Ingredients:
For masala:-
- Chicken 1 kg
- Salt 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
- Ginger 20g
- Garlic 30g
- Green chilli 15 (50g)
- Chilli powder 1tsp
- Fennel powder 1 tsp
- Pepper 2 tsp
- Biryani masala 1 1/2 tsp*
- Curd 1/2 cup
- Lemon juice 2 tsp
- Tomato 2 (200g)
- Curry leaves 1 sprig
- Onion 3 medium (300g)
- Mint leaves 30g
- Coriander leaves 50g
- Jeerakasala rice 3 cups (650g)
- Cardamom 4
- Cloves 3
- Cinnamon 1" piece
- Mace a small piece
- Star anise 1
- Bay leaf 1
- Onion 30g
- Carrot a small piece
- Ginger garlic green chilli crushed 1 tsp
- Coriander leaves 1 tbs
- Water 4 1/2 cups
- Onion 2 medium (200g)
- Cashews 30g
- Raisins 30g
- Marinate chicken with all the listed ingredients and keep aside for minimum 1 hour
- Soak the rice for 20 minutes and then drain and keep aside
- Fry 2 sliced onions, cashews and raisins until golden and keep aside
- To cook the rice, add 3 tbs of onion fried oil to a heavy bottomed vessel
- Add the whole spices and stir for a few seconds
- To this add onion and stir for 1 minute
- Add water and bring to boil
- Now add ginger-garlic-green chilli crushed, carrot, coriander leaves and salt
- Next add drained rice and cook on high flame without lid and let it boil
- When the rice appear on the surface, reduce the flame to low, cover the vessel and cook for 5 minutes
- Meanwhile add half portion of fried onion and 2 tbs of onion fried oil to the chicken and combine well
- When the rice is done layer half portion of the rice over the chicken ; Add some biryani masala, fried onion, cashews, raisins, mint leaves and coriander leaves over the rice
- Spread the remaining rice and add biryani masala, fried onion, cashews, raisins, mint leaves and coriander leaves over the rice
- Cover the pot and cook on high flame for 10 minutes, then on the lowest flame for 30 minutes. Open the pot after 1 hour
- Delicious Kozhikodan Dum Biryani is ready to serve
- Serve with raita, pappadam, pickle and pudina chutney
- Fennel seeds 1 tbs
- Sajeera 1 tsp
- Cardamom 2 tsp
- Cloves 2 tsp
- Cinnamon 1 tbs
- Mace 1
- Nutmeg a small piece
- Pepper 1 tsp
- Star anise 1
- Bay leaf 1