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Make Chicken Dum Biryani with Homemade Biryani Spice Mix
Ingredients
  • subheading: Homemade Biryani Masala (Spices to grind):
  • 3 star anise whole
  • 10 to 12 cloves whole
  • 1 black cardamom whole
  • 5 green cardamom whole
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds
  • 2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 tbsp black pepper whole
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 cinnamon stick 3"
  • ½ of a whole nutmeg
  • subheading: Homemade Biryani Masala (Spices to add to the above ground masala):
  • 2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 ¼ tsp red chili powder you can add ¼ tsp more if you like really spicy
  • 1 black cardamom whole
  • ¾ tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • subheading: Chicken Curry Layer:
  • ½ cup oil
  • 2 red onions thinly sliced
  • All of the Homemade Biryani Spice Blend this is the blend we made earlier
  • 1 lb chicken with bones if using boneless thighs, go with 1.5 to 2 lbs
  • 1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste
  • ⅛ cup each mint/cilantro
  • ½ cup yogurt
  • 3 tomatoes chopped
  • 3 potatoes halved (small potatoes are better)
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 green chilies
  • 2 tsp rose water or kewra when layering the Biryani
  • yellow food color I use the powder "Egg Yellow" color
  • subheading: Rice Layer:
  • 15 to 16 cups water
  • 3 cups Basmati rice
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ½ tsp Homemade Biryani Spice Blend
  • 1 tbsp salt
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