Pressure cooker chicken biriyani

A quick and easy one pot meal for a lazy weekend. This rice and chicken in this biriyani cooks perfectly blending in all the flavors.


Ingredients

• 3/4 kg chicken (around 8-9 medium pieces)
• 2 cup basmati rice
• 3 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 2 big onions chopped
• 1 tomato chopped
• 3 green chillies
• 1 tsp coriander pd
• 1/2 tsp turmeric pd
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp chicken masala
• 2 tbsp yoghurt
• 5 cloves, 4 cardamom crushed,1 small stick cinnamon,1 bayleaf,1/2 tsp fennel seeds
• 3 tbsp ghee
• 2 tbsp oil
• Salt
• Coriander leaves

Marinate the chicken in yoghurt, salt and chicken masala powder for 15 min. Wash the rice and soak it in water for ten minutes and drain. Heat the oil and ghee in pressure cooker and add whole spices. To this add onion and saute till it turns brown after that add the ginger garlic paste. Add tomato and let it cook till it is soft. Now add the marinated chicken pieces ,coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and green chillies. Cook this chicken for ten min until a gravy is formed. Finally add the soaked rice, coriander leaves and 1 1/2 cups of water on top of the chicken gravy and add little salt also. Close the pressure cooker with weight and cook till u hear one whistle. Switch off the flame as soon as u hear one whistle and let it rest for ten min until the steam settles down. Open the lid and let it cool for sometime and gently transfer to a serving dish and garnish with fried nuts and raisins and coriander leaves.

 

Do Note

• Use the same cup to measure water and rice
• Don't fluff the rice as soon as you open the cooker. It has to rest for at least 5 min with lid open to get the rice in good shape.
• This recipe serves 4