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Who
doesnt love this pampered, fragrant, rice delicacy that reigns supreme
as the world best one pot meal?
For many of my dear readers, todays post is a long awaited one. At last
I got to blog the recipe of the quintessential home style Chicken Dum
Biryani from the royal kitchen of the Nizams. A dish that calls for an
elaborate process and requires lots of TLC aka tender loving care
while preparing unlike the quickpressure cooker biryani. There are two
versions, Kachha (raw) and Pakki (cooked) Biryani. Todays recipe is
basically a Hyderabadi kachha style of biryani where marinated raw
chicken and partially cooked basmati rice are layered and cooked
on dum, over low heat. I prepared this biryani a couple of times, the
recipe is perfect and has never failed me. Once the biryani is cooked on
dum, as you open the lid, the kitchen smells fragrant, rich with the
reassuring aroma of pure ghee and saffron and the chicken cooked to
melt in the mouth tenderness.
A few things to keep in mind while preparing biryani. Use best quality
aged Basmati rice, good quality chicken and the best saffron available.
Marinate chicken for at least 4-6 hrs and if running out of time then two
hours will do. No short cut methods and all the ingredients listed below
are a MUST, in other words, there are no substitutes for the mentioned
ingredients.
1 Marinate chicken with the ingredients called for marination along with
biryani masala pwd. Keep aside for 4 hrs or a min of 1 1/2 hrs. While
Our Sunday meal ~ Chicken Dum Biryani, Nilgiri Chicken Korma and Raita