Malabar Fried Chicken Briyani

There are many ways to make briyani, I found this to be the most simple easy way to prepare malabar fried chicken briyani. It is a classic festive dish at wedding, housewarming parties, eid celebrations as well as other important occasions... This malabar - style fried chicken briyani is a delicious meal in itselfs and neds no accompaniments.. This rich aroma of the spices in this imperssive dish will warm home....

This briyani is slightly differant that compare to the normal briyani, here the chicken is marinated in thick curd, spices powder, and green chillies and then roasted in coconut oil... Which gives execallent flavour to the chicken when we taste each bite of it...For the briyani make a masala and that can be prepared  by cooking the marinated fried chicken first and make layer's with 80 % boiled rice and cooked by sealing the handi and using dum style...

This type of preparation makes the chicken soft and tender and also gives flavourful exeperience...This malabar fried chicken briyani recipe wont fit under the "Authentic" or "Traditional" briyani recipe...  

Preparation time : 20 mins

Marination time : 1 hour

Cooking time : 45 mins

Serve - 4

Cusine : Malabar 

INGREDIENTS :

TO MARINATE CHICKEN :

Chicken leg - 5

Yogurt - 3 tbspn

Kashmiri chilli powder - 2 tbspn

Coriander powder - 1 tbspn

Garam masala powder - 1 tbspn

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tbspn

Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbspn

Green chillies - 4 (cut it into pieces)

Coconut oil - 4 tbspn

Coriander and mint leaves - few

Salt - 2 tbspn

FOR BOIL RICE :

Basmati rice - 3/4 kg

Bay leaf - 2 

Cumin seeds - 1 tspn

Salt - 1 tbspn

Coriander and mint leaves - few

FOR BRIYANI :

Ghee - 3 tbspn

Coconut oil - 2 tbspn 

Bay leaves - 2

Cinnamon - 2 sticks

Cloves - 3 nos

Cardamom - 3 nos

Onion - 3 (sliced)

Tomatoes - 3 (sliced)

Green chillies - 4 (sliced)

Chilli powder - 2 tbspn

Coriander powder - 1 tbspn

Garam masala powder - 1 tbspn

Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbspn

METHOD :

Step : 1

• First marinate the chicken for that clean the chicken leg well and make slashes on it...
• In a mixing bowl combain all the ingredients which given in the "TO MARINATE CHICKEN" and marinate the chicken for 1 hour.
• After 1 hour fried the chicken by heating a pan, add in marinate chicken and fry it to deep dark brown..
• Now keep it aside...

STEP : 2

• Stock the rice for 1/2 mins, In a sauce pan add water, and bay leafs, cumin seeds....
• Now add in salt, cilantro, mint leaves and let them to boil.
• Now drain the rice and add to the boiled pan.
• Let them to boil for 15 mins and cook it on high flame .. keep a eye on it...
• The aroma flavour comes out from it, so it should make the briyani good.
• Now the rice is 3/4 cooked when you taste it should have a bite.
• Atlast drain it and keep aside....

STEP : 3

• Heat ghee / oil in a deep vessel. And then add in bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and fry for a min.
• Then add in sliced onion, green chillies and toss it till transparent or light brown, Collect some onions from oil, Keep aside...
• Add in chopped tomatoes and toss well untill it mushy..
• Now add in ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, 
• You may or may not add salt, depends on ur taste..(but i add salt)
• Now the gravy is ready, so place it on the tawa... 
• Add chicken fry to the masala preparaed and stir lightly.. 
• Now add in 1/4 th of the cooked basmathi prepared into this along with fried onions..
• Spread  in 1/2 of the remaining rice evenly, Then add in fried chicken excess oil in the kadai.
• You may also add some coriander leaves and mint leaves on the top for fragrance..
• Cover the entre pot with cloth and cover with a plate..Place a weight over it and let it cook on a very low flame for 20 - 30 mins.
• Now remove the weight and lid and fluffy the rice carefully...
• Serve hot with raita......

NOTES : 

1. Soaking rice and marinate chicken is very important, so never skip it.
2. Use good quality basmathi rice for this, I used Indiagate basmathi rice (classic).
3. Cooking the rice perfectly is important. If you over cook it the whole briyani will be mushy.
4. It will just take 5 to 7 mins for the rice to get cooked.
5. After dum no need to open the cloth suddenly, we should wait for 10 - 15 mins.

PICTORIAL :

Take chicken leg

Wash and make slashes

Ingredient to marinate

Ingredients to make briyani

Take thick yogurt in a mixing bowl

 Add in all sipes

Salt

Add in coriander & mint

Add in ginger garlic paste

Add in chopped red chillies

Add in coconut oil

Mix well

Add in chicken pieces

Mix well  and marinate for 1 hour

After 1 hour heat a pan

See how the masala absorb in the chicken 
and the oil seperate from the chicken

Place the chicken on the tawa

No need to add oil the chicken itself fry

Cover it with lid

Flip over the chicken

Again flip over

Fry till chicken cooked in dark brown in colour

Soak the rice upto 1/2 hour for boiling 

In a pan add water and bay leaf

Cumin seeds

Chopped coriander and mint leaves

Mix well

Bring to boil

Add soaked rice

Season with some salt

Now the rice is 80 % cooked

Drain it and keep aside

Take the spices for briyani

Add ghee and oil along with spices in thick bottom pan

Add in onions

Sliced green chillies

Toss well untill it change into brown

It's done 

Take some fried onion in a plate

Add chopped tomatoes in 

Add ginger garlic paste and toss well 

Now add in all the spices powder

Then add some salt

Toss well till it mushy

Place the pan on the dum stone tawa

Untill the oil leaves the gravy

Place the chicken one by one inside the pan

On the top the chicken spread boiled rice

Some fried onions

Then again spread rice

Let over fried chicken oil

Spread it on the top

Sprinkle some coriander and mint leaves

Cover it with a cloth and lid

Place the stone on the top of the lid leave it 20 mins in slow flame

Briyani is done

Flip the rice carefully

Now it's ready

Serve

Enjoy...