How to Prepare Yummy Thalappakattu Chicken Biryani

Thalappakattu Chicken Biryani.

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

Ingredients of Thalappakattu Chicken Biryani

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

Thalappakattu Chicken Biryani instructions

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..