Chicken Biryani in Pressure Cooker Recipe
Chicken Biryani in Pressure Cooker Recipe is an easy to make biryani that gets done quickly as you use a pressure cooker and is a typical one pot meal you can make for a lazy Weekend.
Servings 6 people
Ingredients
For the Marinade
- 1/2 kg Chicken
- 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- 1/2 cup Curds /Yogurt
- 1 tsp Red Chilli powder
- A Pinch Turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Lemon juice
Whole Garam Masala
- 2 nos Bay Leaf
- 2 Cloves
- 1 inch Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Caraway Seeds / Shahjeera
- 2 nos Cardamon
- 2 small Black Stone Flower /Dagad Phool/Rathi povvu
- 1 no Star Anise
For the Chicken Biryani
- 2.5 cup Basmati Rice
- 50 gms Butter
- 2 tbsp Cooking Oil
- 1 big Onion Julienne
- 3 nos Green Chillis
- 5 cups Water
- Handful Mint Leaves
- Handful Coriander Leaves
- 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
Instructions
For the Marinade the Biryani
- Wash and clean the chicken. Drain on a colander and once the water is completely drained, take it in a bowl and mix with rest of the ingredients and let it marinade for 1 hour.
For the Biryani
- Wash the rice and soak with water for 15 to 20 Minutes.
- Heat a pressure cooker with butter and oil. Add all the whole spices, saute for a couple of minutes.
- Add onion julienne, saute well. Once the onion colour changes, add ginger garlic paste, saute well for 2 mins.
- Now add the mint leaves, coriander leaves and saute for few mins.
- Next, add the chicken marinade and cook till moisture leaves. This takes about 10 mins on low flame.
- Fry till oil comes out. Now add water, bring to boil, add salt.
- When the water starts rolling boil, add the drained rice to the pressure cooker.
- Mix well and cover with lid. Pressure cook for 3 whistles and switch off.
- When pressure falls down, remove the lid and fluff the rice.
Notes
Serve with Chicken Pulusu and Onion Raitha.
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