Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chicken dum biryani (kolkata style). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken Dum Biryani (Kolkata style) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Chicken Dum Biryani (Kolkata style) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken dum biryani (kolkata style) using 39 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Dum Biryani (Kolkata style):

1. Get For chicken marination
2. Prepare 1 kg chicken (big piece cut and washed)
3. Get 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
4. Make ready 1 tsp Biryani masala
5. Make ready 1 cup Yogurt
6. Make ready 1 tbsp lemon juice
7. Prepare 1 tsp garam masala
8. Prepare 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder (jayefal powder)
9. Take 1/4 tsp mace powder (javitri powder)
10. Take 1 tbsp red chilli powder (lal mirch powder)
11. Make ready 1 tsp black peppercorns powder
12. Get 5-6 Cashewnuts make paste of kaju and postadana
13. Prepare 2 tsp poppyseeds make paste of kaju and postadana
14. Get 1 tbsp Refined oil
15. Take to taste Salt
16. Take For rice preparation
17. Take 1 kg long grain basmati rice ( washed and soak for at least 1/2 an hour
18. Get 4-5 Black cardamom
19. Prepare 3-4 cinnamon stick
20. Make ready 2 tbsp Salt
21. Make ready 1 lemon juice
22. Prepare 1 tbsp refined oil
23. Make ready For frying potato
24. Take 4-5 big size potato
25. Get 2 tbsp refined oil
26. Make ready 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
27. Prepare 1/4 tsp cumin powder
28. Take 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
29. Prepare 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
30. Get to taste Salt
31. Take For cooking chicken
32. Take as required Need marinated chicken
33. Prepare 1 medium size onion (finely sliced)
34. Get 2 tbsp clarified butter (ghee)
35. Get For layering of biryani
36. Make ready Handful barista (fried onion)
37. Make ready Handful coriander and mint roughly Chopped
38. Take 1/2 tsp Orange food colour mix in warm milk or some thread of saffron in warm milk
39. Prepare 1 lemon juice mix with 2 tsp of sugar

Steps to make Chicken Dum Biryani (Kolkata style):

1. First of all marinate the chicken with all the ingredients above and leave it for at least 1 hour.
2. Next step we will prepare our rice,always use big pan or degchi so that we can pour good amount of water to boil the rice. - In a pan take more than 1/2 level of water or 3 litre.
3. Switch on the gas and put your vessel on gas pour the water and add all the ingredients like Bali elaichi, dalchini,salt,lemon juice and refined oil. - Bring the water to boil and add soaked basmati rice,Boil the rice on high flame till cooked 80%. - When cooked 80% strain the rice from water and remove all the whole garam masala from the rice.Now rice is ready keep it aside.
4. Next we will prepare potato,yes I love potato in biryani if you also love can also add it,it’s totally optional but believe me it enhances the flavour of biryani.
5. In a pan we will add oil and heating then add potato and all the spices above from ingredients with salt and shallow fry on low flame Sontag our potato get tender. First 2-4min can cover the lid of pan and then remove coverband fry till the potato get tender and coated with nice golden colour.
6. Now we will cook chicken for biryani,for this in a wok add ghee and add on sliced onion cook it till light golden brown then add marinated chicken to onion mix well and cook till tender and nicely coated with the masalas. Our chicken is ready for laying of biryani.
7. Finally we have everything ready to put biryani on dum.for this in a big pot add half of the cooked chicken,and then add half of the cooked potato layer it with half cooked rice then sprinkle some biryani masala,some garam masala,chopped coriander and mint leaves,colour milk,and lemon mix. - Repeat it again all the process of layering.seal cover it with kneaded wheat flour,put back on mid high flame for 5 minutes and the on low flame for about 15 minutes.
9. After so many steps but interesting we are ready to enjoy our lip- smacking,aromatic biryani. - Serve it with raita and salad of your choice, enjoy it fullest.

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