Leg Piece Chicken Biryani

Are you a hardcore Biryani Lover?? Well, who doesn't love Biryani...!!!

Seeing the Biryani menu in a restaurant, which "Chicken Biryani" variety you choose from?? 

For me, it's either Boneless Chicken Biryani or my most favourite "Leg Piece Chicken Biryani" 😋😋
 
Today I tried to replicate the "Leg Piece Chicken Biryani" in Panda's Style...!! Sharing here is the recipe for all of you to make the lunch more luxurious and delicious..

Ingredients :

For Marinating Chicken :

• Around 6 Leg Pieces - make some random slits with knife so that the masala marinates well
• 2 full tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste 
• Salt 
• 1 tsp Turmeric Powder 
• 1 tsp Pepper Powder 
• 2 tsp Red Chilly Powder 
• 1 tsp Chicken Masala 
• 3 full tbsp Biryani Masala
• 1 tbsp Lime Juice 
• 150gm Curd 
• 2 Medium Tomato - Chopped 
• 2 Green Chilly - finely Chopped 
• Chopped Mint and Coriander Leaves (optional) 
• 2 tbsp Oil

For Biryani :

• 3 Medium sized Onion - sliced 
• 500 gm Long-grain Basmati RiceAround 1 ltr Water to cook rice and 2 cups for the Gravy 
• 5 tbsp oil 
• Around 8-10 Cloves
• 4-6 Cardamom
• 4-6 Cinnamon Sticks 
• 3 Full Star Anise
• 12-14 Peppercorn
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
• 4 Bay Leaves
• Few pieces of Mace
• 3 Full tbsp Ghee
• Kesar Mix Milk
• Some Cashew and Raisins (optional)

Recipe Details :

✓ Take the chicken pieces in a bowl, wash them well. Add all the ingredients listed under marination to the bowl and Mix nicely with hand. 

✓ Keep the marinated chicken in fridge for 3-4 hours.

 ✓ Wash the Basmati rice well and Keep them Soaked in water for around 20 mins.

 
✓ In a Kadai, heat Oil. Fry the sliced onion and cashew pieces until they start becoming light brown in color and take out in a plate. Don't over-fry the Onion.

✓ In the same Kadai, add half of all the dry spices listed above. let them get fried for 1-2 mins until the aroma starts coming. 

✓ Add the chicken to it and keep cooking in the Medium flame until they become tender.

✓ On the other side, in a pan take ghee, add the rest of the dry spices and fry for few secs. 

✓ Then add water, Boil it. Once the water is boiled, add previously washed and Soaked Basmati Rice.

✓ Keep the heat high and cook the rice until 70% cooked along with the dry spices, then take out of gas and drain the water. 

✓ In the Kadai, Check if the chicken is cooked completely.

✓ Add 2 cups water and cook the chicken for around 10 mins more in low flame.. This helps to make the Masala for biryani. Please note, don't make the chicken completely dry, let some amount of water be there. As per the Masala requirement, keep the water in chicken.   

✓ Now take the kadai out of gas.  Place a Tawa on gas and let that be heated up.

✓ Meanwhile, spread half of the cooked rice on chicken and then add some fried onions, kesar mix milk and 1 spoon ghee. Again another layer of rice and on top, the same fried onions, kesar mix milk and 1 spoon ghee. (if there's more rice, add in multi-layers)

✓ Cover the Kadai and seal with Atta dough. Then place the Kadai on top of Tawa and cook for a final time with Rice and Chicken together in a low flame for 10 mins.

 ✓ Leg Piece  Chicken Biryani is ready to grasp now..😋😋😋 While serving, try to take out from one side using a spatula. Don't break and mix the chicken and rice completely.