Hyderabad Chicken Dum Ka Biryani Recipe



Ingredients:

Chicken 1500 g
Basmati rice 500g
Bay leaf 3 no
Star anise 3 no
Cinnamon sticks 2 no
Cloves 4 no
Cardamom 6 no
Shahi jeera 1 ts
Lichen (kalpasi) 1ts
Pepper corn 6 no
Mace 2 no
Golden fried onions 150 g
Red chilly powder 2 tb
Coriander powder 1 tb
Cumin powder 1 ts
Ginger garlic paste 1 tbs
Salt
Turmeric
Yogurt 1 cup
Coriander chopped 1 bunch
Mint chopped 1 bunch
Green chilly 5 no
Oil ½ cup
Lime juice 2tb

Directions

First make a powder of all the spices, Take a bowl add chicken pieces and add made masala, chilly powder, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, salt, coriander powder, curd, chopped mint leaves, coriander leaves, fried onions, green chilly, lime juice, oil, and mix it well, and put it in the refrigerator over night, Heat water in a vessel and let it come to a boil add oil, salt, Shahi jeera, bay leaf and add Basmati rice (soak the rice 1 hour) cook the rice till 70 %, add layer of chicken marinate and then this layer of rice. Sprinkle fried onions, and add dissolved saffron strands in milk , then add ghee (optional), kewra water, rose water and put the lid on which is lined with sticky dough for dum. First cook it on high for first 4-5 minutes then reduce the flame to low, use a griddle under this for even heat transfer. And cook it for 25 to 30 min and switch off the flame. After 40 minutes this is ready for opening the seal of the lid. Never mix the biryani just check it removing the top rice and checking the bottom of the vessel for burnt marks.

Take a bowl add chicken pieces and add made masala, chilly powder, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, salt, coriander powder, curd, chopped mint leaves, coriander leaves, fried onions, green chilly, lime juice, oil, and mix it well, and put it in the refrigerator over night,
Heat water in a vessel and let it come to a boil add oil, salt, Shahi jeera, bay leaf and add basmati rice (soak the rice 1 hour) cook the rice till 70 %, add layer of chicken marinate and then this layer of rice. Sprinkle fried onions, and add dissolved saffron strands in milk , then add ghee (optional), kewra water, rose water and put the lid on which is lined with sticky dough for dum.
First cook it on high for first 4-5 minutes then reduce the flame to low, use a griddle under this for even heat transfer. And cook it for 25 to 30 min and switch off the flame. After 40 minutes this is ready for opening the seal of the lid. Never mix the biryani just check it removing the top rice and checking the bottom of the vessel for burnt marks.


Tandoori Chicken Recipe

Ingredients (240 ml cup used)

•4 Chicken drumsticks or ¼ kg cubed boneless chicken
•1 tsp. light olive oil or butter

First marination
•⅛ tsp. turmeric powder
•¼ tsp. Kashmiri red chili powder
•1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
•Salt as needed

Second marination
•⅓ cup thick fresh yogurt or curd or dahi (use low fat yogurt to make it low fat)
•2 tbsp. Olive oil or any oil (use a light oil to make it low fat)
•1 tsp. kasuri methi
•1 tsp. coriander powder
•½ tsp. Kashmiri chili powder
•¼ tsp. pepper powder
•1 ½ tsp. ginger garlic paste
•1 tsp. garam masala powder
•¼ tsp. Amchur powder (optional)

Instructions
1.Wash drumsticks and wipe off with disposable kitchen tissues.
2.Slit twice or thrice randomly.
3.Marinate with ingredients mentioned under first marination. Rub the drumsticks with the marinade for 3 to 4 minutes to make them tender. Set this aside for 15 to 20 minutes.
4.Mix all the ingredients mentioned under second marination, marinate the drumsticks with this. Refrigerate for overnight or 6 hours.
5.Mix little red chili powder in 1 tsp oil. Keep this aside. You can skip if using food color.
6.For stove top method please follow the step by step instructions above. For oven method : Preheat the oven at 220 C for at least 15 minutes. Grease a foiled baking tray.
7.Pick up the drumsticks and let the extra marinade drip off to the bowl. Place them on the baking tray and baste with the prepared oil lightly.
8.Bake for 15 minutes, baste again with the oil and back to the oven for 5 minutes
9.Flip the drumsticks and repeat the basting and bake for 6 to 10 minutes, depending on your oven and chicken.
10.To give a real tandoori flavor, burn a char coal and place it on a plate, beside the plate place the grilled chicken and cover all these with a large utensil and leave it for about 3 to 4 minutes. You get the flavor of char coal grilled chicken.

Notes
Adjust the baking time based on your oven, chicken might get charred if you over cook it. So keep an eye all the time, the chicken might get cooked anywhere in between 20 to 30 minutes depending on the size of drumsticks.
Adjust the quantity of lemon juice, and you can skip amchur if you don’t have.
Choose a good garam masala powder.
Discard the left over marination.

Tandoori chicken recipy

Bongulo Kodi | Bamboo Chicken - Tribal Food



Ingredients
Boneless Chiken - 350 gms
Turmeric Powder - a pinch
Garam Masala - 1 Spoon
Coriander Powder - 1 Spoon
Red Chilly Powder - 2 Spoons
Salt - as needed
Lemon - One Big
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 Spoon
Oil - 4 Spoons
Chopped Coriander Leaves - 1/4 cup

Other
One freshly cut green bamboo stem
Dry leaves, Coconut fibres - for kindling
Firewood

Pav Bhaji Recipe Video



Ingredients

500 gms roughly cut potatoes
100 gms green peas
500 gms chopped tomatoes
Salt to taste

For masala
200 gms butter
200 gms finely chopped onions
1/2 tsp jeera
4 tbsp chilli powder
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 medium chopped capsicum
1/2 tsp haldi
1 tbsp garam masala
Salt to taste
Red edible colour (optional)
Water as required

For assembly
Lemons wedges
Chopped onions
Butter
Chopped Corriander
Ladipav to serve

Method:
- In a pan add potatoes, peas, tomatoes water and and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes
- Mash the whole mixture properly and add little bit of water
- In a pan add butter, onions, cumin seeds, garlic paste and chilli powder and mix it all well
- Add capsicum, turmeric and garam masala
- Add the mashed pulp into the pan and mix it nicely and evenly
- Add food color – red ( Its optional)
- To adjust the consistency add water and keep it on slow simmer
- Apply butter on the pav and toast them on a pan

Pav Bhaji is ready to be served!