Chicken Biryani is an aromatic and flavorful one pot meal that is prepared by cooking chicken with basmati rice & spices. Chicken Biryani is India’s favorite food as it is the most cooked & ordered dish online and offline. Biryani craving never ends with this Chicken Biryani and the family will come for more. Learn to make Chicken Biryani Recipe with step by step pictures.
Chicken Biryani!! Yes you read it right finally here I’m with the recipe. Sundays are special not because it creates a relaxing holiday mood but during the lunch time the corridor is filled with the aroma of biryani coming from each house which kicks the hunger in me.
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About Chicken Biryani
Chicken Biryani is a flavorful, aromatic one pot dish made by cooking chicken along with basmati rice, aromatic herbs and spices. The taste of this Chicken Biryani lingers till the next special meal!
Each household will have their family recipe for biryani and this is from amma who makes the best biryani. I love mutton biryani more than chicken biryani and also seera samba rice is apt for biryani. I have given recipe here with basmati rice you can use other rice varieties which suits biryani too.
Last year, a reader had asked me why I did not post for bakrid and ramzan – Trust me it did not strike me and also I did not have the courage to cook nonveg that time. Many readers asked for the chicken biryani recipe and finally here I am with it for Ramzan Special.
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Chicken Biryani Ingredients
- Chicken – Choose country chicken or broiler chicken which would be great for this gravy. Make sure its tender and fresh.
- Rice – Basmati Rice / long grained rice is recommended for this biryani. However alternatively you can use seeraga samba rice or sona masoori rice.
- Ginger garlic paste – Biryani is incomplete without adding ginger garlic paste.
- Spice Powders – I have used turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder.
- Curd / Yogurt – Thick curd neutralizes the hotness of the spice powders.
- Coconut Milk – Coconut milk elevates the taste of the biryani.
- Masala Paste – A special masala paste is prepared using coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chilies and tomatoes.
- Onions – Onions are sliced thin, fried to crisp and added at the final stage.
- Tomatoes & Herbs – Tomatoes gives tanginess to the dish and are added with chopped mint leaves & coriander leaves for flavor while marinating.
- Spices – Cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, cardamom are seasoned in ghee / oil.
How to make Chicken Biryani Step by Step
1.Soak basmati rice in water for at least 20 minutes, set aside. Grind the ingredients under ‘to grind’ with little water to a fine paste. Set aside. Clean chicken and rinse it thrice , add turmeric powder and set aside.
2.Heat oil+ghee in a pressure cooker and add the items under ‘to temper’ then add ginger garlic paste and saute for a minute. Then add onion and saute till its golden brown. Then add tomato, saute till raw smell leaves.
3.Then add coriander mint paste and saute for 2 minutes. Then add curd, chicken along with turmeric, red chili, coriander, garam masala powders and required salt.
4.Saute till it forms a thick gravy and chicken changes color. Add 1 cup of water and pressure cook for 3 whistles. Once pressure releases, open and give a quick stir.
5.Drain water from rice and add it to the gravy, stir once. Then add coconut milk.
6.Pressure cook for 3 whistles(After first whistle simmer it). Once pressure releases fluff it with a fork carefully without breaking the rice. Serve hot with onion raita.
Thalicha and onion raita are the best combination for non veg biriyani.
Expert Tips
- If you like the lemon flavor, squeeze lemon juice once the biryani is done.
- I usually use 1:1.5 cups for rice : water ratio so have given the measures accordingly. But you can use the measurement according to the variety of basmati rice you use.
- Measure water and coconut milk accordingly.
- This is less spicy so adjust spice level according to your taste.
Serving and Storage
Biryani with raita is an unbeatable combo! Onion Raita, Pineapple Raita , Cucumber Raita, Carrot Raita are some of the raita suggestions.
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Chicken Biryani Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 300 gms chicken
- 1 big onion
- 1 small tomato
- 2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1 tablespoon curd
- 1/2 cup thick coconut milk
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- salt to taste
To grind to a paste:
- 1/4 cup coriander leaves
- 1/4 cup mint leaves
- 1 green chilies
- 1 big tomato
To temper:
- 3 cloves
- 1 cardamom
- 1/4 inch cinnamon
- 1 bayleaf
Instructions
- Soak basmati rice in water for at least 20 minutes, set aside. Grind the ingredients under ‘to grind’ with little water to a fine paste. Set aside. Clean chicken and rinse it thrice , add turmeric powder and set aside.
- Heat oil+ghee in a pressure cooker and add the items under ‘to temper’ then add ginger garlic paste and saute for a minute.Then add onion and saute till its golden brown. Then add tomato, saute till raw smell leaves.
- Then add coriander mint paste and saute for 2 minutes. Then add curd, chicken along with turmeric, red chili, coriander, garam masala powders and required salt.
- Saute till it forms a thick gravy and chicken changes color. Add 1 cup of water and pressure cook for 3 whistles. Once pressure releases, open and give a quick stir.
