Lucknowi Chicken Kachhi Biryani

Hello friends today being Sunday I thought of doing less work ie put less effort in preparing lunch . That means to me preparing kachhi biryani . Well don’t get flustered . Making biryani not always require too much preparation. You just must have all the ingredients in your home and rest is easy . So let’s start with the recipe without wasting any time.

Ingredients:-

Rice - 700gms
Chicken -500 gms
Curd -300gms
Onion - 200 GMs
Ginger garlic paste - 3 tbsp
Ghee - 4 tbsp
Mustard oil -4 tbsp
Turmeric -2tsp
Chilli powder-2tsp
Milk -4tbsp
Kesar
Kewra is water
Bay leaves
Biryani spices -4 tbsp
This spices include -
Green cardamom
Cinnamon
Cloves
Nutmeg
Shah jeera
Shah morich
Jayitri
Salt
Sugar
Lemon juice -2tbsp

Procedure:-

First cut the onion into small pieces and fry it till golden brown. Then start marinating the chicken with curd , turmeric powder, chilli powder, half of biryani masala , ginger garlic paste ,4 tbsp of mustard oil, salt and fried onion ( half portion). Rest the marinated chicken for 3 hrs. Meanwhile boil the rice and drain water when half cooked. Keep it aside.After 3 hrs take a pan , put the ghee and add the bay leaves. Then add the marinated chicken to the pan. Add the lemon juice and stir it for 5 mins . Cover the lid and let the chicken get cooked. When it is half cooked and the juice is reduced to 1/4 th add the rice over the chicken . Sprinkle the rest of the biryani masala, fried onion , mixture of milk kesar and kewra water, salt, sugar, 2 tbsp of ghee and close it with a foil and then the lid . Let us t cook in low flame for 30 mins and then remove it from flame . Keep it cover for another 15 mins and your biryani is ready to serve.

BON APPETITE!!!

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