Chicken Dum Biryani

Name: Chicken Dum Biryani
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 800g chicken pieces, bone-in; 500g basmati rice, soaked 30 minutes; 2 large onions, thinly sliced; 200g yoghurt; 1 tsp saffron in 3 tbsp warm milk; 1 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp biryani masala; 2 tsp ginger-garlic paste; fresh mint and coriander generous handful; 4 tbsp ghee

Aromatic slow-cooked chicken biryani with fragrant whole spices and golden fried onion.

Total time

115 min

Prep

60 min

Cook

55 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Indian

gluten-free

Ingredients

800gchicken pieces, bone-in

500gbasmati rice, soaked 30 minutes

2large onions, thinly sliced

200gyoghurt

1 tspsaffron in 3 tbsp warm milk

1 tspgaram masala

1 tspbiryani masala

2 tspginger-garlic paste

fresh mint and coriandergenerous handful

4 tbspghee

Instructions

Fry onions until crispy and deep golden. Divide into two portions.

Marinate chicken with yoghurt, spices, ginger-garlic and half the fried onion overnight.

Parboil drained rice until 70% cooked.

Layer: marinated chicken, then rice, then remaining onion, saffron milk, fresh herbs. Repeat.

Seal with dough or foil. Cook on dum (low heat) 30 minutes.

Rest 10 minutes, gently scoop into a serving bowl.