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Food/Recipe
Hyderabadi chicken dum biryani
Prep45 mins
Cook60 mins
Total1 hr 45 mins
🌍 Indian🍽️ Main Course👥 4 people
Ingredients
- 🍗 Chicken – 1kg cut into pieces
- 🍚 Basmati rice – 3 cups soaked
- 🧅 Onions – 3 large, thinly sliced and fried
- 🥣 Yogurt – 1 cup whisked
- 🌿 Mint & Cilantro – 1/2 cup chopped
- 🧄 Ginger-Garlic paste – 2 tbsp
- ✨ Biryani spices – Garam masala, turmeric, chili powder
- 🥘 Ghee – 3 tbsp for aroma
Instructions
- 🍗 Marinate chicken with yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, spices, and half the fried onions for at least 30 minutes.
- 🍚 Boil rice in salted water with whole spices until 70% cooked, then drain.
- 🥘 Layer the marinated chicken in a heavy-bottomed pot and top with the semi-cooked rice, mint, cilantro, and remaining fried onions.
- 🔥 Seal the pot lid tightly with dough or foil and cook on very low heat (dum) for 30–40 minutes.
- ✨ Gently fluff the rice and chicken together before serving hot with raita.
