How to Make Nawabi Chicken Biryani: English – Urdu Recipe
When we talk about Pakistani food, we talk about biryani, and the quickest biryani method is chicken biryani. You can make it in a very short time. There are many other types of biryani, like Anarkali Biryani, Simple chicken Biryani, Chicken Tikka Biryani, but now we are making a very special biryani, which is very simple, with less spice and really tasty which is called Nawabi Chicken Biryani.
Nawabi Chicken Biryani
Ingredients:
- Chicken – 1kg
- Oil – 3 1/4 cup
- Boiled rice – 375g
- Yogurt – 250g
- Salt – 1 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Red chili powder – 1 1/2 tsp
- Onions – 2
- Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbsp
- Sesame seeds – 1 tbsp
- Melon seeds – 1 tbsp
- Desiccated coconut – 1 tbsp
- Almonds – 5 to 6 (crushed)
- Mint – few leaves
- Fresh coriander – 1/4 bunch
- Green chili – 5 to 6
- Whole spices – 1 tbsp
- Kewra water – 1 tsp
- Yellow food colour – 1 pinch
Fry sesame seeds, melon seeds, coconut and almonds. Then grind and set aside.
Method:
- In a pan, heat up oil, add onions and fry until golden brown.
- Then add chicken, ginger garlic paste, fry for 1 minute, then add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder and yogurt. Mix and fry well.
- Then add 1/4 cup of water, cover and let it cook until chicken is tender.
- Then add grinded masala, mint, fresh coriander, green chili and mix.
- Now take a separate pan, add 1/4 cup of water and a 1/4 cup of oil. Then spread 1/2 boiled rice, then put chicken, then remaining rice, and on top, add kewra water, yellow food colour, 2 tbsp of oil and cover and leave on dum for 15 minutes.
- Serve with salad and raita.
