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Chicken Biryani

Chicken

Himashi · nigella.com · Serves: 4

Against 319 biryani recipes

More onions than 98% of recipes and more salt than 84%.

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How it compares

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

  • More onions than 98% of recipes: 203% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 59%, about 3.5 times as much.
  • More salt than 84% of recipes: 3.8% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • More spices than 80% of recipes: 7.6% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 4.6%.
Meat, fish or egg: 154%, 62nd percentileYogurt: 27%, 48th percentileOnions: 203%, 99th percentileGhee or oil: 8.3%, 28th percentileMint and coriander: 0.1%, 40th percentileSpices: 7.6%, 81st percentilePotatoes: 0%, 40th percentileSalt: 3.8%, 85th percentileMeat, fishor eggYogurtOnionsGheeor oilMint andcorianderSpicesPotatoesSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (29)

  • 625 millilitres basmati rice≈ 489 g
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric≈ 1.5 g
  • 4 clovesn/a
  • 3 sticks cinnamon sticks≈ 9 g
  • 4 cardamom pods≈ 1 g
  • water (as required)n/a
  • 1 tablespoon salt≈ 18 g
  • 12 fine green beans (cut into one inch length)n/a
  • 3 carrots (cut into one inch length)≈ 183 g
  • 1 pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
  • 750 grams chicken750 g
  • 6 onions (vertically chopped)≈ 660 g
  • 3 green chillies (vertically chopped)n/a
  • 1 tablespoon ginger and garlic paste≈ 16 g
  • 1 large tomato (vertically chopped)≈ 120 g
  • 125 millilitres curd≈ 129 g
  • ½ tablespoon chilli powder≈ 4 g
  • ½ tablespoon fresh coriander≈ 0.5 g
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric≈ 1.5 g
  • ½ tablespoon black pepper≈ 3.5 g
  • ½ tablespoon garam masala≈ 3.8 g
  • 3 tablespoons butter / ghee≈ 41 g
  • 3 onions (finely vertically chopped)≈ 330 g
  • 10 cashew nutsn/a
  • 15 grapes (dried)n/a
  • 6 clovesn/a
  • 4 sticks cinnamon sticks≈ 12 g
  • 4 cardamom pods≈ 1 g
  • oil (as required)n/a

uncooked rice 489 gin all 2774 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 egg154% · 62nd percentile
  • Yogurt27% · 48th percentile
  • Onions203% · 99th percentile
  • Ghee or oil8.3% · 28th percentile
  • Mint and coriander0.1% · 40th percentile
  • Spices7.6% · 81st percentile
  • Potatoes0% · 40th percentile
  • Salt3.8% · 85th percentile

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