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Instant Biriyani | Cooker Biriyani

The joy of savoring a mouthwatering biriyani without the fuss and hours of preparation.

Ingredientsfor 4 servings

1 cup Basmati rice
1/2 kg Chicken — cut into small pieces
2 nos Onion
2 nos Tomato
11/2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
3/4 tsp Chilly powder
2 tsp Coriander powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/4 cup Curd
Or
1/2 tsp Lemon juice
1/4 cup Mint leaves Pudhina
1/2 cup Coriander leaves
2 nos Green chillies — crushed
5 tsp Oil or Butter or ghee
10 nos Cashewnuts — optional
2 nos Cloves (Grambu)
2 nos Cardamom (Elakka)
1 Stick Cinnamon (Karugapatta)
1/2 tsp Rose essence
Salt, to taste

Preparation

Step 1
Keep the rice soaked in water, until it is ready to be added to the pressure cooker.
Step 2
Heat oil or butter or ghee in a pressure cooker.
Step 3
Cook ginger and garlic paste.
Step 4
Add onion and cook well.
Step 5
When onion turns golden, add chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon(whole or powder) and sauté.
Step 6
Add tomato and crushed green chillies and sauté.
Step 7
Add curd or lemon juice to this mixture and Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 8
Add salt.
Step 9
Add chicken pieces and Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 10
Cover the pressure cooker with a lid and cook the chicken for about 5 minutes on medium-high heat.
Step 11
5 minutes is enough for broiler broiler chicken to be half cooked. I am assuming that chicken is half cooked by doing this, allowing the rest of the cooking to happen with cooking rice under pressure.
Step 12
Drain the rice and set aside, while chicken is getting cooked.
Step 13
Now open the cooker and add mint leaves, coriander leaves, roasted cashew nuts, drained rice, rose essence and Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 14
Add 1 1/2 cup of water and Stir everything together thoroughly again.
Step 15
For 1 cup of rice, add 1 1/2 cups of water. :- Check the level of salt and add, if required.
Step 16
Cover the pressure cooker with its lid.
Step 17
Put the pressure regulator weight on the lid.
Step 18
Pressure cook upto 1 whistle.
Step 19
Open the cooker and give a gentle stir.
Step 20
Instant Biriyani is ready.

Tip

Marinate for at least 30 minutes if you can — the spices penetrate deeper and the chicken stays juicier.

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Ingredientsfor 4 servings

1 cup Basmati rice

1/2 kg Chicken — cut into small pieces

2 nos Onion

2 nos Tomato

11/2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste

3/4 tsp Chilly powder

2 tsp Coriander powder

1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

1/4 cup Curd

1/2 tsp Lemon juice

1/4 cup Mint leaves Pudhina

1/2 cup Coriander leaves

2 nos Green chillies — crushed

5 tsp Oil or Butter or ghee

10 nos Cashewnuts — optional

2 nos Cloves (Grambu)

2 nos Cardamom (Elakka)

1 Stick Cinnamon (Karugapatta)

1/2 tsp Rose essence

Salt, to taste

Preparation

Step 1

Keep the rice soaked in water, until it is ready to be added to the pressure cooker.

Step 2

Heat oil or butter or ghee in a pressure cooker.

Step 3

Cook ginger and garlic paste.

Step 4

Add onion and cook well.

Step 5

When onion turns golden, add chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon(whole or powder) and sauté.

Step 6

Add tomato and crushed green chillies and sauté.

Step 7

Add curd or lemon juice to this mixture and Stir everything together thoroughly.

Step 8

Add salt.

Step 9

Add chicken pieces and Stir everything together thoroughly.

Step 10

Cover the pressure cooker with a lid and cook the chicken for about 5 minutes on medium-high heat.

Step 11

5 minutes is enough for broiler broiler chicken to be half cooked. I am assuming that chicken is half cooked by doing this, allowing the rest of the cooking to happen with cooking rice under pressure.

Step 12

Drain the rice and set aside, while chicken is getting cooked.

Step 13

Now open the cooker and add mint leaves, coriander leaves, roasted cashew nuts, drained rice, rose essence and Stir everything together thoroughly.

Step 14

Add 1 1/2 cup of water and Stir everything together thoroughly again.

Step 15

For 1 cup of rice, add 1 1/2 cups of water. :- Check the level of salt and add, if required.

Step 16

Cover the pressure cooker with its lid.

Step 17

Put the pressure regulator weight on the lid.

Step 18

Pressure cook upto 1 whistle.

Step 19

Open the cooker and give a gentle stir.

Step 20

Instant Biriyani is ready.