Ingredients:
Basmathi Rice/ Biryani Rice – 3 cups
Chicken – cut into small pieces
Onions/ Vengayam – 2 cups (fry to golden brown color in oil)
Green Chili’s/ Pachai Milagai – 7
Ginger Garlic Paste/ Inji Poondu Vizhuthu
Bay Leaves/ Birinji ilai
Cloves/ Krambu
Cinnamon/ Pattai
Cardamom/ Yelakkai/ Elaichi
Star anise
Mint leaves/ Pudina – finely chopped (1 cup)
Coriander leaves/ Kothamalli ilai
Black Cumin’s/ Kala Jeera/ Karupu Seerakam
Cumin Seeds/ Seerakam/ Jeeragham
Mustard/ Kaduku
Lemon juice/ Elumichai saaru – 2-3 teaspoons
Red chili powder/ Milagai thool
Coriander powder/ Dhania thool
Turmeric powder/ Manjal thool
Salt
Oil/ Yennai
Ghee
Saffron/ Kum Kum Poo
Milk – 1 cup
Method:
1. Marinate chicken (for atleast 7-8 hours) by adding ingredients like fried onions, Green Chili’s, Ginger Garlic Paste, Bay Leaves, Cloves, Cinnamon, Star anise, Pudina, Coriander leaves, Kala Jeera, Cumin Seeds, Mustard, Lemon juice, Red chili powder, Coriander powder, Turmeric powder, Salt and Oil
2. Cook rice separately by adding cardamom
3. Take a vessel add ghee and heat it. After the ghee gets heated, add the marinated chicken (spread it through out the vessel as the first layer), on top of it add the cooked rice and finally add the saffron milk to the rice (separately prepare saffron milk by adding saffron to the warm milk and boil it)
4. Now cover the vessel with a wet cloth fully and close the lid. Cook the biryani slowly for 40 – 50 minutes by keeping it in between low and medium heat, once the biryani gets cooked mix the rice and chicken well, and the recipe is ready
Basmathi Rice in tamil is called Biryani Rice
Onions in tamil is called Vengayam
Green Chili’s in tamil is called Pachai Milagai
Ginger Garlic Paste in tamil is called Inji Poondu Vizhuthu
Bay Leaves in tamil is called Birinji ilai
Cloves in tamil is called Krambu
Cinnamon in tamil is called Pattai
Cardamom in tamil is called Yelakkai and in hindi is called Elaichi
Mint leaves in tamil is called Pudina
Coriander leaves in tamil is called Kothamalli ilai
Black Cumin’s in hindi is called Kala Jeera and in tamil is called Karupu Seerakam
Cumin Seeds in tamil is called Seerakam/ Jeeragham
Mustard in tamil is called Kaduku
Lemon juice in tamil is called Elumichai saaru
Red chili powder in tamil is called Milagai thool
Turmeric powder in tamil is called Manjal thool
Oil in tamil is called Yennai
Saffron in tamil is called Kum Kum Poo