Chicken Biryani — چکن بریانی
Pakistan’s best-loved festive rice dish: chicken in a spiced yoghurt-and-tomato masala, layered with fragrant par-boiled rice and steamed on dam until every grain is aromatic.
Ingredients
- 1 kg chicken
- 4 cups basmati rice, soaked
- 1 cup yoghurt
- 3 onions, fried golden
- 3 tomatoes, chopped
- 2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- Biryani masala, red chilli, turmeric
- Mint, coriander, green chillies
- Whole spices, salt
Method
- Cook the chicken with yoghurt, fried onions, tomatoes, ginger-garlic and spices into a thick masala.
- Boil the rice with whole spices until 70% done, then drain.
- Layer the rice over the masala with mint, coriander and green chillies.
- Cover tightly and steam on dam for 15–20 minutes.
- Gently mix and serve with raita.