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Kolkata Chicken Biryani

Kolkata

Chef Kunal Kapur · chefkunalkapur.com · 2021 · 4 Servings

Against 319 biryani recipes

More ghee or oil than 95% of recipes and more potatoes than 97%.

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How it compares

Against the typical pot: the median of 319 biryani recipes, per 100 g of uncooked rice.

  • More ghee or oil than 95% of recipes: 49% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 14%, about 3.5 times as much.
  • More potatoes than 97% of recipes: 192% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • More salt than 96% of recipes: 9.7% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • More yogurt than 82% of recipes: 66% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 29%, about 2.5 times as much.
Meat, fish or egg: 216%, 82nd percentileYogurt: 66%, 85th percentileOnions: 41%, 33rd percentileGhee or oil: 49%, 96th percentileMint and coriander: 0%, 19th percentileSpices: 8.5%, 85th percentilePotatoes: 192%, 97th percentileSalt: 9.7%, 97th percentileMeat, fishor eggYogurtOnionsGheeor oilMint andcorianderSpicesPotatoesSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (46)

  • Potatoes (medium): 5nos≈ 1065 g
  • Salt: a generous pinchn/a
  • Oil: to shallow fryn/a
  • Turmeric: a pinchn/a
  • Cardamom: 25nos≈ 6 g
  • Cloves: 25nosn/a
  • Cinnamon: dalchini) (1”) - 4nosn/a
  • Kebabchini: (all spice) - 20nosn/a
  • Shahi jeera: Caraway seeds - 1 tbsp≈ 6 g
  • Mace: (Javitri) - 3nosn/a
  • Nutmeg: (jaiphal) - ¼ non/a
  • White pepper: (optional) - 10nosn/a
  • Chicken: 1kg1000 g
  • Salt: to tasten/a
  • Ginger paste: ½ tbsp≈ 8 g
  • Garlic paste: 1tbsp≈ 16 g
  • Chilli powder: 1½ tsp≈ 4.1 g
  • Saffron: (dissolved) - 3tbsp≈ 6 g
  • Kewra water: 1tbsp≈ 15 g
  • Rose water: 1tbsp≈ 15 g
  • Bayleaf: 4nosn/a
  • Kolkata Biryani Masala: 2tbsp≈ 15 g
  • White pepper powder: ½ tsp≈ 1.2 g
  • Curd: 1½ cups≈ 368 g
  • Boiled Eggs: 4nos≈ 200 g
  • Desi Ghee: 1 tbsp≈ 14 g
  • Oil: 1cup≈ 218 g
  • Onion sliced: 2cups≈ 230 g
  • Fried onion oiln/a
  • Water: 3 ltsn/a
  • Salt: 3tbsp≈ 54 g
  • Basmati rice (soaked): 3cups≈ 555 g
  • Cardamom: handfuln/a
  • Cloves: handfuln/a
  • Bayleaf: 2nosn/a
  • Fried onion oil: 3-4tbsp≈ 12 g
  • Kolkata Biryani Masala: 1 tsp≈ 2.5 g
  • Fried onions: handfuln/a
  • Ittar: Leftover rice water - ½ cup≈ 79 g
  • Milk: ¼ cup≈ 61 g
  • Saffron: 3tbsp≈ 6 g
  • Kewra water: 2tbsp≈ 30 g
  • Rose water: 1 tbsp≈ 15 g
  • Ittar: 1drop≈ 0.4 g
  • Desi Ghee: 2tbsp≈ 27 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the numbers below.

  • Dough: for sealingn/a

uncooked rice 555 gin all 4028 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 egg216% · 82nd percentile
  • Yogurt66% · 85th percentile
  • Onions41% · 33rd percentile
  • Ghee or oil49% · 96th percentile
  • Mint and coriander0% · 19th percentile
  • Spices8.5% · 85th percentile
  • Potatoes192% · 97th percentile
  • Salt9.7% · 97th percentile

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