Hen Dum Biryani Recipe by Archana’s Kitchen

To start making the Hen Biryani recipe, we’ll first start with the rice preparation. To prepare dinner basmati rice individually, wash and soak the basmati rice in water for 20 minutes.

In the meantime add about 3 litres of water in a giant vessel and produce it to boil.

As soon as water begins to boil, add about 1 teaspoon of cooking oil and 1 teaspoon of salt. Add the soaked and drained rice, stir gently as soon as and prepare dinner for about 3 to five minutes (I normally take it off warmth by 3-1/2 minutes).

Control rice as some manufacturers of basmati rice cooks very quick and a few takes time. My rice was cooked in 5 minutes. Drain the water instantly and unfold the rice on a big plate.

In a deep bottomed pan, warmth oil on medium flame,  add 1 sliced onion and fry it till brown (don’t burn the onions). Take away browned onion from oil and hold it apart. This can be used for garnishing and to make the layers.

The subsequent step is to marinate the hen for the Hen Dum Biryani Recipe.

Clear and wash the hen completely.

In a mixing bowl, marinate the hen with thick curd, crimson chili powder, turmeric powder and salt.

Marinate for no less than half-hour. 

In a big pan, add oil and warmth on medium flame, add the remaining sliced onions and saute for 3 minutes or till the onions flip translucent. Subsequent add ginger-garlic paste and saute until the uncooked odor goes off.

Add slit inexperienced chilies and blend for a minute.

To this add chopped tomatoes and saute until tomatoes flip barely mushy.

As soon as the tomatoes are mushy add crimson chili powder, coriander powder and salt and saute it for about 2 minutes.

Add 3 tablespoons of each coriander and mint leaves and blend.

Lastly, add  the marinated hen for the biryani and blend effectively. Cook dinner till hen is totally cooked. 

As soon as hen is cooked, when you discover there may be extra water, improve the flame and thicken the masala. We want the masala simply to coat the hen.

Take a big vast, deep vessel, add ghee and unfold it to coat all the underside and sides of the pan, cut back the flame to low. Add about 2 full tablespoons of the thick hen biryani masala and unfold it all around the backside.

Subsequent, add cooked basmati rice over the hen biryani masala and gently unfold the rice to cowl the hen. 

Use a tea spoon and take away the highest oily layer from masala and drizzle over the rice, this can add flavours to the rice and likewise give color.

Repeat the layering course of till you have got used up all rice and hen. Excessive sprinkle coriander and mint leaves and browned onions and shut with a lid.

Make sure the flame is low and place a heavy weight on prime of lid to lure the steam inside to prepare dinner the Hen Dum Biryani recipe. Depart the dum biryani apart for 10 minutes till all of the flavors seep by way of.

Scoop out the Hen Dum Biryani from the sides of the pan, ensuring to not break the rice grains.

Serve Hen Dum Biryani Recipe with Pickled onions, Burani Raita and Mirchi Ka Salan Recipe (Chillies in Tangy Spicy Peanut Sesame Curry) for Sunday afternoon lunch.