Sindhi biryani one of the most popular and most consumed dishes from the Pakistani cuisine. It is like a levelled-up version of our regular biryani since it is spicier and tastier. Here is how to make it at home.
Ingredients
1 ½ kg chicken
3 onions to fry
4 onions (ground to a paste)
4 green chilies
2 tomatoes (cut into circles)
4 tomatoes (pureed)
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
1 tbsp chopped mint leaves
2 tbsp ginger-garlic (crushed)
1 cup yoghurt
2 potatoes
2 lemons
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp Kashmiri chili powder
1 tsp coriander powder
½ tsp cardamom powder
2 tbsp Sindhi biryani masala
5 cardamom pods
6 cloves
1 small piece of cinnamon
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp ghee
4 tbsp oil
8-9 pepper corns
1 kg basmati rice
Salt as required
Preparation
Wash the rice and soak for at least 15 minutes
Cook the potatoes with some turmeric powder until almost done
Fry the onions and keep them aside
In the same oil, fry the boiled potatoes
Meanwhile, heat 2 tbsp oil in a huge pan
Roast cardamom pods, cloves, cinnamon and pepper corns
Add the onion paste
Sauté well
Add the crushed ginger – garlic
Sauté until the raw smell is gone
Into it add the tomato puree
Sauté until the tomatoes are cooked well and oil begins to separate
Now add the turmeric powder, Kashmiri chili powder, coriander powder, cardamom powder and Sindhi biryani masala
Sauté well
Add salt as required
Add the chicken pieces
Mix well until the chicken pieces are nicely coated in the masala
Add yoghurt and mix
Into it add coriander leaves, mint leaves and fried onions
Cook with the lid on
After some time, add the fried potatoes
The masala is ready
To cook the rice, boil some water with bay leaves, cloves, cardamom pods, cumin seeds and salt
Add the soaked rice
Strain the rice after it has cooked well
Into a cauldron, add a layer of rice first
Add the chicken masala
Now add fried onions, coriander leaves and mint leaves
Repeat the layers
Place the lemon slices, tomatoes, fried onions, orange food colour, chopped coriander leaves, mint leaves and ghee as the top layer
Cook on dum for 20 – 25 minutes
Delicious Sindhi biryani is ready!