Delicious Chettinad Chicken Biryani Recipe

Ingredients (25)

• 2 tbsp coconut oil≈ 27 g
• 1 tbsp ghee≈ 14 g
• 2 bay leaves≈ 0.4 g
• 2-3 pods green cardamoms≈ 0.6 g
• 2 pods black cardamoms≈ 0.5 g
• 1 inch cinnamon stick≈ 3 g
• 1 pod star anise≈ 1 g
• 1 tsp fennel seeds≈ 2.1 g
• A few curry leavesn/a
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped≈ 110 g
• 2 green chillies, coursely choppedn/a
• 2 tsp ginger garlic paste≈ 11 g
• 1 medium tomato, sliced≈ 120 g
• 1 tsp red chilli powder≈ 2.7 g
• 1 tsp turmeric powder≈ 3 g
• 1 tsp coriander powder≈ 2.1 g
• 1 tsp garam masala≈ 2.5 g
• 3 tsp salt≈ 18 g
• 2.2 lbs or 1 kg chicken pieces (marinated with lemon juice)1000 g
• 2.5 cups or 500g seeraga samba rice or basmati rice500 g
• 2 cups of water for soaking the rice≈ 370 g
• 2 cups of coconut milk≈ 480 g
• A handful of coriander leaves, finely choppedn/a
• A handful of mint leaves, finely choppedn/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the numbers below.

• 4 cups of water for cooking the rice≈ 740 g

uncooked rice 500 gin all 2667 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 egg200% · 78th percentile · median 133%
• Yogurt0% · 13th percentile · median 29%
• Onions22% · 13th percentile · median 59%
• Ghee or oil8.2% · 27th percentile · median 14%
• Mint and coriander0% · 19th percentile · median 0.7%
• Spices3.6% · 35th percentile · median 4.6%
• Potatoes0% · 40th percentile · median 0%
• Salt3.6% · 84th percentile · median 0%