Thalassery, a small commercial town in the North Kerala district of Kannur, is famous for its Cuisine especially non vegetarian delicacies. Their world famous Thalassery Chicken Dum Biriyani is a culinary treat, very popularly served for festive and special occasions. This is a special biryani recipe. You will find cooked spicy chicken masala with layered rice, fried onions and whole pot is placed on dum. In traditional “Dum” cooking, the lid is secured to the pan with a dough so that no steam can escape. Hot coal is placed on the lid, and slow cooked with a low flame from below the pan. The soul of Thalassery biriyani lies in the masala. Onions are slow cooked with green chillies, ginger, and garlic. Tomatoes are added to the mix and cooked till they disappear into the mix. Fresh garam masala, turmeric powder and curd is added to it and chicken is slow cooked until soft and juicy. Now we move on to the rice. The dish is traditionally cooked with jeerakashala rice.
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Thalassery Chicken Dum Biriyani
Course : Main dish
Cuisine : Indian
Prep time : 15 minutes
Process time : 20 minutes
Total time : 35 minutes
Ingredients:
Rice - 1 cup
Chicken - 1/4 cup
Onions - 2
Tomato -2
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
Green chilis - 3
Coriander leaves - 1 handful
Cashew nuts - 6
Dried grapes - 10
Curd - 1/2 cup
Cinnamon stick - 1/2 inch
Cloves - 3
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Chili powder - 1 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Water - 1 cup
Safforn water - 2 tsp
Ghee - 2 tsp
Coconut oil- for frying
Instructions:
In a pan add coconut oil, add cashewnuts and dried grapes, fry until brown and keep aside
Now add chopped onions in the same oil and deep fry until dark brown and starin and keep aside
In a pan add water bring to a boil, add cinnamon, cloves and fennel seeds and chopped onion little and boil well
Then add washed riced to it and mix well
Cook the rice until 90% done
Then strain it and keep aside
Now in a deep pan, add ghee, then saute the onions well until soft, add ginger -garlic paste to it and cook
Now add crushed green chili to it and mix
Add chopped tomato and saute until it turns soft
Add curd along with turmeric powder, chili powder and salt and mix well
Now add washed chicken to it and cook them until, chicken are done
Now with the cooked masala, spread the cooked flavored rice as first layer
On top of the rice add fried onions,cashews and grapes, chopped coriander leaves
Again layer the rice, then put fried onions, cashews and grapes, then pour the safforn water
Coveer then and cook in low flame for 1/2 hour
Serve with raitha
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