Biryani ::: a Pakistani Traditional Food
Biryani is very common and very delicious dish of all Pakistani citizens. Their dinning table and any kind of indoor/outdoor function is incomplete without #Biryani. It is also a domestic dish liked by all age sectors. Some people like more spice and more ingredient are used to make is spicy as per desire
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Ingredients:
1-1/2 kg Chicken
750 gms Potatoes
1 cup Oil
1 kg Rice (Parboiled)
1/4 kg Tomatoes
2 Onion
2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp Red chillies (crushed)
1/2 tsp Coriander powder
1 tbsp Salt
1/4 tsp Jaiyfal jawatry
2-3 drops Essence
1/4 tsp Zarda colour
Steps
- Apply yellow food colour/Zarda over 1-1/2kg of Chicken & cook it on steam until it gets tender.
- Mix 750 g of Potatoes pieces with 1tbsp of yellow food colour/Zarda & fry them.
- Heat up 1cup of Oil in a pan & fry 2 chopped Onions
- Add 2tbsp of Ginger Garlic paste, 1tbsp of crushed Red Chilies, 1tsp of Turmeric/Haldi.1tbsp of salt & 1/2tsp of Coriander/Dhaniya powder, 1kg of tomatoes and cook.
- Once tomatoes are a soft add steamed Chicken and combine them
- After that put fried Potatoes & cook it.
- Lastly apply a layer of parboiled Rice andadd 1/4tsp of yellow food colour/Zarda over it & mix 2-3 drops of essence and 1/4tsp of Jaiyfal Jawatri.
- Pour 2tbsp oil on top and shut the lid.
- Keep on a high flame for 5 minutes and then turn the flame to low
- Let it sit on a dum for 20mins.
- Serve hot with Raita and a fresh Salad bowl.