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Chicken Tikka Biryani

Nida Shahrukh
Wants to celebrate something at home, to invite guests, to cheer up someone, to welcome neighbors’ or just to taste species all goes perfectly-well with a lip-smacking taste of Chicken tikka biryani. Sensational feelings are truly epidemic with the authentic texture of rice with gravy, marinated chicken, and garnished portion all praiseworthy.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours
Course Main Course, Diner, Lunch
Cuisine Hyderabadi, Indian, Pakistani, Asian
Servings 8 persons
Calories 372 kcal

Ingredients
  

For Boiling Rice

  • 1/2 kg Rice (Sehla or Basmati) parboiled
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 Bay Leaves
  • 2 Star Spice (Badyan Khatal)
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 2 Large Cardamon
  • 5 Cloves
  • 1 Nutmeg
  • 1 tsp Jaiwatri
  • 2 tsp Lemon Juice

For Barbeque Tikka Marination

  • 750 gm Chicken (boneless)
  • 1-1/2 tbsp Garlic Paste
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Paste
  • 4 tsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
  • KachriPowder (amount depend on quality of meat)
  • 1 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1/4 tsp Jaiwatri
  • 1 Nutmeg
  • 4 Cloves
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon Powder
  • 1 tsp Cardamon Powder
  • 1 tsp Cumin (whole roasted)
  • 1 tsp Coriander (whole roasted)
  • Red Chillies (large and dried)
  • Olive Oil as required

For Gravy

  • 3 Onion (finelychopped)
  • 3 Tomatoes (slices)
  • 1/2 kg Yogurt
  • 1 tsp Garlic Minced
  • 1 tsp Ginger Minced
  • 1 tsp Chili Flakes(crushed)
  • 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
  • 1 tsp Cumin Powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander Powder
  • 3 Green Chillies(crushed)

For Garnishing

  • 1/4 cup Lemon Juice
  • 1/4 cup Cilantro (Hara Dhaniya)
  • 1/2 bunch Mint Leaves (chopped)
  • 2 Lemon Sliced (finely cut)
  • 6 Dried Plums

Instructions
 

For Barbeque Chicken Marinate

  • Grind whole spices as mention above for making tikka masala.
  • Now wash the chicken thoroughly and clean it. Now start marinating whole chicken with spices.
  • Now after giving a good mix set aside for at least 2 to 3 hours or overnight with ground spices along with other ingredients mentioned for tikka.
  • Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a pan and add marinated meat into it after 3 hours of marination.
  • Now cover it with lid and cook over slow heat till tender and dry. Take it out in a plate or bowl and set aside for a while.

For Gravy

  • Fry onion in oil, add tomatoes and blend them with yogurt into a smooth paste.
  • Now heat one tbsp of oil in a pan, fry ginger and garlic paste in it and add the blended gravy.
  • Cook till it is about to dry, now the remaining spices for gravy above mention thoroughly add now.
  • Soak the rice in water at least for two hours.
  • Cook till the mixture come out accurately perfect foam, as oil come out upper surface.

Boiling Rice and Assembling

  • In a large pan, boil water with all the ingredients above mention in rice making section except lemon slices.
  • When water comes to boil add the soaked rice into water.
  • When rice are about to tender, add lemon juice now.
  • Strain the rice.
  • In the same pan, drizzles some olive oil, make a layer of rice and then pour some gravy over it.
  • Now add some cooked tikkas.
  • Sprinkle a little lemon juice.
  • Repeat the above mentioned layers.
  • Garnished with all the ingredients mentioned in for garnished section.
  • Now take a little piece of coal and burn it under heat of stove.
  • Wrap it with aluminium foil and leave the top open.
  • Place this on top of garnished biryani and pour few drops of olive oil on it and immediately cover the pan.
  • Leave it over low heat flame for 5-7 minutes, smokes will start comes out soon.
  • Now your tikka biryani is ready now.
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