Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, kolkata style chicken biriyani. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have kolkata style chicken biriyani using 27 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani:

1. Get For Biriyani Masala:
2. Make ready Shahi Jeera
3. Take Coriander Seeds
4. Make ready Black Peppercorns
5. Get White Peppercorns
6. Prepare Black Cardamom
7. Get Green Cardamom
8. Get whole nutmeg (jaifal)
9. Prepare whole maces (javetri flower)
10. Take Cloves, 1/2 Cinnamon Sticks,
11. Take Star Anise, 2 tbsp Fennel Seeds, half tbsp Kabab Chini
12. Make ready For Chicken Marination:
13. Get Chicken cut into medium pieces
14. Get Big Onions very thin sliced (for beresta)
15. Prepare Ginger-Garlic-green chilli paste
16. Get hung curd
17. Take Red Chilli powder
18. Prepare Salt, Sugar
19. Prepare Vegetable Oil, Ghee
20. Get For Biriyani Rice:
21. Get Basmati Rice
22. Take each Rose Water, Kewra water
23. Get Potato cut into medium pieces
24. Prepare Green cardamom, 2/3 Bay leaves, 4/5 Clove, 1 Cinnamon stick
25. Take Saffron Milk (Saffron soaked in warm milk for 30 minutes)
26. Prepare Khova
27. Prepare Boiled Eggs

Steps to make Kolkata Style Chicken Biriyani:

1. Dry roast all the whole spices in a hot tawa for 3-4 mins (make sure they don't get burnt). Take them off the heat and let them cool a little. Put all the spices in blender and make fine powder…keep it aside.
2. Marinate the chicken pieces with curd, red chilli powder, ginger-garlic-green chilli paste, and salt for 45 minutes to 1 hour
3. Wash Basmati Rice very well and soak in water for 30 mins. Take a clean piece of cotton cloth, put the whole spices in it and tie a knot. Now heat the water and put the cloth in it. Once the water comes to boil add the soaked rice. Add little salt. Cook for 3-4 mins and drain the water. Remove the spices.
4. Heat 2 tablespoons of ghee/oil in a deep & heavy bottomed pan.fry potato pieces and keep aside. Add chopped onions and very little sugar (for caramelise) fry till soft and lightly browned….this is called beresta. Keep it aside.
5. Now again heat oil/ghee in pan, add chopped onions. Add the marinated chicken once the onion is translucent. Sprinkle 1 tbsp of prepared Biriyani Masala and cook for 10-12 mins covered with lid on low flame. Add little water if required.
6. Take a heavy bottomed pan grease well with ghee or oil. First put the potatoes, chicken legs at the bottom, top it up with 2 tbs of gravy, add a layer of rice, beresta, sprinkle biriyani masala, sprinkle shredded khova, few drops of rose and kewra water, 2 tbsp saffron milk. Prepare several layers like this. Finish it with a dollop of ghee.
7. Seal the mouth of the pot with wheat flour dough to tighten the lid. Cook this on low heat for 10 to 15 minutes and let it stand for another 30 minutes before opening.
8. Chicken Biriyani is ready. Serve it with Chicken pieces, potatoes and boiled egg.

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