Sindhi Biryani

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Sindhi Biryani is a special biryani originating from the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is one of the most consumed dish of Pakistan cuisine. It is often made with goat or lamb, but when I found this recipe, I wanted to have it immediately, and so I prepared with chicken which was available by that time at home. This biryani was delicious, still keeps me drooling. Soon have to try with goat, because there is a special taste for goat meat compared to chicken. The spiciness along with the tanginess of dried black raisins was awesome. But actually in this recipe, they use dried plums/prunes, since I don’t have prunes at home I substituted it with Black Raisins and soon I will come up with authentic version of sindhi biryani. Let us move on to the recipe…
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Served AsLunch
Servings 5
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Ingredients
  

  • Chicken – 500 gm
  • Basmathi / Long grain rice – 2 ½ cups
  • Saffron threads – few strands
  • Milk – 1 cup
  • Cinnamon sticks 1” inch – 2 nos
  • Cardamom – 4 nos
  • cloves – 6 nos
  • Bay leaf – 2 nos
  • Star Anise – 3 nos
  • Shajeera – ½ tsp
  • Big onions – 3 nos
  • Tomatoes – 2 nos
  • Green chili – 1 no
  • Black Raisins – 75 gm
  • Mint + Coriander leaves – 1 cup
  • Yogurt / Curd – ½ cup
  • Red chili powder – 1 ½ tsp
  • Coriander powder – 3 tsp
  • Cumin powder – 2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Garam masala – 1 tsp
  • Ginger-garlic paste – 2 tbsp
  • Salt
  • Clarified butter/Ghee – 2 tbsp
  • Oil – 2 tbsp
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Instructions
 

  • Peel and thinly slice the onions (lengthwise). Slit the green chilies into two equal halves. Finely chop the coriander and mint leaves.
  • Clean and chop the chicken to medium pieces. Wash and drain the water from the rice, keep it aside.Boil the milk and soak the saffron strands to the milk.
  • Mix chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, and cumin powder and garam masala to a fine paste by adding little water.
  • In a heavy bottomed kadhai, pour in 3 litres of water, add in 2 nos of star anise, a bay leaf, a cinnamon stick, 4 nos of cloves, 3 nos of cardamom pods, few strand of mint leaves and bring it to boil.
  • Add in the rice and cook until it’s 75% done. Drain the rice and keep it aside.
  • In another heavy bottomed vessel, add in the ghee/clarified butter and cook the thinly sliced onions, wait until they turn dark brown in color.
  • Drain the ghee/clarified butter and remove ¾ portion of the fried onions to a plate.
  • Pour in the oil and add in the black raisins, leftover cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf, star anise along with the fried onions and cook for 2 mins.
  • Add in the green chilies, ginger-garlic paste along with the leftover mint and coriander leaves and cook until they turn dark green in color.
  • Add in tomatoes and cook until they turn mushy.
  • Pour in the mixed spice paste and cook for few mins, until the gravy turns dark red in color or until the oil separates.
  • Add in the chicken pieces along with little salt and cook for 5 mins.
  • Pour in the yogurt/curd and cook for few mins.
  • Pour in 1 ½ cups of water, cover and cook until the chicken is cooked.
  • Now spread the steamed rice over the gravy and spread the reserved fried onions over the rice.
  • Pour in the milk soaked with saffron thread to the top of the rice and cover the vessel with airtight lid or cover it with a plate and place a weight over the plate, so that the aroma never escapes.
  • Keep in medium flame for 15 mins. Gently remove the lid and give a stir.

Notes

Serve hot with any raita, egg and chicken kebab. I have served it with raita and egg.

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