- Drain water from rice and add it to the gravy, stir once. Then add coconut milk.
- Pressure cook for 3 whistles(After first whistle simmer it). Once pressure releases fluff it with a fork carefully without breaking the rice. Serve hot with onion raita.
- Thalicha and onion raita are the best combination for non veg biriyani.
Notes
- If you like the lemon flavor, squeeze lemon juice once the biryani is done.
- I usually use 1:1.5 cups for rice : water ratio so have given the measures accordingly. But you can use the measurement according to the variety of basmati rice you use.
- Measure water and coconut milk accordingly.
- This is less spicy so adjust spice level according to your taste.
Nalini's Kitchen
Delicious chicken biriyani and the rice is perfectly cooked and looks so tempting…
Shama Nagarajan
inviting…we too make in a similar way
Aarthi
briyani looks so flavourful
aditi
i so want to try this….thanks for posting
Premalatha Aravindhan
Delicious briyani…
Priya
Mouthwatering here, super tempting briyani.
Roshni
Awesome Biriyani
notyet100
Biryani looks delicious 🙂 nd ya I luv the presentation too,..:)
dileep kumar
Thanks for such a delicious recipe… All my friends liked it..:-)
Purva
Hey….my husband is a great fan of biryani, n always asked me to make it on several occasions…but I hesitated to make it thinking it is a complicated recipe…recently when I wanted to celebrate something with my Husband I thought of finally giving it a try…..while surfing I saw your recipe, n I gave it it try….n today I m really thankful to u for sharing such a wonderful recipe….my husband n I we both loved it….n now I will always be having biryani at home…thanks a ton…
Priyanka
does the water u have added for cooking the chicken should be considered for the measurement of cooking rice i.e 1:1.5.
Sharmilee! :)
@Priyanka : Yes it includes the water measure for cooking rice too.
Archana HL
this is really very helpful recipe for the starters of cokkinh like me 🙂
Kavitha Priya
wowwwwww…. i tried it came out well
LaV....
Can u post the thalicha recipe pls
LaV....
Tried it…. N it was a wowwwww…. Can u pls post the thalicha recipe
Sharmilee! :)
@Lav : Sure will post it soon 🙂
nivedita bharadwaj
Iv been searching for a perfect chicken biryani recipe. I made it y'day and my search ended here. It satisfied my family's stomach and soul. Thank you. 🙂
bharathi
Hi i tried it today for dinner.Wow Briyani taste is yummy.Looking forward for more recipes.Thank You
Samyukta Rao
this biryani is just superbly fantastically delicious… just short of words to describe its awesomeness…
chittara r
nice nice…so colorful eager to cook
Preetha
tried it.. it turned out to be yummy .. thank you
Aiswarya Vivek
Tried out u're recipe…. weeeeeeeee was very yummy
Aruna
Biriyani looks too good!!! I am new to non-veg cooking. Since my husband likes chicken, I want to make this for him. I have a question (it may look silly though :-)) can you please tell me if we can use boneless chicken for this recipe. If yes, what kind of boneless chicken should I buy?
SHARMILEE J
You can use boneless chicken too….What kind?! I dont get you….?!
Priya
Hey sharmi after first whistle and then simmer it ok. Shud wait for next two whistles while its in sim and then switch off is it ?.
SHARMILEE J
Yes yes wait for the remaining 2 whistles then switch off.
Aruna
oh I mean… should we get the boneless skinless breast/tenderloin/thigh which one?
SHARMILEE J
Oh I am not very sure of such specific info as I cook nonveg only once in a blue moon 🙂
Suchitra Menon
love the steps and the pics…make it so easy .Thank you for the wonderful recipe…will try this over the weekend.
loves to spread a smile around....
if i am cooking bonless chicken pieces, should i skip the 4 whistles?
SHARMILEE J
May be reduce the number of whistles….
SHARMILEE J
No may be you can reduce it to 3 whistles.
Sandeepnaru
Wow it came so delicious my parents liked it so much…. thank u so much …
rudra leo
Thank you thank you millions for this recipe.I was able to get biryani right thank you.But I didn't grind the mint ,coriander,tomato and chilli I add it as such and I reducec the time period too but it worked fine .Thank you.
Anis Puji
Wow chicken biryani very nice and temting….is that my favorite food and my family liked if I cook chicken biryani…..thank you
Karan Aadiwal
Wow osem ♥♥♥♥♥ Dish
sheezan rasool
i wish i cud make diss
NEHA srivastava
can i use normal milk instead of coconut milk?
SHARMILEE J
No coconut milk is preferable….
tripti sarkar
Thank u for posting this recipe….i tried this and it turned out a mind blowing yummyyy biryani….loads of thanks
Bijan Ghosh
thaks
Suganya Perumalsamy
Yday was my hubby's b'day i tried ur chicken birayani and kadai chicken it was too good and my husband enjoyed it.
Thanks Sharmi.
–Suganya
Priya Priya
I'm going too Prepair this once.and I will tell you how I cooked mam.:-)
Regards
priya.
