Pressure cooker Biriyani

 Making briyani is not much a difficult task; especially when it is in pressure cooker. Here is the easy and quick recipe of chicken biriyani in pressure cooker.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken-1/2 kg
2. Oil+ghee- ¼cup (or less)
3. Whole garam masala pieces-few
4. Onion thinly sliced-3
5. Tomato thinly sliced-2
6. Ginger, garlic paste- 1 1/2 tbsp
7. Green chilly slit- 2 nos
8. Curd-2tbsp
9. Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
10. Chilly powder-1tsp
11. Coriander powder- 1/2 tsp
12. Pepper powder-1tsp
13. Garam masala-1tbsp
14. Carrot chopped-2tbsp
15. Mint leaves chopped-one handful
16. Coriander leaves-one handful
17. Lemon juice-1tbsp
18. Salt-to taste
19. Oil-2tbsp
20. Basmati rice -2cup
21. Boiling water-3 ¾ cup
22. Salt-to taste

Preparation:

•  Soak the rice in water for just 10 minutes.
• In the pressure cooker  heat of oil and add whole garam masala pieces.
• Add onion in to it and sauté until golden brown in color.
• Add ginger, garlic paste and green chilly in to it.
• When the raw smell goes off; add all the powders one by one mixing well after each addition.
• Add chopped tomatoes in to it.
• When the tomatoes are sauted and mashed well add chicken pieces, coriander leaves, mint leaves and salt.
• Add curd in to it and mix well.
• Cover the lid  (not with whistle )and cook about 15 minutes (or until the chicken gets cooked by its half) in a low-medium flame (open the lid often and stir the chicken often).
• After that add drained rice along with 3 ¾ cup of boiling water, chopped carrots, lemon juice and enough salt in to the chicken masala.
• Mix well, cover the lid of pressure cooker and cooks on medium-high flame for just one whistle (switch off the flame quickly when the whistle comes).
• Open the lid only after the pressure releases completely by itself.
• Give a nice mix and serve it hot along with raitha and pickle.
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