Kukul-Mas Buriyani (Chicken Biryani)

Sri Lankan chicken biryani — chicken simmered with onions, tomatoes, curry leaves, and warming spices, then steamed with long-grain rice.

Kukul-Mas Buriyani (Chicken Biryani) prepared as a finished dish
Cook
1 hr
Total
1 hr
Yield
4 servings
Difficulty
Intermediate
Cuisine
Sri-Lankan
Protein
Chicken

Ingredients

Original recipe

Instructions

  1. 1

    Method Heat the oil in a large pan and gently fry the onion till golden brown. Add the green peas, raisins and fry for another minute. Remove from the pan and set aside. Reduce the heat and add the chllie powder, curry powder, curry leaves, garlic and ginger for 3-4 minutes. Add the meat, balck peper and saute for about 8-10 mins. Add the chopped tomatoes, cloves, cinnamon, cardamoms, turmeric and salt and saute for 2 minutes. Add about 1 1/2 cup of water, cover and cook until the meat is almost cooked. Remove about 1/2 cup of the gravy and add more salt if needed and set aside. Add the rice to the pan and add sufficient water to cook the rice and simmer covered, on a very low fame for about 15-20 minutes until the rice is cooked. If you are using a rice cooker the transfer the meat to the rice cooker, add the rice and sufficient water and cook according to directions. Garnish with the fried onions, peas and raisins. Serve hot with the gravy.

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