Bohri Biryani
Chicken Biryani cooked with Potato in Bohri style.
Servings Prep Time
8people 10minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
40minutes 20minutes
Servings Prep Time
8people 10minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
40minutes 20minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Make Hara Masala: Add green chillies and ginger garlic to make a paste.
  2. To Boil Rice: Add ghee to the pan. Add Black cardamom, cloves, cardamom powder and Shahi zeera. Once they splutter, add 12 cups of water. Add a few mint leaves and 1 tsp salt,. Let the water come to a boil and add the soaked rice [drain the water in which rice is soaked]. Let it boil till its 70% cooked. It should be hard from the sides and soft from the middle. Drain the water.
  3. To make Chicken Masala: Heat pan on medium flame, add oil. Add black cardamom (bari elaichi), cinnamon stick, cloves and black peppercorns and cumin seeds. Add Onions and cook till they turn golden brown. Take 3/4 of the onions out and crush the onions.
  4. Add chicken to the pan and then add hara masala. Mix well and cook for 10 minutes.
  5. Add potatoes and mix. Add salt, Turmeric Powder and Red chili powder.
  6. Add 1 cup little water to help and then add yoghurt and mix.
  7. Add crushed browned onions, nutmeg powder and mace powder. Cover with lid, and let it cook on medium-low heat.
  8. Once the chicken is almost cooked, add fresh chopped coriander leaves, green chilies and mint leaves, mix and cover. Once the water is evaporated and chicken is cooked, remove from heat.
  9. In the chicken pan, put the potatoes and chicken pieces against the sides of the pan, so that it forms a ring. There will be oil and masala left in centre of the pan. Then cover with the rice, without mixing.
  10. In a bowl dissolve yellow color, saffron and kewra essence, and sprinkle over on one side of the rice. Sprinkle 2-3 tsp of oil over the rice as well. Cover with lid, and on very low heat, put the biryani on dum (steam) on gas for 20 mins.
  11. Serve with cucumber raita.
Recipe Notes
  • Note: You can make this chicken biryani with red meat; just add potatoes and other masala (spices) once the meat has cooked.