chicken biryani

The Ingredients We Need

Rice – a good quality aged basmati rice.

Chicken – Chicken cut into medium sized pieces. The chicken thighs and / or chicken drumsticks makes a good choice. Either of the one or a mix of both meat works beautifully.

Further, avoid using lot of chicken breast pieces in biryanis. Since, the chicken breast pieces in biryani turns out bit dry, it is better to use them in less amount. Or if you wish to, just skip using them.

Basic spice powders – red chili powder (or smoked paprika), coriander powder, turmeric powder and garam masala powder, salt.

Fresh spices (masala) – ginger garlic paste, green chilies or Serrano peppers, coriander leaves and mint leaves. We also need sliced onions, and some golden fried onions / Caramalised onions.

Whole Spices – Cinnamon sticks, green cardamom, cloves, peppercorns, bay leaves and caraway seeds (shajeera). If you do not have shajeera then swap it with cumin seeds.

Other Ingredients – Ghee, oil and yogurt. I have also used, saffron soaked in little milk. As it imparts rich flavour to even the basic biryanis. However, if you do have saffron, then just skip it