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Hussein's Chicken Biryani Masala

Cuisine: Indian, Pakistani
Type: Chicken, Rice
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

3 cups 480g / 16ozBasmati rice
4   Chicken breasts**
1/2   Onion - minced (large)
2   Garlic - minced
3 tablespoons 45mlVegetable oil or ghee
8 oz 227gPlain yogurt
1   Saffron threads
1/4 cup 59mlMilk
  Spice Mixture
1 teaspoon 5mlRed chile powder* - medium heat
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlBlack peppercorns
1 teaspoon 5mlGinger, powdered
1 tablespoon 15mlTurmeric
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlNutmeg
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlMace
1/2   Salt (or to taste)
6   Cardamom seeds - peeled
4   Bay leaves - dried, crushed
1   Lump tamarind pulp, marble-sized
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlCinnamon
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlCloves

Recipe Instructions

* Do not use chili powder, which contains other spices. Use a pure powdered chile from cayenne or New Mexico chiles.

** skinless and boneless and cut into 3/4" pieces

Put the milk into a cup and add the saffron and stir. Set aside at least 30 minutes before using.

Place all spice ingredients (including salt and tamarind pulp) in spice grinder and grind to a fine powder.

Soak the rice in cold water for 30 minutes and then drain and rinse until clear water comes off rice. Cook rice in large pan in 8 cups of water. Cook for 10-12 minutes.

In a frying pan, heat oil or ghee and saute the onion and garlic until golden. Add chicken and spice powder and stir-fry until chicken is done, about 6 minutes.

Drain rice and place back in large pan. Add the saffron-milk mixture and mix rice until uniform color. Add the chicken, onion, garlic and spice mixture and the yogurt to the pan and mix gently until well-blended with all the rice.

Place the rice into a glass baking dish and bake in a 350F oven for 40 minutes.

Serve immediately as a main course or side dish.

Source:
Hussein, cook at the Qadirpur Gas Plant Camp, Pakistan

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