Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani

by Hana Novak

8 servings

Fried Onions (Birista)

• 2large onion
• 120 mlneutral oil or ghee

Marinated Chicken

• 1000 gskinless bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks
• 315 mlplain yogurt, not sour
• 7.5 mlsalt
• 2.5 mlground turmeric
• 10 to 15 mlred chili powder
• 10 to 15 mlbiryani masala or garam masala
• 2.5 to 5 mlground green cardamom
• 2 to 4green chilies
• 37 mlginger garlic paste
• 30 mllemon juice

Par-Cooked Rice

• 710 mlaged basmati rice
• 10 mloil
• 2 leavesbay leaf
• 2 stickscinnamon stick (7 cm piece)
• 12whole cloves
• 8 podsgreen cardamom pods
• 2star anise
• 2 podsblack cardamom pod
• 4mace blades
• 5 mlshahi jeera (caraway seeds)

Layering and Dum

• 2.5 mlsaffron threads
• 89 mlhot milk
• 120 mlmint leaves
• 89 mlcoriander leaves
• 2.5 to 5 mlbiryani masala or garam masala
• 59 mlghee
• 30 mlcoriander leaves, to garnish