Chettinad Chicken Biryani
Chettinad chicken biryani is aromatic and flavorful biryani made with freshly grounded spices, chicken and coconut milk.
Servings 3
Ingredients
- Seeraga Samba rice 1.5 cup
- Country chicken 400 grams
- Coconut 1 cup chopped
- Onion 2 big
- Tomato 2 medium
- 1.5 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
- Coriander leaves ¼ cup
- Mint leaves ⅓ cup
- Turmeric powder ¼ tsp
- Red chilli powder 1 tsp
- Coconut milk /Water 3 cups
- Salt as required
- Water 3 cups + 1.5 cup for cooking chicken
To Temper
- !To Temper
- Oil 2.5 tbsp
- Ghee 1.5 tbsp
- Bay leaves 2
- Cinnamon 3 small sticks
- Cloves 3-4
- Cardamom 2
- Marati moggu 2
- Star anise 2
- Kalpasi 1 tsp
- Mace 1
To Grind
- Small onions 10-12
- Red chilli 3
- Green chilli 1
- Coriander leaves ½ cup
- Mint leaves ½ cup
- Coconut 2 tbsp
Instructions
- Wash the chicken and keep it ready
- Soak the seeraga samba rice for 30 minutes. Wash and drain the water and keep it ready.
- Take grated coconut in mixer.
- Add little water, grind and extract the coconut milk and keep it ready
- Take all ingredients to grind in the mixer.
- Grind to a fine paste adding little water
- Heat oil, ghee, and temper with bay leaves, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, marati moggu, star anise, kalpasi, and mace.
- Then add the sliced onions and sauté till the onions are slightly brown.
- Then add ginger garlic paste and sauté till the raw smell goes.
- Next, add chopped tomatoes and sauté till mushy.
- Then add grounded masala and sauté nicely for a few minutes.
- Next, add washed chicken and sauté for 1 minute.
- Now add salt, turmeric powder, and red chilli powder.
- Then add mint leaves and coriander leaves.
- Then add 1.5 cups of water and allow it to boil.
- Close the lid and allow the chicken to cook.
- Once the chicken is cooked, allow the water to drain.
- Then add the soaked rice to it and sauté.
- Finally, add coconut milk and allow it to boil.
- Allow it to boil for 5 minutes in medium flame and then lower the flame and close the lid.
- Cook in low flame for 10 minutes and switch off.
- After 30 minutes, open the lid and gently fluff up the biryani.
- Delicious Chettinad chicken biryani is ready. Serve it with raita or any gravy of your choice.
Notes
You can make it spicier by increasing the green chilli and red chilli.
This version is very less spicy and suitable for kids
Country chicken takes 30-40 minutes to cook. Broiler chicken will get cooked in 15 minutes.
You can pressure cook the chicken and add it to biryani too.
I have used seeraga samba rice. You can use basmati rice as well. Water ratio will remain the same.