Sunday, 28 November 2010

Day 148 : Chicken Biryani

 CHICKEN BIRYANI


This evening, Bryan is cooking chicken biryani. 

The short-cut way. He's using a biryani ready-mixed paste for this dish. And the easy way - bring out the Pressure Cooker, please!

In spite of the instant paste, out of habit, he added some spices as well. 



3 Simple Steps : 

1. Saute Ingredients.

2. Add Chicken.

3. Add Rice & Vegetables.


1. Saute Ingredients.

Saute shallots, garlic and ginger. 
Add spices : cloves, cumin seeds, cinnamon stick. 
Add the biryani-paste.
Fry till fragrant.

2. Add Chicken.

Fry Fry Fry.

3. Add the rice grains ...
 (combination of brown and white rice).

Fry Fry Fry.

... and Vegetables.

Add the potatoes, carrots and chillies.
Add seasalt. Add water just about covering 
the contents in the pressure cooker pot.

Close lid. Let the pressure cooker take over. :D

Hmmm-mmm-mmm. :D
A delicious chicken biryani dinner.
Finger-lickin' good. :D

By the way, the dollop of white in the photo 
is homemade yogurt. :D