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BUTTER CHICKEN BIRYANI

INGREDIENTS FOR MARINATION 

  • 750 gms chicken ( with bone) 

  • 1 tsp SHILPA'S MASALA MILL KASHMIRI CHILLI POWDER 

  • little turmeric 

  • ½ tsp SHILPAS MASALA MILL GARAM MASALA

  •  1 tsp SHILPA'S MASALA MILL TANDOORI MASALA

  •  1 tbsp ginger garlic paste 

  • 1 tsp ghee 

  • 1 tsp lemon juice 

  • 2-3 tbsp hung curd

  • 1 tbsp mustard oil 

INSTRUCTIONS 

  • mix all ingredients with the chicken well

  • Keep aside for at least an hour 

  • Pan fry the chicken on med-high to cook and get a charred look

INGREDIENTS FOR GRAVY 

  • 2 tbsp butter 

  • 1 tbsp oil 

  • 1 onion puréed 

  • 2 tomatoes puréed 

  • Tomato paste 

  • Milk 

  • 2 tbsp SHILPA'S MASALA MILL SPICE MIX FOR BUTTER CHICKEN 

  •  1 tbsp Kasuri methi 

  • 1 tsp SHILPAS MASALA  MILL GARAM MASALA 

  • ½ tsp SHILPAS MASALA MILL BIRYANI MASALA 

  • ½ cup cream 

  • Honey 

  • ½-1 cup fried onions 

  • Few mint leaves 

  • Coriander leaves 

  • Saffron dissolved in milk 

  • food color( optional)

OTHER INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ½  cups basmati rice, washed, soaked and cooked 70-80% and drained, ready to use for later 

LET US MAKE THE BIRYANI 

  • Heat butter and oil in a deep pot /kadhai 

  • Add onion purée and sauté till golden brown 

  • Add tomato purée and tomato paste

Fry until oil separates on surface 

  • Add the butter chicken spice powder dissolved in milk 

  • Simmer the mixture until oil separates 

  • Add cooked chicken pieces

Add cream and simmer 

  • Check the taste and add salt if needed 

  • Add kasuri methi ,honey and garam masala 

  • Your gravy is ready 

  • Add a layer of fried onions and sprinkle biryani masala on it

Now add the 70% cooked rice

Top off with fried onions, mint leaves, coriander leaves 

  • Sprinkle biryani masala 

  • Add littke ghee or butter 

  • Give DUM for 15-20 minutes on low flame

That’s it, your super delicious Butter Chicken Biryani is ready 

  • Enjoy with papad, raita

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