Kovai Chicken Biryani / Coimbatore Style Chicken Biryani

If we arrange any party the special recipe in our menu is Biryani... Biryani is my life time favourite and for my hubby too. I love trying varieties of Biryani. This time I made Coimbatore style Chicken Biryani. Once in our home functions we arranged a catering team for cooking lunch... Those Caterers are Coimbatore Native and they are good in cooking Coimbatore style Chicken Biryani Recipe.. They cooked in our house. That time I got a chance to view the Ingredients used and how they are cooking Chicken Biryani.  I would like to share this yummy Briyani to all my readers... I am sharing the exact method 

Ingredients:

• Chicken pieces with Bones- 250 gms
• Basmathi Rice - 4 cups
• Water - 7 to 8 cups approx
• Big Onion - 1 big size
• Country Tomato / Sour Tomato - 2 medium size
• Coriander leaves Fistful
• Mint Leaves Fistful
• Garam Masala - 2 tsp
• Turmeric Powder - 2 tsp
• Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
• Ghee - 1 tbsp
• Cooking Oil - 4 tbsp
• Salt as per taste

Biryani Spices:

• Bay leaf - 2 
• Cardamom - 1 no
• Mace / Jathibathri - 1/2 spear
• Marati Moggu - 2 nos
• Stone Flower / Kalpasi - 2 nos
• Dried Rose Petals - 4 nos

For Grinding:

• Ginger - 2 tbsp
• Garlic - 1 tbsp
• Green chilly - 2 nos
• Red Chilli - 2 nos
• Cinnamon stick - 1/2 inch
• Clove - 2 nos
• Fennel / Sombu - 1 tbsp
• Coriander powder - 2 tsp

Method:

Grind all the Ingredients listed under ' To Grind '. Keep it aside. Soak the Basmathi rice for 20 mins or less.

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Wash the Chicken pieces and keep ready for cooking. Also be ready with the Briyani spices. Cut the Onions lengthwise, Chop the Tomatoes. Also Chop the Coriander and Mint leaves.

Take a Pressure Cooker add Ghee, Oil and the Biryani Spices one by one. Then add Onion and saute well till golden brown. Then add the grounded spice masala and turmeric, saute well in a low flame. Now add the Tomatoes and saute well till it becomes soft.

• Now its time for adding the Chicken pieces. Saute well in a medium flame for 2 mins. 
• Now add the garam masala, pepper powders and the chopped coriander mint leaves. Saute well till aroma comes.
• Then add Rice and mix well with all the spices and the chicken. 
• Add the required water and salt mix well and wait till bubble comes. 
• After that close it with a lid and leave for 2 whistles in medium flame or according to your rice.
• After the pressure leaves the cooker, open and fluff it smoothly with a fork to mix everything nicely.

Wow! Its looking yummy and mouth watering to taste it immediately...If you feel like me try it out and feel the exact taste of kovai Chicken Biryani Recipe...
You may have sides as Onion raita, Mutton Kuzhambu, Pepper Garlic Chicken etc..

Notes:

If you don't have sour tomatoes you may add lemon extract and yogurt for this Biryani.