Ambur chicken biryani-Ambur chicken biryani recipe

Ambur is a city of south India.Ambur chicken biryani is  well known and popular rice dish in ambur.it is very unique in taste.I ill tell you the easy and better recipe for ambur chicken biryani.this recipe will yield you a good ambur chicken biryani.

About 50 -60 minutes are required to make it.

Ingredients:

• 500 gram chicken.
• 1.5 cups  seeraga rice or seeraga samba.
• 3 tsp   oil.
• 4 inch cinnamon sticks / dar chini.
• 10 cloves.
• 10 green cardamoms.
• 2 tsp sliced onions.
• 1 tsp garlic paste.
• 1 tsp  ginger paste.
• 1 handful coriander leaves (chopped).
• 8 red chilies deseeded and sliced tomato.
• 1.5 tsp  curd.
• 1 tsp  lemon juice.
• 1 handful coriander leaves finely chopped.

Preparation for Ambur chicken biryani :

Wash and soak rice for 10 minutes.This is optional.Drain and set aside.Deseed and soak red chilies for about an hour.Make a fine paste with little water used for soaking.

Making ambur chicken biryani:

Heat oil in a pan and saute cinnamon,cloves and cardamoms.add 2 tbsps onions and saute for 1 to 2 minutes.Saute until it begins to smell good.This may take about 2 minutes.Add the red chili paste and saute everything together until oil begins to separate.

Add half cup onions and fry for 2-3 minutes until they turn transparent.Add tomatoes and fry until they turn very soft  and mushy.Add chicken and fry on a low to medium heat until the chicken turns  pale or white.This may take about 2-3 minutes.Add curd and salt.cover the pot and cook for 5 minutes on very low heat.Chicken begins to ooze out moisture.Mix it and continue to cook until chicken turns completely soft.

Cooking biryani rice:

While the chicken cooks,bring water to a boil in a large pot with salt.add drained rice and cook until 70% done.at this stage rice is still under cooked and you will very well know that it is undone if you bite it.the grain will still be hard in center.

make sure chicken is soft cooked before adding rice.add coriander and mint leaves.mix and level the mixture.At this stage you Will see lot of moisture that has been released while cooking chicken.drain the rice completely and add it to the chicken pot.Gently stir for the rice to get mixed with the moisture from chicken.

Cooking Ambur chicken biryani :

Cover and cook on the lowest heat until the rice has absorbed all the moisture.You can also use a old dosa tawa/griddle for dum process.to do that heat a griddle first,then place this biryani pot over it.cook until rice is done.open the lid and mix gently again.

if the rice is under cooked and there is no moisture you may sprinkle some warm water.stir and cook covered.However,i did not use any water at this stage.once the rice is done,fluff up well and cover it again.cook for another 2 minutes.switch off and rest for about 5 to 20 minutes before serving.Fluff up with a fork before serving.serve Ambur chicken biryani with ennai kathirikai and raita

if you are first to cook it then you should try it only for you not for guest.as you become used to then you can serve it to your Honourable guest.

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