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Thalassery Chicken Biryani

Malabar or Thalassery

Regi Mathew · scroll.in · 2020

Against 319 biryani recipes

No yogurt, unlike 74% of recipes and no mint and coriander, unlike 62%.

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How it compares

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

  • No yogurt at all, where 74% of recipes use some (most of those 23 to 62% of the uncooked rice weight).
  • No mint and coriander at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 1 to 3.6% of the uncooked rice weight).
Meat, fish or egg: 100%, 38th percentileYogurt: 0%, 13th percentileOnions: 58%, 49th percentileGhee or oil: 16%, 60th percentileMint and coriander: 0%, 19th percentileSpices: 3.5%, 34th percentilePotatoes: 0%, 40th percentileSalt: 0%, 27th percentileMeat, fishor eggYogurtOnionsGheeor oilMint andcorianderSpicesPotatoesSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (26)

  • 1/2 kg Kaima rice500 g
  • 1/2 kg chicken500 g
  • 800 ml water≈ 801 g
  • 4 tbsp refined oil≈ 54 g
  • 2 tbsp ghee≈ 27 g
  • 1 tbsp lime juice≈ 15 g
  • 1 tbsp crushed ginger≈ 6 g
  • 1 tbsp crushed garlic≈ 8 g
  • 2 tsp coriander powder≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 tsp pepper powder≈ 2.3 g
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder≈ 1.5 g
  • 2.5 cups sliced onion≈ 288 g
  • 1/2 cup chopped tomato≈ 90 g
  • 15 cashew nuts, splitn/a
  • 15 raisinsn/a
  • 5 cardamoms≈ 1.3 g
  • 4 clovesn/a
  • 4 green chillies, slitn/a
  • 2 mint stemsn/a
  • 2 coriander stemsn/a
  • 1-inch cinnamon stick≈ 3 g
  • Salt to tasten/a
  • 1 1-inch cinnamon stick≈ 3 g
  • 1/2 piece macen/a
  • 1 tsp fennel≈ 2.1 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the numbers below.

  • 1 onion, sliced, for frying≈ 110 g

uncooked rice 500 gin all 2307 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
  • Yogurt0% · 13th percentile
  • Onions58% · 49th percentile
  • Ghee or oil16% · 60th percentile
  • Mint and coriander0% · 19th percentile
  • Spices3.5% · 34th percentile
  • Potatoes0% · 40th percentile
  • Salt0% · 27th percentile

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