Chicken Dum Biryani|Subhis KItchen

Chicken Dum Biryani - full recipe with stepwise pictures and video. Biryani is an aromatic delightful dish loved by all. The major ingredients in this dish are Chicken and Basmati rice. Anyone can make this dum biryani at home as this is very easy to make. It is a classic mughalai dish , it is an evergreen recipe for its taste. Dum Biryani is differnt from the regular biryani. In this biryani rice is cooked seperately, chicken is marinated and cooked with the masalas. Finally the masalas and rice are layered one by one and cooked in dum. Usually dum biryani is made with sealing the plate with chapathi dough to avoid the steam escaping out. But i simply covered the plate and placed a heavy weight on top, because i don't want to waste the atta flour. So let's move on to the recipe , try this awesome dum biryani recipe and let me know how it turns out for you.

Happy Cooking!!!

Recipe Video:

Ingredients:
For Marinating Chicken:
Chicken - 250gms
Curd - 4 tsp
Lemon Juice - 2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Mint leaves - a fistful
Coriander leaves - a fistful
Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsp
Biryani Masala - 2 tsp
Salt
For Cooking Rice:
Basmati rice - 1 cup
Cardamom - 2
Kalpaasi - 1
Cinnamon - 1"
Cloves - 5
Marattimoggu - 1
Pepper - 7
Bay leaves - 2
Mint leaves - a fistful
Water - 4 cups
For Dum Biryani:
Oil - 3 tbsp
Ghee - 2 tsp
Fennel seeds - 1tsp
Cardamom - 2
Kalpaasi - 1
Cloves - 4
Marattimoggu - 1
Bayleaf - 2
Cinnamon - 2
Onion - 2
Green chilli - 3
Tomatoes - 2
Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsp
Mint leaves and coriander leaves - a handful
Fried Onions - 1/4 cup
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Food color powder - 1/8 tsp
Water - 1/4 cup

Method:
For Marinating Chicken:

Take 250 gms chicken, clean well and add the ingredients given under 'for marinating chicken'
Keep aside for minimum 30 mins
You can also marinate it maximum of 2 - 3 hours

For Cooking Rice:

Heat 4 cups water
Once it comes to a rolling boil add the whole spices[Cardamom - 2, Kalpaasi - 1,Cinnamon - 1",Cloves - 5,Marattimoggu - 1,Pepper - 7,Bay leaves - 2,Mint leaves - a fistful]
Add washed and soaked[for 30 mins] Basmati Rice and little salt
Once the rice has cooked for 75% remove from flame, filter and keep aside

For Dum Biryani:

Heat 3 tbsp oil+2 tsp Ghee followed by 1 tsp fennel seeds
Add the whole spices[Cardamom - 2,Kalpaasi - 1,Cloves - 4,Marattimoggu - 1,Bayleaf - 2,Cinnamon - 2]
Followed by Green Chillies
Add 2 chopped Onions
Once the onion turns soft add the tomatoes
Saute well till it turns mushy
Add Ginger Garlic paste and till nice aroma arises
Add mint and coriander leaves
Mix well
Add the marinated chicken, mix well
Once the chicken cooked 75%, layer the cooked rice
Add the mint and coriander leaves
Add the fried onions
Dissolve 1/8 tsp food color powder in 1/4 cup water and add it to the rice,don't skip this step as it avoids dryness in rice
Sprinkle 1/2 tsp garam masala
Cover the vessel with a plate and place a heavy weight on the plate to avoid the steam from escaping out
Let the rice be in Dum for 20 - 30 minutes
After 20 - 25 minutes gently fluff up the rice and serve hot

With Stepwise Pictures:

For Marinating Chicken:
Take 250 gms chicken, clean well and add the ingredients given under 'for marinating chicken'
Keep aside for minimum 30 mins
You can also marinate it maximum of 2 - 3 hours

For Cooking Rice:

Heat 4 cups water

Once it comes to a rolling boil add the whole spices[Cardamom - 2, Kalpaasi - 1,Cinnamon - 1",Cloves - 5,Marattimoggu - 1,Pepper - 7,Bay leaves - 2,Mint leaves - a fistful]