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Karachi Biryani Recipe

Karachi biryani is the best Pakistani biryani recipe that you can ever try. Here I am making Karachi Chicken biryani with homemade biryani masala that will give you the same flavor as you eat on the street of Karachi. Simple and easy biryani recipe that anyone can make at home.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian, Pakistani
Keyword: Chicken Biryani Recipe, Karachi biryani
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 3 Persons
Author: Hinz

Ingredients

For Chicken Korma

  • 2 tablespoon oil
  • 650 g Chicken
  • 2 teaspoon Ginger Garlic
  • 1 teaspoon Red Chili Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Black Salt
  • ½ teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Garam Masala
  • 1 cup Yogurt
  • 1 cup Tomato Cubes without skin
  • 1.5 tablespoon Birista Onions Crispy Brown Onions for biryani
  • ½ Cup Water

For Rice

  • ½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds Zeera
  • 2 Bay Leaves Taiz Patta
  • 2 Cinnamon Sticks 3 inches (Darchini)
  • 1 teaspoon Fennel Seeds Saunf
  • 20 Pods Black pepper Kali Mirch
  • 1 Star Seed Badyan Ka Phool
  • 5 Cloves Laung
  • 1 tablespoon Salt

Layering and Steaming

  • 1 Pinch Yellow food color Edible
  • ½ Freshly squeezed lemon

Instructions

Preparation of Chicken Korma Curry

  • Preparation of Chicken Korma Curry
  • In a pan, pour oil and heated up to add chicken. Saute chicken on high heat until it starts to change color.
  • Add ginger garlic paste and cook on high heat to get rid with the raw odor.
  • Season with spices (salt, red chili powder, black salt, black pepper powder, coriander powder, and homemade garam masala powder). Cook the masala on high heat for few minutes.
  • Add yogurt and mix the curry to make one tone texture.
  • Now time to add tomato cubes without skin. Cover and simmer the curry for 5 to 10 minutes to soften the tomatoes. Then stir and cook on high heat to blend the tomatoes and form a homogenous curry texture.
  • Add hand crushed crispy biryani onions (Birista). Mix it well to thicken the curry.
  • Adjust the korma curry consistency with water.
  • Cover the pan and cook for 25 minutes on low medium heat.
  • After the chicken korma for biryani is ready to layer.

Preparation of Rice

  • Wash and soak the rice for 30 minutes.
  • In a pan add 2 liter water and boil it. Add whole garam masala (cumin, bay leaves, cinnamon, fennel, black pepper, cloves) in hot boiling water. Also add salt in water.
  • Cover and cook the water for 5 minutes to take the flavor from whole garam masala.
  • Carefully uncover the lid and remove big pieces of whole garam masala.
  • Then add soaked rice in water. Gently mix with a spoon.
  • Now cover the rice for 5 minutes on high heat to cook. 80 to 85% rice needs to be cook rest will cook on steam.
  • Check the rice after 5 minutes and drain the water.
  • Now rice is ready for layering.

How to Layer biryani and Dum (Steam)

  • In a pan, add rice layer then spread the chicken curry then again add rice layer and spread the chicken curry. Repeat the process if you have more rice or curry.
  • Place 1 cup of rice in a bowl. Mix the orange food color in water and mix well. Now add the color to rice in bowl and give it a good mix.
  • Make a layer of yellow rice at the top of biryani.
  • Squeeze fresh lemon and birista onions (optional).
  • Cover the pan and steam the biryani for 25 to 30 minutes on low-medium heat.
  • Initially cook on high heat (for 2 to 3 minutes) as the biryani starts to release steam then turn the heat to low and steam for 20 minutes.
  • Now the biryani is ready to serve. Check the tip section to dish out biryani.

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