Chicken Tikka Biriyani

Chicken Tikka Biriyani is a fingerlicking  ,delicious ,spicy chicken biriyani  where chicken masala is smoked and layered with cooked rice..Chicken is well marinated in a yoghurt spice mix and mixed with masala…one of the best biriyani to be tried..

Every Alternative friday is a Biriyani feast in our house..so i keep on searching for a different variety of biriyani.I came across this biriyani  in one of my fellow bloggers blog “Love to cook” by shanaz raziq… Really tasty and delicious biriyani thanks to her for sharimh in her blog so thought to share this recipe with fellow viewers…Do try and ket me know…

The Magic taste of this biriyani is the smoky flavour of the chicken masala.. that tastes to the biriyani..

Chicken Tikka Biriyani

Chicken Tikka Biriyani is a fingerlicking ,delicious ,spicy chicken biriyani where chicken masala is smoked and layered with cooked rice..Chicken is well marinated in a yoghurt spice mix and mixed with masala...one of the best biriyani to be tried..

Course main course

Cuisine indian

Servings 6 person

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

Chicken Marination

• 1 kg chicken
• 2 tbsp yoghurt
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tbsp redchilli powder
• 1 tbsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp pepper powder
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp oil
• salt to taste

Chicken Masala

• 4 tbsp oil
• 2 medium Onions chopped
• 2 medium tomato chopped
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 4 slits Greenchilli
• 1/4 cup mint leaves
• 1 tbsp redchilli powder
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp garam masala
• 1 cup coriander leaves
• 1/2` cup yoghurt
• 1 tbsp kasoori methi
• 2 inch cinnamon
• 3 cardomom,cloves each
• 2 Bay Leaf
• 2 tsp shahi jeera
• salt to taste
• 1 piece of coal

For Rice

• 4 cups rice
• 2 Bayleaf
• cardomom,cinnamon
• 1 tsp shahi jeera
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• salt to taste
• 2 tbsp oil

Other Ingredients

• 1 cup Fried onions
• 1 cup coriander leaves chopped
• 2 tsp garam masala
• 1/2 cup warm milk
• pinch of saffron
• saffron essence/rose water
• 2 tbsp ghee

Instructions

1. Marinate the chicken pieces with the ingredients under Chicken marination list for 2 hours.
2. In a pan add oil and cook the chicken till done .
3. Cook the rice by boiling water with cardomom,cinnamon,,shahi jeera, bayleaf , vinegar , salt for 6 minutes then strain it .
4. In another pan add oil ,whole masala, onions,tomato,gingr garlic paste ,greenchilli slits,mint leaves cook till they are soft then add in all powders cook till oil is seperated... add in yoghurt ,coriander leaves,kasoori methi cook well .then add in the cooked chicken mix well.
5. Place a small kattori with heated coal inside the pot in the middle of chicken masala then add in tsp of ghee ..close the lid and smoke the chicken masala.
6. Boil milk with saffron strands ,saffron essence/rose essence(optional) then add in ghee mix well.keep aside
7. Once the smoke is setteled open the lid and remove the coal ...then layer the chicken masala with half of the rice cooked ,fried onions ,milk saffron mix ,coriander leaves,garam masala.agin layer with remaining rice and repeat the process...Finally close the lid tightly and place the pot on top of a tawa and cook (dum)for 20 minutes in medium flame until steam comes out.