Easy Chicken Biryani in Pressure Cooker

Pressure cooker chicken biryani is a simple, flavorful and aromatic dish made with rice, chicken, and a blend of spices and curd. It is a popular and tasty one-pot meal that is relatively quick and easy to prepare using a pressure cooker. Here’s a easy recipe for making pressure cooker chicken biryani.

Chicken biryani is a popular and flavorful rice dish that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It is made with aromatic long-grain basmati rice or jeera samba rice (soaked for 30 minutes), tender chicken, and a blend of spices, thick curd and herbs. There are various regional variations of chicken biryani, each with its own unique flavors and cooking methods.

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Pressure Cooker Chicken Biryani Recipe:

Recipe by AshaCourse: Non VegetarianCuisine: IndianDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

20

minutes

Cooking time

40

minutes

Marinate

30

minutes

Total time

1

hour 

Pressure cooker chicken biryani is a simple, flavorful and aromatic dish made with rice, chicken, and a blend of spices and curd. It is a popular and tasty one-pot meal that is relatively quick and easy to prepare using a pressure cooker. Here’s a easy recipe for making pressure cooker chicken biryani.

Ingredients

• 1/2 Kg Chicken

• 2 cups or 400 grams Jeera Samba rice or Basmati rice.

• 1/4 cup Oil

• 1 tbsp. Ghee

• 2 Bay Leaf

• 2 Cardamom pods

• 2 Inch Cinnamon stick

• 4 Cloves

• 1 tsp Fennel seeds

• 1 Star Anise

• 2 Onions sliced

• 2 Tomatoes chopped

• 1/4 cup Freshly chopped coriander leaves

• 1/4 cup Freshly chopped mint leaves

• 5 cups Water

• Salt to taste

• 1 tbsp. Lemon juice

• Marinate:

• 1/2 kg Chicken

• 2 tbsp. Ginger and garlic paste

• 4 Green Chilies (add as per requirement)

• 1 tsp Kashmiri chili powder

• 1/2 tsp Red chili powder

• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

• 1 tsp Coriander powder

• 1 tsp Garam masala or biryani masala

• 1/4 cup Thick curd

• 1 tsp Salt

Directions

• Firstly to marinate: Take a mixing bowl and add in cleaned fresh chicken, ginger, garlic and green chili paste.
• Then add in red chili powder, kashmiri chili powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder.
• Thick curd and salt to taste.
• Give a mix and allow it to marinate for 30 to 60 minutes.
• Heat pressure cooker and add in oil, fennel seeds, bay leaf, cloves, star anise, cinnamon stick and cardamom.
• Sliced onions. Sauté till the onions are fried till slightly brown.
• Later add in chopped tomato. Sauté till the tomatoes are softly cooked.
• Further, add in marinated chicken and give a mix.
• Add in soaked Jeera samba rice or basmati rice.
• Add in required water and salt to taste.
• Then add in freshly chopped coriander and mint leaves.
• 1 to 2 tbsp. of ghee.
• Allow it boil. Check salt and spice at this stage. If required add in. Later squeeze 1 tbsp. lemon juice.
• Then close the lid and pressure cook it for 2 whistles.
• Finally, Pressure Cooker Chicken Biryani is ready to serve.

Recipe Video

Notes

• Instead of chicken you can also use mutton, eggs too.

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