Chicken Biriyani

Chicken Biriyani..my favourite food n for many others too..Its goes well with all spicy curry or for tht case even raita...:)..Can have it with Shrimp curry, egg, any kurma..fish curry..or jst like tht...jst the food tastes good too...Here is the recipe of my fav chicken biriyani...

All u need...!!!
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1. Chicken - cut into 12 pieces
2. Basmati Rice - 2 cups
3. Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
4. Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
5. Ginger Garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp
6. Curry Leaves
7. Curd - 2 spoon
8. Garam masala/chicken masala - 1 tsp (optional)
9. Onion - 2 finely chopped lengthwise
10. Tomato - 2 finely chopped
11. Pudin leaves
12. Bay leaf
13. Cloves -2
14. Cinnamon - 2
15. Oil/Ghee - 2-3 tsp
16. Cilanto
17. Cashews roasted
18. Salt to taste
19. Water

How u go on making it...
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1. Clean n cut chicken into small pieces. Drain water and add a pinch of turmeric powder, 1 tsp of garam masala/chicken masala(optional), 1 tsp of salt and 2 tsp of curd. Marinate chicken pieces & keep it aside for 30mins.

2. Wash and soak Basmati rice for 20mins.

3. Take a non stick pan heat n then add 2 -3 tsp of oil/ghee.
4. When hot add bay leaf, Cloves and cinnamon to it.
5. Add onions and curry leaves to it and fry them.
6. Add 1 1/2 tsp of ginger garlic paste and fry them till the raw smell eases n onion turns golden brown.
7. Add the chopped tomatoes , mint leaves and cook well.
8. Add marinated chicken pieces with 2 tsp of red chilli powder and mix them well for 5-7 mins.
9. Add the soaked basmati rice and add salt accordingly and mix them well with the above for 3-5 mins in low flame.
10. Transfer all these to an electric cooker or pressure cook them for 3-4 whistles and once done transfer them to a bowl. Add cilantro and roasted cashew. Yummy chicken biriyani is ready...:). Serve hot with spicy curries.

Coconut Milk Rice

Here is the recipe for the delicious coconut milk rice. My mom makes this excellent n is my favourite n simple 1 too...Here goes the recipe..

All u need...!!!
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1. Basmathi Rice - 2 cups
2. Coconut milk - 2 cups
3. Cinnamon
4. Cloves - 2
5. Bay leaf
6. Oil - 2 tsp
7. Ginger - 4-5 pieces finely chopped lengthwise
8. 1 Big Onion finely chopped lengthwise
9. Curry Leaves
10. Green Chillies - 2-3
11. Salt to taste

How u go on making it...
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1. Wash the Basmathi rice and keep it aside.
2. In a non stick pan add 2 tsps of oil and once it turns hot add cloves, cinamons and bay leaf.
3. Keep the pan in low flame and add onions, Garlic and green chillies.
4. After the raw smell goes add the basmathi rice to this and mix well. Add salt too.
5. Now add all this to the electric cooker and add 2 cups of coconut milk and 2 cups of water and mix well.
6. Once the rice is cooked server hot with spicy curries.

Tamarind Rice

Here is the recipe of the sour, hot, spicy Tamarind rice.

All u need...!!!
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1. Basmati Rice - 2 cups
2. Tamrind - 1 cup
3. Mustard - 1 tsp
4. Jeera - 1 tsp
5. Hing - 1 tsp
6. Chenna dhal - 1/2 tsp
7. Curry leaves
8. oil - 4 tsp
9. Red Chilli - 7-8
10. Peanut(optional)
11. Turmeric powder
12. Salt to taste

How u go on making it...
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1. Cook Basmati rice n keep it aside.
2. Soak tamarind and extract thick pulp out of it
3. Heat the pan. then add 3-4 tsp of oil.
4. Add mustard. When it splutters add jeera, hing, red chillies and curry leaves.
5. To the above add a pinch of turmeric powder and the extracted tamarind.
6. Heat the pan till the raw smell of tamarind eases and until it is thick(depends on the consistency of the extract)
7. Once this is done add this extract little by little to the rice along with salt.
8. Depending on the taste add tamarind extract n salt accordingly.
9. Add roasted peanuts.

Serve hot.

Tamarind extract can be refrigerated and stored for about 2-3 weeks.

Lemon Rice

Here goes the traditional south indian lemon rice...My moms recipe
All u need..!!!
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1. Basmati rice - 2 cups
2. Lemon juice - 2tsp (quantity depends on taste)
3. Turmeric powder
4. Mustard - 1tsp
5. Jeera - 1tsp
6. Curry leaves
7. Green chillies
8. Ginger
9. Cliantro
10. Urad dhal - 1/2 tsp
11. Chenna dhal - 1/2 tsp
12. 2 tsp of oil
13. Salt to taste
14. Roasted Peanuts(optional)

How u go on making it....
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1. Cook basmati rice and keep it aside.
2. When rice turns warm add turmeric powder and salt. Mix them well.
3. Add lemon juice to the above and mix well.
3. In a pan heat 2 table spoons of oil.
4. After it turns hot add mustard seeds.
5. Once mustard splutters add jeera, green chill, curry leaves, ginger, urad dhal, chana dhal n fry them until dhal turns brown.
6. Add these to the mixed rice.
7. Mix them well n finally dress it with peanuts & cilantro.

Sever hot with raita or any side dish.