Chicken Biryani in Pressure Cooker

Course: Main

Cuisine: Indian

 Prep Time: 60 minutes

 Cook Time: 25-30 minutes

 Total Time: 85-90 minutes

 Servings 3-4 people

Ingredients

Marination

• ½ kg chicken
• 3 tbsp yogurt
• 1 ¼ tbsp ginger garlic paste
• ½ tsp Salt
• ¼ tsp. turmeric
• ½ to 1 tsp. red chili powder 
• ½ to 1 tbsp biryani masala powder 
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice 
  

Dry spices to Temper

• 1 bay leaf
• 4 green cardamoms
• 4 to 6 cloves or lavang
• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 1 chakri phool
• ¾ tsp caraway seeds
• 1 strand mace
  

Other ingredients

• 2 cups basmati rice
• 2 tbsp. ghee or Oil
• 1 large onion sliced thin
• ½ cup mint
• 1 green chili chopped
• 4 tbsps curd
• ¼ to ½ tsp. red chili powder 
• 1 tsp biryani masala powder 
• ¼ tsp Salt to add to chicken
• 3 cups water or coconut milk 
• ¾ tsp salt to sprinkle in water
• 2 tbsps fried onions
  

How To

• First of all, take a mixing bowl, and add the chicken in it. Then add curd in it.
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• After that add ginger garlic paste, biryani powder, salt, turmeric and red chili in it.
  
  
• Mix everything properly and marinate the chicken. Keep aside for approximately 50-60 minutes. You can also keep it in fridge overnight for more taste.
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• Now take a large bowl and add rice in it and then wash it twice. Keep them in water for about 30 minutes and then drain them.
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• Now take a pressure cooker and start by adding ghee or oil in it. Then start heating it on low flame.
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• Add spices in the pressure cooker and sauté them for a minute or two.
  
  
• Then add onions to this mix. Sauté them until they turn brown.
  
  
• Now add the marinated chicken in it and sauté on medium flame for about 5-6 minutes.
  
  
• Now lower the flame and cover the pressure cooker until it is cooked.
  
  
• Now check after 25-35 minutes, if the chicken is soft and dry.
  
  
• Now check the salt and add accordingly. Now add 4 tbs curd in it. Then add chili powder, green chili, biryani powder and mint.
  
  
• Now mix everything thoroughly.
  
  
• Now take the rice and spread on the chicken in the pressure cooker. Then add either 3 small cups of water or coconut milk in it, also add some salt in it now.
  
  
• Now taste the water, it should be a little salty, then add 2 small cups of water to it.
  
  
• Now add some pudina and fried onions in it.
  
  
• Now taste and add salt if needed.
  
  
• Now cover the cooker and cook till 1 whistle on medium flame.
  
  
• Now, open the pressure cooker, you will see that your biryani is ready to be served.
  
  
• Biryani can either served with a biryani curry or with just green chutney and some onions or it can also be served with vegetable yogurt.
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