Bangladeshi Chicken Biryani Recipe
Bangladeshi Chicken Biryani is a popular and flavorful dish that is a favorite among food lovers around the world. When we think of popular Bangladeshi recipes, the first recipe that comes to mind is Biryani. One of the biryani is chicken biryani.
Chicken biryani is a combination of chicken and rice dishes. Which is very tempting to look at and delicious to eat. In this recipe, I will guide you through the step-by-step process of making authentic Bangladeshi Chicken Biryani.
So that you can recreate this delicious dish in your own kitchen. Whether you are a seasoned cook or a beginner, I think you can make this recipe very easily by following the method I show.
Ingredients
- Basmati rice – 500 grams
- Chicken meat – 1 kg
- Potatoes- 4-5 pcs
- Chopped Onion 2 cups
- Onion paste – 1/2 cup
- Cumin paste 1 tsp
- Ginger paste – 1 teaspoon
- Garlic paste 1 tsp
- Raw chili – 4 pcs
- Cinnamon – 3-4 pcs
- Big cardamom – 2 pcs
- Small cardamom – 5 pcs
- Nutmeg – 1pc
- Bay leaves – 2 pcs
- Cloves- 6-8 pieces
- Black pepper – 8-10 pieces
- Cumin – 1 teaspoon
- Ghee (clarified or melted butter)-1 teaspoon
- Eggs – 2 pcs
- Sour yogurt – 1 cup
- Almond butter – 1 tsp
Instructions for Chicken Biryani Recipe
Preparation before cooking:
Step 1: Cut the chicken into pieces and wash well.
Step 2: Marinate the chicken meat with one cup of sour curd, one teaspoon of chili powder, and one teaspoon of salt, and keep it for 1 hour.
3. Wash the cooking rice and soak it for 20 minutes before cooking.
4. Grind together nutmeg, black pepper, cloves, big cardamom, small cardamom, cumin, and cinnamon. After preparation this masala can be called biryani masala.
5. Boil eggs and potatoes in a pan. Then peel the eggs and potatoes and fry them in oil.
Cooking instructions:
1. Place the cooking pan on the stove. Then heat 3 tbsp oil, and 2 tbsp ghee in it. Then fry 2 cups chopped onion in hot oil. When the onions are fried, take 1 cup of the fried onions and keep them in a bowl and keep the rest of the onions in the cooking pan.
2. Then add 1 spoon of cumin paste, 1 spoon of ginger paste, and 1 spoon of garlic paste and fry it with little water. Then fry it for some time with powdered biryani masala. Then cook the chicken peaches with it for some time.
3. When the chicken peaches are half cooked, fry them for a while with the soaked rice.
4. Once the rice and meat are fried together, cover with enough water and salt to taste.
5. Sometimes you have to lift the lid and shake it so that it doesn’t stick to the pan.
6. When the water reduces, reduce the heat of the stove.
7. Then cover it again with fried onions, almond batter, and 15-20 pieces of raisins.
8. After 5-7 minutes turn off the stove and keep the pan covered.
9. Now the chicken biryani is ready. Now you can serve this Bangladeshi-style chicken biryani to your loved ones.
Bangladeshi Chicken Biryani Recipe
Bangladeshi Chicken Biryani is a popular and flavorful dish that is a favorite among food lovers around the world. When we think of popular Bangladeshi recipes, the first recipe that comes to mind is Biryani. One of the biryani is chicken biryani.
Ingredients
- Basmati rice - 500 grams
- Chicken meat - 1 kg
- Potatoes- 4-5 pcs
- Chopped Onion 2 cups
- Onion paste - 1/2 cup
- Cumin paste 1 tsp
- Ginger paste - 1 teaspoon
- Garlic paste 1 tsp
- Raw chili - 4 pcs
- Cinnamon - 3-4 pcs
- Big cardamom - 2 pcs
- Small cardamom - 5 pcs
- Nutmeg - 1pc
- Bay leaves - 2 pcs
- Cloves- 6-8 pieces
- Black pepper - 8-10 pieces
- Cumin - 1 teaspoon
- Ghee (clarified or melted butter)-1 teaspoon
- Eggs - 2 pcs
- Sour yogurt - 1 cup
- Almond batter – 1 tsp
Instructions
Preparation before cooking:
1. Cut the chicken into pieces and wash well.
2. Marinate the chicken meat with one cup of sour curd, one teaspoon of chili powder, and one teaspoon of salt, and keep it for 1 hour.
3. Wash the cooking rice and soak it for 20 minutes before cooking.
4. Grind together nutmeg, black pepper, cloves, big cardamom, small cardamom, cumin, and cinnamon. After preparation this masala can be called biryani masala.
5. Boil eggs and potatoes in a pan. Then peel the eggs and potatoes and fry them in oil.
Cooking instructions:
1. Place the cooking pan on the stove. Then heat 3 tbsp oil, and 2 tbsp ghee in it. Then fry 2 cups chopped onion in hot oil. When the onions are fried, take 1 cup of the fried onions and keep them in a bowl and keep the rest of the onions in the cooking pan.
2. Then add 1 spoon of cumin paste, 1 spoon of ginger paste, and 1 spoon of garlic paste and fry it with little water. Then fry it for some time with powdered biryani masala. Then cook the chicken peaches with it for some time.
3. When the chicken peaches are half cooked, fry them for a while with the soaked rice.
4. Once the rice and meat are fried together, cover with enough water and salt to taste.
5. Sometimes you have to lift the lid and shake it so that it doesn't stick to the pan.
6. When the water reduces, reduce the heat of the stove.
7. Then cover it again with fried onions, almond batter, and 15-20 pieces of raisins.
8. After 5-7 minutes turn off the stove and keep the pan covered.
9. Now the chicken biryani is ready. Now you can serve this Bangladeshi-style chicken biryani to your loved ones.
Notes
- Care should be taken that biryani is not too salty.
- Water must be given in sufficient quantity for the rice to be cooked. (eg, 2 cups of rice should be boiled in 3 cups of water)
- Care must be taken that biriyani does not burn in the pan.
- The heat of the stove must be kept medium during cooking.
FAQs
Is it possible to cook biryani without almond batter, or raisins?
Yes, it is possible. Almond batter and raisins are exceptional. You can use it as you wish.
Can chicken biryani be cooked on the high heat of the stove?
No. Because if the heat of the stove is high, there is a possibility of burning the food.
Can this biryani be served without potatoes and eggs?
Yes, it will.
