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Chicken and shrimp biryani

 Thursday, February 26, 2009

It took nearly a week for me to post a recipe ...sorry guys:( Whenever i open my laptop my kid will be the first person to grab it from me.At last i am posting this special recipe .I wanted to try something different from the usual biryani,so i combined both shrimp and chicken ...wow..i assure you guys the taste is really awesome:)Here comes the process...




Ingredients

1.Chicken-1 lb
2.Shrimp-1 LB
3.Onion-1 lb
3.Tomato-3
4.Mint leaves-1/2 cup
5.Coriander leaves-1/2 cup
6.Biryani masala-3 tsb
7.Chilli powder-3 tsb
8.Green chilli-5
9.Bay leaf,cloves,cinnamon-each 2
10.Basmati rice -2
11.Oil
12.GG paste-4 tsb


Procedure
Wash basmati rice and keep it aside.Marinate shrimp with curd and salt for 1 hr.Now in the cooker pan add oil,when hot add clove ,bay leaf and cinnamon.Then comes the diced onion ,saute for a while when turn soft, add gg(ginger/garlic) paste cook till the raw smell goes,then add tomato .Fry till the water comes out.Now add powder masala(biryani masala and chilli powder).Saute till the raw smell goes.Add mint ,coriander and green chilli.The main secret tip is to saute well till the oil oozes out.Finally add the cleaned chicken ,marinated shrimp and rice.For 1 cup of rice add 1 1/2 cup of ware and cook for 3 whistle.Now biryani is ready to serve with onion raitha:)




10 comments:

FH,  February 26, 2009 at 3:53 PM  

Haha!! Kids always rule, huh? :))

Chicken and Shrimp both in one dish, looks fabulous, Love the biryani.

Preety,  February 26, 2009 at 4:32 PM  

biryani looks so delicious..

Priya dharshini,  March 1, 2009 at 10:13 AM  

Ramya..this is one of my favourite..when u going to cook for me?..by the way pls,post the recipe for sambhar sadam and thuvayal i tasted in ur home..

Deepa Hari,  March 1, 2009 at 3:04 PM  

Biryani looks lovely...Great combo dear...never tried them...I am sure it would have tasted great.

Trupti,  March 2, 2009 at 2:50 PM  

Biryani looks very delicious .

amna,  March 2, 2009 at 5:01 PM  

chicken AND shrimp? hehe that's like my dream biryani or something :D

Chutneytales,  March 3, 2009 at 8:35 AM  

Hi thanks for visiting my blog..You have a wonderful blog...By the way briyani is looking delicious :)

Cynthia,  March 4, 2009 at 4:47 PM  

Hey, no need to apologise about the length of time between posts.

Unknown,  March 10, 2009 at 3:09 PM  

Whenever I look at your biryani post at your site started feeling hungry (good medicine). It is fabulous!!

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