Sunday, December 12, 2010

Chicken White Briyani/Kozhi Vella Briyani

I never prepared briyanis without tomatoes and i cant even imagine this, my H asks me rarely to make briyanis, unfortunately he asked me to make some briyani today but wat to do coz of  my laziness i have completely forgetten to buy tomatoes from farmer's market yesterday finally i went for making chicken briyani without tomatoes and prepared this white briyani, the final result was amazing and i have completely skipped the food colour and turmeric powder which tends to give some colour to this white briyani, tastewise they tastes excellent and delicious as like the briyani and coconut milk rice we usually make at home..We love it and enjoyed with carrot raita and boiled eggs..Now i know wat to make if i dont have tomatoes at home..

Chicken vella briyani


2cups Basmati rice
3cups Coconut milk
1/2kg Chicken (chopped as medium size pieces)
3nos Onions (chopped lengthwise)
1tsp Ginger-garlic paste
2nos Whole spices (bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon stick, cardamom)
1cup Mint leaves (chopped)
Oil
Salt

For Marination:
1/2cup Yogurt
1/2tsp Green chilly paste
1/2tsp Ginger garlic paste
1tsp Garam masala powder
Salt

For Masala Paste:
15nos Shallots
3nos Green chillies
1tsp Fennel seeds
1tsp Coriander seeds

Marinate the chicken pieces with ginger garlic paste, green chilly paste,garam masala powder, salt and yogurt and let them sit for an hour..meanwhile grind all the ingredients given in the list 'for masala paste' with enough water as thick paste...Soak the rice for 15 minutes, drain the water..fry the rice with a few drops of oil until they get a shiny texture, keep aside..

Heat enough oil in a heavy bottomed vessel, fry the whole spices until brown, now add the chopped onions, ginger garlic paste with salt, saute until the raw smell goes away..now add the grounded masala paste,chopped mint leaves and marinated chicken pieces, saute for few minutes...now add the coconut milk, bring everything to boil...Finally add the already prepared rice, cook in medium flame for few minutes and put the flame in simmer,close the vessel with a lid ,cook until the rice gets well cooked..

Serve hot with any sort of raita..

36 comments:

Torviewtoronto said... Reply To This Comment

aromatic delicious biryani

Rumana Rawat said... Reply To This Comment

This looks YUMMY:)

Madhu said... Reply To This Comment

Priya, Biryani looks super!

divya said... Reply To This Comment

looks very tempting ....

♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ said... Reply To This Comment

Oh i dont mind a biryani with out tomatoes at all ,infact love it!
Looks so delicious!

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

yummy!!nice and different one using coconut milk

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

priya u r a legend in doing wat we have at home......

Nisa Homey said... Reply To This Comment

Wow!!must try this for xmas.

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Very tasty looking chicken biryani.Love the color.

Suji said... Reply To This Comment

Flavorful and yummy biriyani...

Simply Life said... Reply To This Comment

Oh this looks great!

Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said... Reply To This Comment

flavorful biryani..simply decadent...u r making me hungry early morning...

Saraswathi Ganeshan said... Reply To This Comment

Sounds Great & yummy biriyani....

JishasKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so yummyyy....

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delicious Priya.

Shanavi said... Reply To This Comment

ahaa, percet perfect !!! and authentic ... Yummylicious dear....

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

yum yum n delicious chicken briyani..

Kavita Srivastava said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy Yummy ...

Dori said... Reply To This Comment

Wow, please share! Sounds amazing!

Pushpa said... Reply To This Comment

Fabulous chicken biryani Priya.

Krishnaveni said... Reply To This Comment

superb biryani, yummy

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Oh so so delicious and mouthwatering biriyani

Mary Bergfeld said... Reply To This Comment

This sounds fantastically good. It is a dish that my family would enjoy. I hope you are having a great weekend. Blessings...Mary

Satrupa said... Reply To This Comment

Oh looks Delicious ......Droolzzzzz

Ushnish Ghosh said... Reply To This Comment

Dear priya
Awesome recipe, it can only come from you!! You will make me eat Chicken Biriyani!!! I like the use of coconut milk and Fennel combo..I can get the aroma ..very new for me. Book marking it.
Have a nice week

Akila said... Reply To This Comment

mouthwatering briyani dear....

Ganga Sreekanth said... Reply To This Comment

white biriyani superb Priya...

Love2cook Malaysia said... Reply To This Comment

WOW WOW!!! Such an inviting chicken briyani!!! :D

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Mrs K said... Reply To This Comment

The biryani looks and sounds so delicious,the sound of no tomatoes grabbed my attention,because for me biryani is always without tomatos,so I read on-I learnt about 2 amazing ingredients,coconut milk and fennel powder,now white biryani is BOOKMARKED:)!!!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

looks delish!....lovely and ready to eat!

notyet100 said... Reply To This Comment

can imagine the taste looks so yum..

PreeOccupied said... Reply To This Comment

Such a great easy recipe of chicken biryani, Priya.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

AH this is new, like the addition of fennel seed there, bet it tasted great :)

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

Look like pulao- but taste like biryani, should be tasty!

Jaya M said... Reply To This Comment

Priya,
That is one amazing recipe, love the texture of white chicken..tried your cornmeal kesari in M/W ..was really soo good..thanks for sharing ..hugs and smiles