Malabar Chicken Biryani Recipe – Simple and Delicious

Malabar Chicken Biryani Recipe – Simple and Delicious

This bejeweled rice is the favorite of many! A delicious Malabar Chicken Biryani! Although the ‘Hyderabadi Dum Biriyani’ may be tagged as ”The most famous Biriyani “, I know many Kerala food enthusiasts will make a good argument to the contrary. Kannur, Thallessery, Kozhikode Biriyanis are indeed sought after and devoured with passion. Recipes are varied but this one is a keeper! A delicious and fulfilling recipe! It is lighter and simpler in flavours, with fried sultanas and cashew nuts, along with crisp golden onions for garnish.

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Malabar Chicken Biryani Recipe – Simple and Delicious

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How to make Malabar Chicken Biryani Recipe – Recipe at a glance:

• Marinate chicken.
• Fry the Garnish Ingredients.
• Cook the Rice with ghee and spices.
• Cook the Masala, add the marinated chicken.
• Follow the ‘dum method’ of sealed steam cooking to cook the meat masala and cooked rice together.
• Gently mix the delicate rice and cooked masala, according to the recipe and enjoy a delicious Malabar meal.

Other Biryani Recipes  from the Malabar Regions:

• Malabar Chicken DUM Biryani (DIFFERENT method) 
• Thalassery Chicken Biryani
• Thalassery Chicken Biryani (with Marinated chicken)
• Thalassery Beef Biryani
• Thalassery Mutton Biryani
• Thalassery Egg Biryani
• Malabar Mutton Biryani
• Malabar Fish Biryani
• Prawns / Shrimp Biryani
• Kozhikodan Chicken Biryani
• QUICK Pressure Cooker Chicken Biryani

Other Yummy Biryanis you should try:

• Vegetable Biryani – so good!
• Kollam (South Kerala) Biryani
• Hyderabadi Biryani
• Sindhi Biryani
• Manjali Biryani

Ingredients:

• Chicken – medium-sized pieces (weight after skinning and cleaning – cut medium size) 2 kg
• Red onions, sliced 7
• Garlic cloves( smaller sized Indian Garlic variety ) 1 cup
• Ginger 3/4 – 1 cup
• Small hot green chillies ( around 6) 50 gms
• Tomato chopped 1/2 kg
• Coriander leaves 1 large handful
• Mint leaves 1 large handful
• Pandan leaves 2
• Dalda/ Vanaspati (Hydrogenated vegetable oil) 100 gms
• Coconut oil 1/2 cup
• Ghee/ Clarified butter 1 Tbsp
• Coriander powder 5 tsp
• Kashmiri chilli powder 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
• Kerala garam masala (SEE NOTES) 2 tsp
• Salt (to taste) 2 tsp
• Thick yogurt, whipped 1/2 cup
• Lime juice ( if needed ) 2 tsp
• Milk 1/2 cup
• Saffron 1 tsp
• You will need to make a dough to seal the lid of the pot. 1- 2 cups of wheat flour mixed with water to make a soft pliable dough

For Marinating the Chicken:

• Coriander powder 4 tsp
• Chilli powder 2 tsp
• Fennel powder 1 tsp
• Black pepper powder 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
• Green Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
• Thick and sour yoghurt 3 Tbsp
• Lime juice 2 tsp
• Mint leaves, chopped 3 Tbsp
• Coriander leaves, chopped 3 Tbsp

For Rice:

• Basmati RICE ( 5 1/2 cups ) 1 kg
• Water 4 litres
• Salt 4 Tbsp
• Sticks of cinnamon 3
• Star anise 1 Tbsp
• Green cardamom 5
• cloves 5-6
• Fennel seeds 1 tsp

Garnish:

• Fried cashew nuts 1/2 cup
• Fried raisins/ sultanas 1/4 cup
• Chopped coriander As needed

Key Ingredients: Chicken, Rice, Spices, Onion, Ginger, Garlic, Tomatoes, Herbs, Yoghurt, Salt, Rosewater, Milk

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