Easy Chicken Biryani in Pressure Cooker. Pressure Cook Chicken Biryani Add the browned chicken thighs with all its juice back to the Instant Pot, then add the well drained rice in Instant Pot. *Pro Tip: Make sure to add the chicken in Instant Pot first and then the rice on top to avoid the "Burn" error. Place the chicken parts closely in the pressure cooker and slightly fry the chicken, turning the meat constantly so they cook evenly over medium-high to high heat. Should you find that the chicken not browning due to liquid from the curd, then just continue cooking until there is less liquid.
Gently wash the basmati rice in running water and let the rice soak in the water.
Soaking the rice in water is one of the key steps in making biryani in pressure cooker.
It helps in keeping the rice intact while cooking without becoming mushy.
You can have Easy Chicken Biryani in Pressure Cooker using 23 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Easy Chicken Biryani in Pressure Cooker
- Prepare 2 cups of jeera sambhar rice.
- It's 4 cups of water.
- It's 1/2 kg of chicken.
- Prepare 1 tablespoon of ginger garlic paste.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of curd.
- Prepare 1 of big onion.
- It's 2 of tomatoes.
- It's 3 of chillies (slit).
- You need 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon or to taste of salt.
- It's 1/4 cup of mint leaves for garnish.
- You need 1/4 cup of coriander leaves for garnish.
- Prepare 50 gms of butter (25 gms +25 gms).
- Prepare 3 tablespoon of oil.
- It's 3 cloves of (to pound) all the below whole garam masalas to be pound together.
- You need 1 inch of cinnamon sticks.
- You need 4 of cardamom.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of pepper corns.
- It's 1 teaspoon of fennel seeds.
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of cumin seeds.
- It's 1/4 teaspoon of kalpasi.
- Prepare 1 of star anise.
- Prepare 1 cup of mint leaves 1 fistful coriander leaves and 4 green chillies grind to paste with little water.
Soak the rice in water before starting to cook. #pressurecookerchickenbiryani #chickenbiryanirecipe Easy chicken Biryani in Pressure cooker is a complete food made up of basmati rice ,chicken and some spic. The chicken and basmati rice or Seeraga Samba rice cooked along with fresh spices and herbs make this biryani a great meal. This Pressure cooker chicken biryani/briyani is a tasty, easy flavorsome meal that can be prepared without much effort. This delicious meal can be served for parties or just as a lunch or dinner on regular days.
Easy Chicken Biryani in Pressure Cooker instructions
- First soak rice and grind mint, coriander leaves and green chillies with little water..
- In a pressure cooker add 25 gms butter and oil together on a medium heat. To it add pound garam masala powder to it. Add sliced onion and saute until translucent..
- Add slit green chillies and saute for a while. To it add ginger garlic paste and saute until raw smell disappear. Now add turmeric powder and salt to it..
- To it add chopped tomatoes and saute until mushy. Add ground mint, coriander and chilli paste to it and saute well on a low heat until oil separates the mixture. Add chicken pieces to the mixture and mix thoroughly until chicken is half cooked..
- To it add curd and let it cook for few minutes until chicken is cooked 3/4th..
- Now add rice and gently mix..
- Add measured water and wait to boil. Add chopped mint and coriander leaves with a blob(25 gms) of butter..
- Cover with a lid and pressure cook for two whistle and five minutes on a low flame..
- Chicken biriyani is well cooked. Gently mix the rice..
- Quick and yummy chicken biryani is ready in few minutes. It can be served with onion raita, chilli chicken and boiled eggs..
Take a bowl to add the Mint cilantro paste to it, add Yogurt, Salt, Turmeric, Tomato, Fried Onion and mix well. Drain the rice and set aside. Step by Step details of how to make Chicken Biryani in a pressure cooker: In a pressure cooker,add oil and when its hot add the sliced onion,sugar and keep sauteing it for few seconds. After that add cornstarch,and mix well. Cook this till onion is crisp and brown.