Shahi Nawabi Biryani

Source : Semi Boil Rice With Little Salt And Half Crushed Garam Masala Tied In A Muslin Cloth Potli Drain Water And Spread Out Rice To Dry Out Excess Water Mar...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : September 3, 2025

Step:

  1. Semi boil rice with little salt and half crushed garam masala tied in a muslin cloth (potli).Drain water and spread out rice to dry out excess water.Marinate chicken with onion and ginger paste,curd, tomato puree green chilli paste and little salt.

  2. Heat ghee and refined oil and fry chopped onion crispy brown.Set aside.Sprinkle caraway seeds and half crushed peppercorns and add the chicken alongwith the marination. Add boiled and fried eggs and few pieces of quartered potatoes.Cook on low flame till done.If required add little water but it has to be dried up.

  3. Soak saffron in warm milk.Take a microsafe bowl and add little ghee.Spread a layer of rice little crispy fried onion then a layer of chicken.Spread rice again.Sprinkle orange red food colour. Add remaining chicken,eggs,potatoes and rice in layers, the half crushed garam masala,biryani masala,salt to taste, black pepper powder. Sprinkle saffron milk,mitha attar and microwave high power for 5 minutes.

  4. The whole process may be slow cooked in a non stick pan tightly covered and placed on a deep bottomed wok with boiling water for at least half hour.

  5. Serve with crispy fried onions (beresta) and cucumber, carrot and onion raita as a side dish.

    Shahi Nawabi Biryani recipe step 5 photo

Ingredients

  1. 11/2 cup long grained basmati rice
  2. 300 gms chicken
  3. 4 eggs boiled
  4. 1 potato quartered
  5. 1 onion paste
  6. 1 onion finely chopped and fried crisp
  7. 1 tbsp ginger paste
  8. 2 tbsp curd
  9. 1 tsp green chilli paste
  10. 1 tsp black pepper powder
  11. 7-8 peppercorns
  12. 6 laung
  13. 4-5 green cardamom
  14. 1 "stick cinnamon
  15. 1 tbsp tomato puree
  16. Few strands saffron
  17. 3 tbsp milk
  18. 2 drops mitha attar
  19. 3 tbsp ghee
  20. 3 tbsp refined oil
  21. To taste salt
  22. 2 drops food colour
  23. 1 tbsp shahi biryani masala
  24. 1 tsp caraway seeds (shah jeera)

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