Jaya Soumya
I cooked it for dinner, came out perfect.. just need the proportions if i am cooking for 4ppl..
Thnks a lot for sharing this with us.
Regards,
Soumya
Ranjini
i tried this ,it was awesome :), thanks for the recipe
Bindu K. J.
Hi I tried this out and it was yummy, liked by all who tasted it..
Bindu K. J.
I tried this out and came out really yummy, my family who liked it…thank you
LEENA KALAL
i sharmi, i like the recipe of biriyani, U r a South Indian Master Chef 🙂
Arvind Gk
Tried it out came out pretty good .. thanks
Deepa Kaliraj
Hi sharmi, I tried this came out very well. Where s u'r search option ma it's difficult to find out our favorite recipe please add it back plz plz
Deepa Kaliraj
I tried came out very well and onemore thing now a day's not able to find out search option plz add it back plz….since we need search our favorite recipes otherwise tell me d way 2 search plz
HARKWAL KAUR
please let me know ..what I can use instead of coconut…
SHARMILEE J
You can skip coconut milk and add water instead
shobs shoba
i did it 5 times … every time it was gud … our family luv it …
Deepika Gaonkar
tks for sharing
aiman peer
this is so good.. the nicest and the easiest way…. keep it up
aiman peer
this is so nicee and the easiest way to make a fabulous biryani… keep it up
jenni
The taste was so good..:-)
jenni
The taste was so good..it was a perfect for sunday lunday 🙂
Manarshi Roy
yummi
cubicm
Very Yummy and easy recipe to cook. Thanks for this
leena patel
I tried it and it turned out excellent.thanks for the recipe.
can you please put the recipe for dal pakwan.
Vijayalakshmi Rane
This looks really yummm. Could you pls tell me which brand garam masala powder should be used for this
SHARMILEE J
I use homemade garam masala powder……
swagatika
i usually make in this way.Extra what i do is i put ginger garlic paste,mint+coriander paste during marination. but colour of my biriyani becomes toomuch deep brown.I need some of rice grains light and some deep.Plz suggest
SHARMILEE J
Oh not really sure but color depends on also the spice powders you use……
Ambica R
Tried this biryani last night…it came out so good…I skipped the coconut milk thinking it would make the biryani sweet. But even without adding it the biryani was sweet. Should i increase the chilli powder or the green chillies for good spicy biryani.
SHARMILEE J
Yes you can increase all the spice powders a bit to get a more spicy biryani….I am planning to post one soon
Unknown
hi sharmi can u plz explain hw to cook this by 'pot method' since i have my friends visiting me this weekend, my pressure cooker is not big enough to make necessary quantity..
SHARMILEE J
You can try the same recipe in pan also, cook the chicken first then add it to rice….I will be posting a version in pan soon
MaLaR
If I use rice cooker how to do it?
SHARMILEE J
You can use the same recipe but water ratio alone am not sure, you can check your manual
sowmiya sabarinath
hi sharmi,my briyani doesn't gave briyani smell.i dont knw wat i did wrong.then it taste also not like briyani
SHARMILEE J
If the masala paste isnt sufficient then we will not get the biryani flavour….
P S LAAVANYA SHRI
I wanted to try this with 2 cups of rice, should i double the spices quantity too..
SHARMILEE J
Yes double the ing…
Kavitha Kumar
Let me try today and tel u
Maheswari Kirubakaran
mam it came out well.but it was burnt at the bottom.what is the reason mam
SHARMILEE J
Keep in low medium flame while cooking, also add required ghee / oil to prevent sticking
Maheswari Kirubakaran
Thank you Mam
christina mary
Hi I tried ur briyani. Taste s so good. But rice s sticky. I used India gate badmati rice only. How to get nonstick briyani.
SHARMILEE J
Just soak and cook, which will ensure nonsticky fluffy rice..Also if the masala or cocomilk is more than mentioned quantity then till give sticky biryani
varsha anand
Hi sharmi ..m jus a beginner … I keep trying all ur recipes .. Its great and gud work u do ….thk u
Rahs
Hi
I have already asked you the measurements in grams in drumstick sambar…
here I again asking you the measurement in grams for the basmathi rice…
and my humble request is… hope you have the weighing machine home.. pls before posting recipes… convert your cups measurements into grams using your weighing machine.. and add the gram measurements also…
as most of the people may not have the exact cups measurement…
my humble request…
pls.. pls.. pls… 100000000000 please… on behalf of your fans…
Renu bharath
Thank you mam for all your recipes…keep posting..best wishes
Bricks
Today did this recipe… I wanted to try a different method for preparing and this one made my day. I added some more spices along with 4 you mentioned here. The taste was awesome. We just couldn't stop eating.
I follow lots of your recipes and it sure works out. Its because of your recipes i have turned out to be a good cook. My colleagues, family everyone loves my cooking.
yoga
i like Briyani Everything super nice cooking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maha Khan
I love your way of teaching recipe making….
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