How do u make hindu biryani?!


Question:

How do u make hindu biryani?

with chicken...thank u. namaste "i dont know what does this word mean but yeah tried"


Answers: There is nothing as a Hindu Biryani. I guess you are talking about biryani from India.

Namaste means Hello.

You can find lot of recipes for chicken biryani:
Chicken Dum Biryani
1 Whole Chicken (cut in pieces)
500 grams of Basmati Rice (Preferably pre-soaked for atleast half an hour)
2 medium Onions (thinly sliced)
5 Cardamom Pods (Choti Ilaichi)
2 Cinnamon Sticks (Dal Cheeni)
6 Cloves (Loung)
1 tsp. Garlic Paste (Pisa Lehsan)
1 tsp. Ginger Paste (Pisi Adrak)
200 grams of Plain Yogurt
? tsp. Turmeric Powder (Pisi Haldi)
1 tsp. Red Chilli Powder (Pisi Lal Mirch)
3 tsp. Coriander Powder (Pisa Dhania)
1 tsp. Cumin Powder (Pisa Zeera)
? tsp. Cumin Seeds (Saabut Zeera)
500 ml Stock
A few Saffron Strands (Zafran) (soaked in 5 tablespoons of water)
A handful of Ready Fried Onions (for garnish)
A bunch of Fresh Coriander Leaves (Hara Dhania) (chopped - for garnish)
200 grams of Clarified Butter (Ghee) or Cooking Oil

Directions:Marinade the chicken pieces with the plain yogurt , turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, ginger paste, garlic paste and cumin powder.

Add the sliced onion and salt and mint to the marination. In boiling water add clarified butter or oil, cinnamon sticks, cardamoms, cloves and cumin seeds and boil the rice until it is half cooked. Add the rice to the meat. Pour a little clarified butter or oil and saffron water on rice and cook the rice on dum for about 30-45 minutes or until done.

Serve hot garnished with fried onion and fresh coriander leaves. Source(s):
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1 chicken, cut into pieces
1 c. yogurt
1/2 bunch cilantro
1 sm. green chili
1 tsp. ground red chili
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. oil
2 med. onions
1/2 tsp. black cumin, ground
1/4 tsp. cinnamon powder
3 c. long grain rice (preferably Basmati)

Slice the onions thinly and fry them in 1/2 cup oil in a medium size pot until they get golden brown; take the onions out and put half of them on a paper towel and the rest in the blender. Add 1 cup yogurt, 1 green chili, 1/2 of cilantro of the 1/2 bunch, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon ground red chili, 1/2 teaspoon ground black cumin, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder in the blender; mix these ingredients in the blender.
Now put chicken in the pot. Cook in the oil for 5 minutes. Add the yogurt mixture from the blender into the pot with chicken and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally on low heat until chicken gets a little soft and the mixture has well blended with the chicken.

Now boil rice in 8 cups of water; drain. When the rice becomes soft but not very soft, rice should stiff(??) hot tender or drain it 5 minutes before it really cooked. Take half the rice out. Spread the chicken mixture over the rice and top and spread with the rest of rice. Sprinkle with onions and cilantro. Cover tightly and put it on very low heat to 20 to 30 minutes. The Biryani is done and ready to serve. please have a look at bellaonline.com,

you will find a lot of recipies to assist

good luck Namaste to you too. It is just a greeting, like a hello or a good morning.
There is nothing like a Hindu biryani. Hindu is a person following the Hindu religion or Hinduism. They belong to India and are therefore refered to as Indians and not Hindu. India has people of all religions - Christians, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs..... They are all Indians Not Hindus.

For a mean Biryani try this site
http://www.recipecottage.com/indian/biry...

Biryani is a little tricky to make even though the recipe seems easy. If the rice is overcooked it becomes a mashy affair. Veggie Biryani -Most popular rice dish from India

Serves 6-8
Ingredients

10 oz. from a choice of cauliflower, potato, carrots, asparagus, broccoli cut into bite size pieces, washed and drained
2 tbs. oil or ghee
1 onion, peeled and thinly sliced
1 clove of garlic minced
1/2 inch piece ginger minced
1 green chillie minced
Package of Ajika Saffron Biryani Pkg
1 tsp. salt (adjust to taste)
1/2 cup thick yoghurt
1tomato, chopped
1/4 bunch of cilantro leaves, minced
1/2 lemon, juice

Method:
Heat oil/ghee in a large pan and fry onions, until quite dark brown. Now add ginger and garlic. Fry for a minute or two.
Add veggies, spices from the package, salt, green chilli. Stir fry until veggies is nicely coated with the spices.
Add yoghurt, tomatoes, cilantro, lime juice. Cook, stirring frequently, until veggies are soft and only a little gravy is left.

While veggies are cooking, wash rice , rinse a few times till rice water is somewhat clear. Drain.

Add rice to the veggies and 2 1/4 cups of water and bring to a rolling boil. Then turn heat to medium-low and cover the pot with a tight lid. Cook for 10 minutes and turn the heat off. Do not lift the lid. Let the rice steam in its own heat for another 5 minutes.

The rice is ready to serve. Serve with raita and dal. Serves 6-8
Ingredients

10 oz. from a choice of cauliflower, potato, carrots, asparagus, broccoli cut into bite size pieces, washed and drained
2 tbs. oil or ghee
1 onion, peeled and thinly sliced
1 clove of garlic minced
1/2 inch piece ginger minced
1 green chillie minced
Package of Ajika Saffron Biryani Pkg
1 tsp. salt (adjust to taste)
1/2 cup thick yoghurt
1tomato, chopped
1/4 bunch of cilantro leaves, minced
1/2 lemon, juice

Method:
Heat oil/ghee in a large pan and fry onions, until quite dark brown. Now add ginger and garlic. Fry for a minute or two.
Add veggies, spices from the package, salt, green chilli. Stir fry until veggies is nicely coated with the spices.
Add yoghurt, tomatoes, cilantro, lime juice. Cook, stirring frequently, until veggies are soft and only a little gravy is left.

While veggies are cooking, wash rice , rinse a few times till rice water is somewhat clear. Drain.

Add rice to the veggies and 2 1/4 cups of water and bring to a rolling boil. Then turn heat to medium-low and cover the pot with a tight lid. Cook for 10 minutes and turn the heat off. Do not lift the lid. Let the rice steam in its own heat for another 5 minutes.

The rice is ready to serve. Serve with raita and dal. Hm I didnt know that biryani had a religion



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