Chicken Biryani Recipe

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Chicken Biryani
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Ingredients
22
Count
Nutrition
951
Calories
Total time
120
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Keep some saffron aside for tinting and 3 or 4 tbsp of the cooked rice. This must be spread on top of the finished rice, in streaks.
  2. Fry onions in oil to a pale golden colour. Drain and cool. Leave aside 1 tablespoon of the fried onions and crush the rest coarsely. Wash and drain disjointed chicken. Place in large bowl. Add saffron and smear ginger/ garlic over meat pieces by tossing it around mean, with spoon. Add yoghurt, tomatoes, spices, fried onions, whole green chillies, sprigs of mint and allow to marinate for at least 1 hour.
  3. Meanwhile, boil black lentils in salted water until finished. Drain off in colander.
  4. Boil rice with 2 cardamom and 1 piece cinnamon. The rest of the elachi, etc. must be added to marinating the meat. Rice must be drained when only half done.
  5. Fry potatoes to light yellow colour in oil used for frying onions. Remove from oil and set aside.
  6. In large flat bottomed pot (2-3 litre size) put in oil that was used for frying,plus half cup of oil. Sprinkle a handful of rice and black lentils over the bottom. Now arrange the marinating chicken and spices carefully over the bottom of the pot. Now spread the black lentils over the chiekn, then the potatoes and then half of the rice. Place peeled hard boiled eggs over rice. Now spread the rest of rice over the eggs. Place the remaining saffron over the top of the rice.
  7. Decorate with left- over fried onions, and sprinkle the rest of the oil and half a cup of cold water over the top. Close and seal the pot tightly. Place over high heat for 5 minutes and as soon as it starts sizzling, lower heat and let simmer for 1 hour. By this time all the moisture should have evaporated.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 950.92 Kcal (3981 kJ)
Calories from fat 380.73 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 42.3g 65%
Cholesterol 182.44mg 61%
Sodium 463.11mg 19%
Potassium 1260.66mg 27%
Total Carbs 93.02g 31%
Sugars 7.86g 31%
Dietary Fiber 19.57g 78%
Protein 43.84g 88%
Vitamin C 79mg 132%
Vitamin A 1mg 33%
Iron 8.8mg 49%
Calcium 102.1mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 209.96 Kcal (879 kJ)
Calories from fat 84.06 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.34g 65%
Cholesterol 40.28mg 61%
Sodium 102.25mg 19%
Potassium 278.34mg 27%
Total Carbs 20.54g 31%
Sugars 1.73g 31%
Dietary Fiber 4.32g 78%
Protein 9.68g 88%
Vitamin C 17.4mg 132%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 33%
Iron 1.9mg 49%
Calcium 22.6mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 21.7
    Points
  • 23
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • good source of fiber

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