How To Cook Chicken Biryani Properly | No Shortcuts

Description: Learn how to cook Chicken Biryani properly using the full chef method. This recipe focuses on the techniques that make biryani successful: properly caramelised onions fresh ginger garlic paste correct chicken marination precise rice cooking authentic dum cooking If these stages are respected, you will get separate rice grains, balanced masala and perfectly cooked chicken. This method follows the no-nonsense approach used in professional kitchens and removes the shortcuts that ruin biryani. Perfect for: family meals Ramadan cooking weekend cooking authentic biryani lovers Full ingredients List: Fired onions: 400g sliced red onion 1 cup oil Ginger & Garlic paste: 6-8tbsp clove garlic 1 - 1.5 cubed ginger 4-6 fresh green chilli 1/4 cup water Marinade: 1 cup yogurt Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp salt 1 tsp turmeric powder 2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder 2 tsp coriander powder 2 tsp fennel powder 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp garam massala powder 8 dried plum (aloo bukhara) 1 kg chicken⁠ 1 tsp cumin seeds 6 Cardimon 2 cinnamon 2 bayleaf 6 clove ⁠300g onion Rice 1 tsp salt ⁠4 Cardimon ⁠2 cinnamon ⁠2 bayleaf ⁠6 clove ⁠1 tbsp oil ⁠3 cup rice ⁠fresh coriander Method Caramelised onions: 1 cup oil add 400g sliced onion. Caramelise onion until golden brown then remove from oil. Ginger garlic paste Blend: 6-8tbsp clove garlic 1 - 1.5 cubed ginger 4-6 fresh green chilli 1/4 cup water Marinate chicken: 1 cup yogurt Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp salt 1 tsp turmeric powder 2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder 2 tsp coriander powder 2 tsp fennel powder 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp garam massala powder 8 dried plum (aloo bukhara) *add the ginger & Garlic paste you made. Now marinate the chicken. Chicken curry. Into 1 cup of oil add: 1 tsp cumin seeds 6 Cardimon 2 cinnamon 2 bayleaf 6 clove Add 300g onion and caramelise | once golden add Marinated chicken and cook until the chicken is thick in consistency and the chicken cooked will take around 25-30mins Rice: Boil water add 1 tsp salt | 4 Cardimon | 2 cinnamon | 2 bayleaf | 6 clove | 1 tbsp oil Add rice and cook until 60-70% cooked then sieve out the rice Layer biryani 1st layer | gravy 2nd layer | rice 3rd layer | chicken | remaining gravy | 0.5 of the fried onion | coriander 4 layer | rice | remaining onions | coriander Dum cook for 30mins then rest 10-20 mins before opening the foil. The steam fluffs up the rice for best results Enjoy!!! Timestamps: 0:00 Steam Reveal (Cold Open) 0:15 Introduction 3:30 Fresh Ginger Garlic Paste 3:00 Chicken Marination 5:50 Fried Onions 7:15 Cooking the Chicken Masala 11:37 Rice Cooking Stage 15:40 Biryani Layering 16:50 Dum Cooking 18:20 Final Biryani Reveal If you enjoy my recipe tutorials and content, please make sure to send me recipe requests via my social media channels or write a comment in the section below! Thank you for supporting me in my culinary journey 👨🏾‍🍳 #chickenbiryani #biryani #biryanirecipe #latifinspired #indianrecipes #indianrecipes #BIR #latifsinspired FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: 📸 Instagram:   / latifs_inspired   🗣 Facebook:   / latifs_inspired   🎥 TikTok:   / latifsinspiredofficial