Karachi Chicken Biryani

Ingredients (29)

• 1 kg chicken leg and thigh pieces1000 g
• 2 tbsp ginger paste≈ 32 g
• 2 tbsp garlic paste≈ 32 g
• 1 tbsp red chilli powder≈ 8 g
• 1 tbsp salt≈ 18 g
• 5 large green chilliesn/a
• 0.5 cup yoghurt≈ 123 g
• 1 tbsp whole cumin seeds≈ 6 g
• 1 small nutmegn/a
• 1 small piece of macen/a
• 2 small cinnamon sticks≈ 6 g
• 150 ml oil≈ 138 g
• 500 ,g tomatoes≈ 60000 g
• 3 bay leaves≈ 0.6 g
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds≈ 6 g
• 1 tbsp black peppercorns≈ 7 g
• 2 star anise≈ 2 g
• 2 black cardamom pods≈ 0.5 g
• 1 tsp cloves≈ 2.6 g
• 1 tsp green cardamom pods≈ 2 g
• 1 kg potatoes, peeled and quartered1000 g
• 1 kg 1 basmati rice, soaked for 1 hour1000 g
• 3 tbsp salt≈ 54 g
• 2 bay leaves≈ 0.4 g
• 500 ml warm water≈ 501 g
• 60 g dried apricots60 g
• 1 tsp orange food colouring≈ 4.9 g
• Fresh coriander, mint, and lime slicesn/a
• 0.25 cup ghee mixed with a bit of oil≈ 55 g

uncooked rice 1000 gin all 64059 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of uncooked rice

Grams per 100 g of uncooked rice, and where that falls among all 319 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

• Meat, fish or egg100% · 38th percentile · median 133%
• Yogurt12% · 31st percentile · median 29%
• Onions0% · 3rd percentile · median 59%
• Ghee or oil19% · 67th percentile · median 14%
• Mint and coriander0% · 19th percentile · median 0.7%
• Spices4.2% · 46th percentile · median 4.6%
• Potatoes100% · 89th percentile · median 0%
• Salt7.2% · 94th percentile · median 0%