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Awadhi chicken biryani recipe - Foods from Awadhi cuisine are said to have been widely influenced by the Nawabs of Awadh, who were of the Persian origin. Their royal dishes were aromatic and delicious, flavored with spices, herbs, nuts, plant extracts and saffron. The city of Lucknow is popular for the Awadhi foods like Seekh kabab, Shami kabab, Murgh musallam, Shahi korma and Biryani.
Awadhi chicken biryani is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Awadhi chicken biryani is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have awadhi chicken biryani using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Awadhi chicken biryani:
- Prepare 1.25 cup basmati rice soaked for 30 min
- Get 350 gm chicken
- Prepare 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- Prepare 2 tbsp curd for marinate 2 tbsp curd for dum process
- Make ready 1 tsp turmeric powder 1.5 tsp red chilli powder Salt to taste
- Make ready 1 bay leaf 2 green cardamom 2 black cardamom 4 cloves
- Get 5-6 pepper corns 1 tsp mace 1/2 cup coconut grated
- Take 1/2 cup poppy seed paste 1/2 cup cream. 1 cup mint leaves
- Prepare 1 cup coriander leaves 3 medium onion sliced
- Take fried golden 4 slit green chillies 1 cup milk with 2 strands
- Get Saffron.
- Make ready Ghee Rose water 1 tsp 1 tbsp lime juice
Lucknowi cuisine or Awadhi cuisine is an amalgamation of both Mughlai & Nawabi cuisine. ABOUT Awadhi chicken dum biryani RECIPE. Foods from awadhi cuisines have been influenced by the Nawabs of awadh. This receipe is royal, aromatic, delicious, flavoured with herbs, species and saffron.
Steps to make Awadhi chicken biryani:
- Marinate the chicken with curd ginger garlic paste and turmeric, red chilli powder salt and lime juice for 2 hours
- In a pan heat oil and ghee. Add the whole spices. Add the onion. Fry till soft. Add some ginger garlic paste, fry till raw smell goes off. Add few mint and coriander leaves. Add the slit chillies. Now the marinated chicken along with the marinade. Mix well. Cook for 10 min on medium flame till oil separates. Mix. Lower the heat add grated coconut, poppy seed paste and cream.. mix well. Cover and cook for 20 min. Add little water if needed. Keep this yakhni aside.
- In meanwhile boil double the water that of the soaked rice. Once it starts boiling, add the soaked rice. Add salt. Mix well and cook till 80%. Drain the water and spread the rice over a plate so they dont stick.
- Now assembling for dum process. - Place a tava over low heat. Place a handi over it. Spread 2 tbsp curd into the base so the masala wont stick. Now layer the chicken mix evenly. Add 1 tbsp ghee over it. Now layer the rice evenly. Add mint leaves, coriander leaves, fried onions, saffron milk and ghee and rose water. Cover with lid and seal it using atta dough. Cook for 30 min over low flame. - - Open the seal. Mix gently and serve hot.
Awadhi biryani is different from the Hyderabadi biryani in terms of taste and flavors. It can be served with raita or side gravy. One such amazing version comes from the land of Awadh and is commonly known as Luknowi Biryani. From the aroma to the texture, every thing is just so perfect in this Biryani. As they say " Lucknow ke Nawaab chale gaye, par Biryani chord gaye!" Awadhi Mutton Biryani Recipe - About Awadhi Mutton Biryani Recipe: Biryani is derived from the word "biryan" and has its root in Persia, the dish is known to origin in India during Mughal dynasty and has continued to rule our hearts till now.
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