Kamrupi Biryani Recipe

Ingredients

• Rice 3 cups long grain, non-stick
• Green peas 100-200 grams
• Yellow turmeric powder 1/2 t.
• Green cardamon 6-8
• Whole cashews 20
• Black cardamon 4
• Garlic 2 whole flower
• Whole cloves 10-15
• Ginger 4 inch piece
• Chicken 4 breasts
• Green coriander 1 bunch
• Oil? for vegetable cooking
• One onion (big)
• Eggplant 5
• Small broccoli 1 small head
• Potato 4
• Parboiled onion 1 large, sliced lengthwise

Preparation

Preparation of ingredients:

• Take the bunch of green coriander; -cut into half lengthwise
• -one half from root cut into one inch pieces
• -other half cut into one and a half pieces
• -do not mix the two.

• Take the ginger; use a mortar and pestle to mash
• Take the garlic; use a mortar and pestle to mash
• Smash green (4) and black (2) cardamom together
• Cut the onion into long size

• Fry 100-200 grams peas in little oil

Cook the rice in two portions:
Portion A

• 3/4 as plain white rice;
• Add a little oil (1-2 t. oil)
• Add the green (4) and black (2) cardanoms (smash green and black cardanoms)
• Add whole cashews (after separating the halves)
• Add water as appropriate, then flame on
• Take the cooked rice off to a plate

Portion B

• 1/4 as yellow rice;
• Add a little oil (1 t. oil)
• Add 4 whole cloves
• Add water as appropriate
• Add the 1/4 t. yellow turmeric
• Take the cooked rice off to a plate

After the portions are done, mix the two? and divide into two portions (1/4 and 3/4).? Keep aside.
Preparation of vegetables:

• Eggplant and small head broccoli; cut into bite sized portions
• choose medium size potato;wash and cut into bite size, boil and peel the skin (or peal before boil)
• Take some oil in a frying pan , warm up the oil, put the onion slices, five whole cloves, put half of the lower end of chopped coriander, put 1/4 of ginger paste, 1/2 of garlic paste, 1/2 of cardamom powder and fry for a while. Add the eggplant and broccoli. Stir and cover until done.
• Remove from heat.
• Fry the potatoes in some oil and add to the above mixture and stir carefully. Cover for a minute or so on a low flame.

Preparation of Kamrupi Biryani:

Choose skin chicken;
-burn the skin (light) over flame (important)
-now cut the chicken into 2 inch pieces
-take half of ginger paste, half of garlic paste and half of cardamom powder to coat (or mix) the chicken
-put oil in a frying pan (large) and warm up
-put 1/4 onion and half of? lower end of chopped coriander in oil and fry until reddish-yellow
-put coated chicken, put five whole cloves, fry accordingly (need to cover to cook well) at relatively low flame (important); add salt accordingly before covering
-chicken is about to be done, just before 2-3 minutes or so, add 1/4 of ginger paste, the upper end of chopped coriander, and fried peas.
-low flame and put 3/4 rice on chicken and mix
-cover for a while (this is Kamrupi biryani, ready to serve).