Anjappar Style Chicken Briyani Recipe

Name: Anjappar Style Chicken Briyani
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound chicken; 3 cups basmati rice; 1 onion thinly sliced; 2 tomato chopped; 4 green chillies slit lengthwise; 2 tablespoons oil; 2 tablespoons ghee; 1 handful mint leaves chopped coarsely; 1 handful cilantro chopped coarsely; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 tablespoon chilli powder; 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste; salt to taste; 1 piece cinnamon; 4 cloves; 2 green cardamom; 1 bay leaves

Servings: persons

1 pound chicken
3 cups basmati rice
1 onion thinly sliced
2 tomato chopped
4 green chillies slit lengthwise
2 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons ghee
1 handful mint leaves chopped coarsely
1 handful cilantro chopped coarsely
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon chilli powder
1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
salt to taste
1 piece cinnamon
4 cloves
2 green cardamom
1 bay leaves

1
> Heat oil in a pressure pan, add seasoning ingredients and saute for few seconds.
2
> Throw in sliced onion, saute until it turns transparent and glossy.
3
> Add chopped tomatoes and slit green chilles. Cook until tomatoes become soft and mushy. No tomato chunk should be seen at this stage.
4
> Transfer Marinated chicken to the onion tomato mixture and cook for 5 ~ 6 minutes until chicken turns to white color.
5
> Add required amount of water ( i.e. for 1 cup rice, add 1 1/2 cup of water) and allow it to boil.
6
> Add rice (see notes) and mix well. Throw in chopped mint and cilantro leaves. Mix and adjust salt to taste and allow it to boil vigorously.
7
> Cover with foil paper( as shown in pic) if you don't have tight lid for the pan.
8
> Cook for 10 minutes in low heat. or pressure cook it for 1 whistle.
9
> After 5 minutes or pressure drops, remove the lid and add 1 tsp. of ghee and 1 tbsp. of lemon. Mix gently and serve hot with Raitha.

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This recipe makes 4 servings. You can adjust the portion size directly on this page.

You need 17 ingredients. The key ingredients include: 1 pound chicken, 3 cups basmati rice, 1 onion thinly sliced, 2 tomato chopped, and more.

Yes, Anjappar Style Chicken Briyani falls under the Meat & Poultry category and is a great choice for this type of meal.

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3–4 days. Reheat gently before serving.

Anjappar Style Chicken Briyani

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