Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani

by Hana Novak

4 servings

Fried Onions (Birista)

• 1large onion
• 59 mlneutral oil or ghee

Marinated Chicken

• 500 gskinless bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks
• 160 mlplain yogurt, not sour
• 3.5 mlsalt
• 1 mlground turmeric
• 5 to 7.5 mlred chili powder
• 5 to 7.5 mlbiryani masala or garam masala
• 1 to 2.5 mlground green cardamom
• 1 to 2green chilies
• 18 mlginger garlic paste
• 15 mllemon juice

Par-Cooked Rice

• 355 mlaged basmati rice
• 5 mloil
• 1 leafbay leaf
• 1 stickcinnamon stick (7 cm piece)
• 6whole cloves
• 4 podsgreen cardamom pods
• 1star anise
• 1 podblack cardamom pod
• 2mace blades
• 2.5 mlshahi jeera (caraway seeds)

Layering and Dum

• 1 mlsaffron threads
• 44 mlhot milk
• 59 mlmint leaves
• 44 mlcoriander leaves
• 1 to 2.5 mlbiryani masala or garam masala
• 30 mlghee
• 15 mlcoriander leaves, to garnish