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“Biryani”, when you hear this magical what comes to your mind? If you visualise fragrant rice smeared in mouth watering spices along with chicken, mutton, egg or veggies, then you are not the only one.
I say “Biryani is a ritual, is a religion, is an emotion”.
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Think of biryani and thoughts that crosses mind is of aromatic smell spices and an image of long grain rice in a plate. Normally biryani would also bring images of chicken or lamb biryani in mind. For vegetarians, it would mean the image of vegetable biryani.
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Non-vegetarian food in India (or Indian Cuisine) is incomplete with out Biryani. Biryani can be from Awadh, Hyderabad, or Delhi, and based on its location, there would be somewhat variations. I have seen biryani served in normal Indian takeaways or restaurants in UK, and I won’t call it biryani, its just pieces of chicken/ lamb/ prawn tossed in rice and some curry added on top. To explore the true taste, you need to go to the roots and discover real meaning of biryani where rice is cooked in layers of meat, along with spices on a low heat by sealing the lid, that’s what I call “Dum Biryani”.
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Chicken Dum Biryani is cooked with basmati rice and chicken and is named as dum biryani because it is cooked on low heat (dum) to get all flavours oozed out of spices into rice and chicken. Dum Biryanis were originally made in the kitchens of Mughal Emperors, so mainly considered as a part of Andhra region of India (Hyderabadi cuisine) and no wonder that Hyderabadi biryanis are world famous biryanis. I totally relish the taste of a good biryani, and I was introduced and pampered to the taste of authentic biriyani by two of my very close friends and then I tried out their recipe with fusion of my own learnings. Continue reading for step by step recipe of this chicken dum biryani.
Preparation Time : 30 mins
Cooking Time : 1.5 – 2 hours
Marination Time : overnight
Serving : 12 to 15
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