jeera sambar) rice 4 cup (500gm); Curd 3/4 cup; Salt; Cardamom 5-6; Cinnamon 4; Clove 8-10; Ginger garlic paste 3 tbsp; Lemon juice 3 tbsp; Onion 2 big; Tomato 3; Coriander leaves 1 cup; Mint leaves 1 cup; Dry Kashmir red chilli 12; Chicken 500 gm; Oil 6 tbsp

ABOUT Ambur Chicken Biryani RECIPE

Ambur Chicken Biryani is an authentic and traditional recipe from Tamil Nadu which is a dum style biryani from ambur region.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Basmati (jeera sambar) rice 4 cup (500gm)
Curd 3/4 cup
Salt
Cardamom 5-6
Cinnamon 4
Clove 8-10
Ginger garlic paste 3 tbsp
Lemon juice 3 tbsp
Onion 2 big
Tomato 3
Coriander leaves 1 cup
Mint leaves 1 cup
Dry Kashmir red chilli 12
Chicken 500 gm
Oil 6 tbsp

Instructions

Soak the red chilli in hot water and grind it to a smooth paste. marinate the chicken with 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste, 1 tsp red chilli paste, salt for at least 1 hour. Soak the rice for 1/2 hour.
Heat oil in a big vessel, add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaves. Fry for some time, add the remaining ginger garlic paste and sliced onions, fry until it turns light golden brown in color.
Add remaining dry red chilli paste mix and fry for sometime. Add tomato and cook for 5 minutes. Then add salt, coriander and mint leaves, mix. Add curd, mix well and cook until oil separates from the masala.
Now add marinated chicken, lemon juice mix well cook for sometime and add 6 1/2 cup of water, stir well and cover it for 15 minutes.
Cook the soaked rice till 50% done and strain the water, add this rice to boiling chicken masala, cover it and keep the vessal on dosa griddle and dum cook for 20 minutes on a low flame.
Serve hot with raita, lemon and onions.

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