Easiest Way to Make Delicious Thalappakattu Chicken Biryani - Ramadan Insight

Thalappakattu Chicken Biryani.

You can have Thalappakattu Chicken Biryani using 20 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Thalappakattu Chicken Biryani

1. Prepare 500 gms of Seeraga samba rice.
2. It's 750 grams of Chicken.
3. Prepare 25 ml of Ghee.
4. It's 75 ml of Cooking oil.
5. It's 50 gms of Garlic crushed.
6. You need 50 gms of Shallots crushed.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Red chilli powder.
8. You need 1/2 cup of Yoghurt.
9. It's 1/2 cup of Mint chopped.
10. It's 1 cup of Coriander chopped.
11. It's 1/2 of Lemon juice.
12. Prepare as per taste of Salt.
13. Prepare for of grind:.
14. You need 5-6 of Green chillies.
15. You need 3 of Cinnamon small.
16. You need 3 of Cardamoms.
17. Prepare 3 of Cloves.
18. It's 1/8 th tsp of Nutmeg.
19. It's 1 of Mace.
20. Prepare 50 grams of Ginger chopped.

Thalappakattu Chicken Biryani step by step

1. Crush garlic and shallot without water and keep aside. Grind all the masala ingredients into fine smooth paste by adding quarter cup of water. Keep this aside..
2. Soak rice for half an hour. This recipe can done with basmathi rice also but this particular rice gives nice flavor to this recipe. You can buy this from south indian shop..
3. Heat ghee and oil in heavy pan add the crushed garlic and shallots. Fry for 30 seconds. Now add the ground masala to this and saute for 10 minutes in medium flame. Be careful the masala should not stick on the bottom..
4. Now it's time to add chicken with chilli powder. Saute the chicken in the masala coats evenly. Reduce the flame to simmer and cover with lid. Cook 15 minutes until chicken done completely and the oil should separate from the sides. Stir the chicken every 3 minutes in 15 minutes..
5. Now add yogurt. Cook for 5 minutes with open. Add salt.Add coriander and mint leaves with 2.5 cups of water. Let the gravy boil. Add lime juice..
6. Add rice and check salt. Close with lid and cook the rice for 5 minutes on medium flame. Open then lid and gently mix from bottom cover and simmer for 10 minutes..
7. After that open the lid and check whether rice cooked. If it's not done cook another couple of minutes. Switch off and close with lid. Leave it for another 25 minutes.If this process feels so difficult simply do this in rice cooker or pressure cooker. The taste will be same and there is no difference in the taste..
8. Biryani is ready to serve. You can serve this with raita and chips..