Ingredients:
– 2 cups basmati rice, soaked for 30 minutes and drained
– 500g chicken or mutton, cut into pieces
– 1 cup yogurt
– 2 onions, finely sliced
– 2 tomatoes, chopped
– 2 green chilies, slit
– 1/2 cup mint leaves
– 1/2 cup coriander leaves
– 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
– 1 tsp red chili powder
– 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
– 1 tsp biryani masala powder
– 4 cups water
– Salt to taste
– Ghee
– Oil

Recipe:
1. Marinate the chicken or mutton with yogurt, red chili powder, turmeric powder, biryani masala powder, ginger-garlic paste, salt, mint leaves, and coriander leaves for 1 hour.
2. Heat ghee and oil in a deep-bottomed pan, and fry the onions till golden brown. Remove half of the fried onions and set aside.
3. Add the tomatoes and green chilies to the pan and cook until the tomatoes are soft.
4. Add the marinated chicken or mutton to the pan and cook for 10 minutes.
5. Then, add the soaked and drained rice to the pan and mix well.
6. Pour in the water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover, and cook for 20 minutes or until the rice is done and the meat is tender.
7. Garnish with the remaining fried onions and serve hot with raita or salan.

I hope you enjoy making and eating this delicious Coimbatore specialty, “amma kai manam Gilma Biryani.” Let me know in the comments how it turned out for you!

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schezwan sauce recipe : https://youtu.be/cCizzjTw8Ns

Ingredients 1 cup basmati rice Oil – 3 tbsp 4 pods garlic finely chopped 1 onion finely chopped ¼ cup spring onions ¼ cup cabbage finely chopped 1 carrot finely chopped 4 French beans finely chopped ¼ cup green bell pepper finely chopped ¼ cup yellow bell pepper finely chopped ¼ cup Red bell pepper finely chopped 1 tsp vinegar 4 tbsp schezwan sauce or as required

Salt to taste

Method

1. Wash rice and soak for 30 mins. Bring required water to a boil.

2. When the water begins to boil rapidly, then add rice and 1 tsp oil and salt. Cook on a medium high flame.

3. Rice is firm but fully cooked. Make sure rice is not over cooked.

4. When the rice is cooked, drain it to a colander.

5. allow the cooked rice cools completely.

6. Pour oil to a pan. fry garlic till they smell good.

7. Next add onions and spring onion whites and fry until golden.

8. On a high flame, fry cabbage, carrots, beans & capsicum until half cooked yet crunchy.

9. Next add Schezwan sauce, vinegar and salt, cooled rice and spring onion greens.

10. Mix and stir fry schezwan rice for 3 minutes. Taste test and adjust salt and spice if needed.

11. Serve schezwan fried rice hot.

Rated 5.00

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