Lucknowi chicken dum biryani. How to make awdhi( Lucknowi ) style chicken dum biryani, a special Unique and very Delicious chicken dum biryani , step by step complete biryani Recipe,. This Lucknowi biryani recipe is a generic one that can be used to make either a chicken or mutton biryani. Awadhi biryani is different from the Hyderabadi biryani in terms of taste and flavors.

Biryani is made in different styles in different states of India. There can be nothing as filling as a pot full of Biryani. One such amazing version comes from the land of Awadh and is commonly known as Lucknowi Biryani. You can cook Lucknowi chicken dum biryani using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lucknowi chicken dum biryani

You need 500 gm of Chicken.
Prepare 500 gm of Basmati rice.
Prepare 2+2tsp of ginger garlic paste.
It's 2 of big onions.
It's 10 of cloves.
You need 20 of cardamom.
It's 1/4 of Nutmeg.
Prepare 5 gm of Javitri.
It's 4 of cinnamon sticks.
You need 4 of bay leaves.
Prepare 1 tsp of red chili powder.
You need 2 tsp of kewra.
It's 1/2 tsp of meetha itr.
Prepare 2 tsp of Lemon juice.
It's 150 g of Oil.
Prepare of Saffron or yellow and saffron food colour.
Prepare 1/2 cup of Milk.
It's of Salt.

Chicken biryani - Lucknowi style, just yummy. Take out the chicken pieces and retain the stock to cook the rice. For the masala grind the remaining onions, ginger and garlic with cumin seeds, nutmeg, cloves, green cardamoms and black cardamoms. This chicken biryani recipe is straight from the streets of Lucknow.

Lucknowi chicken dum biryani instructions

Wash rice and Soak in water about 1/2 hour. Dry roast all the spices (except chilli) and make a fine paste. Chop onions.
In a kadhai heatup the oil and put chopped onion in it, when onions turn light brown put 4 cloves 4 cardamom and 2 bay leaves into it after a while put in the chicken and stir. Add ginger garlic paste stir for a minute then add chilli powder and salt.Keep cooking it about 5 minutes on low to medium flame. Add warm milk Then add kewra and meetha itr..
In a big bhagona take about 3 liter water add 2 cloves 2 caramom a cinnamon stick two bay leaves and salt. Boil it. Drain the water from the soaked rice and put them into the boiling water and stir. Cook rice about 70% and then strain them properly. Add cooked chicken in rice as layers. First some rice then chicken and then again rice. Mix the color separately in milk or water and spread it on the rice with the help of spoon. Spread lemon juice on the top..
Cover it with the lid and put some thing heavy upon it. Keep it on the low flame for 15 minutes. Chicken dum biryani is ready. Mix it before serve. Serve it with raita..

I have a friend from there who is an amazing cook ( and a professional chef) and he swears by this recipe. Lucknowis do not use ground masalas, the whole garam masalas used is the secret to the flavors in this dish. In another pan, layer the biryani. Add rice, chicken and then top it off with rice. Add in the chicken gravy on top.