Guntur Gongura Biryani: A recipe from Andhra Pradesh
This recipe uses, gongura paste, tart tasting edible Kenaf leaf popular in Andhra cuisine
| PREP TIME | 12 h |
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| COOK TIME | 45m |
| SERVES | 4 |
300 gms onions, chopped or 1 ¼ cup
300 gms, tomatoes, chopped or 1 ¼ cup
50 gms ginger garlic paste or 4 tbsp, equal portions
6 gms coriander powder or 1 ½ tsp
10 gms red chili powder or 2 tsp
3 gms turmeric powder or ¼ tsp
40 gms gongura paste or 3 tbsp
100 gms yoghurt or around ½ cup
10 gms salt or 2 tsp (as per taste)
1 gm bay leaves
40 ml corn oil or 1 ½ tbsp
60 ml ghee or clarified butter, 4 tbsp
15 gms coriander stem, chopped
For Chicken Marinade
2 kg chicken, whole
50 gms ginger and garlic paste, equal portions or 4 tbsp
4 gms red chilli powder or 1 tsp
3 gms turmeric powder or ¼ tsp
3 gms amchur powder or dry mango powder
10 gms salt or 2 tsp (as per taste)
20 ml lemon juice or 4 tsp
25 grams gram flour or 2 tbsp
For Butter Rice
800 gms basmati rice or 4 cups
3 gms green cardamom or ¼ tsp
1 gm cloves or ½ tsp
1 gms bay leaves
25 gms caramelised onions or 2 tbsp
10 gms mint leaves or 2 tsp
80 gms butter or 1/3 cup
100 ml cooking cream or a half cup
15 gms salt or 2 ½ tsp (as per taste)
Garnish
5 gms caramelised onions or 1 tbsp [Recipe in method]
3 gms mint leaves or ½ tbsp.
3 gms ginger, julienne or ½ tbsp
Cut whole chicken into 8 pieces and marinate the chicken with ginger and garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, amchur or dry mango powder, gram flour, salt and lemon juice. Keep this overnight in refrigerator.
Heat oil and ghee or clarified butter in a pot or a handi. In it, add bay leaves followed by onions and sauté until translucent. Then, add ginger and garlic paste and sauté for a while. To this add the chopped tomatoes.
Next, add coriander powder, red chilli powder and turmeric powder, followed by gongura paste and chopped coriander stem. Mix well until cooked, and keep aside.
Deep fry the marinated chicken and to this add the gravy and cook for another 10 minutes on low heat and keep aside.
Butter Rice
Wash and soak the rice for 1 hour.
Boil water in a pot along with green cardamom, bay leaves and cloves. Then, add the soaked rice and cook for 5 to 7 minutes and strain.
Melt butter in another pot with cream and 100 ml water, and boil on low heat for 5 minutes to make a mix.
In a pot add half of the rice, butter cream mix, mint leaves and caramelised onions and continue the same process for a second layer.
Cover tightly with a silver foil and cook on low heat for another 5 to 10 minutes.
Final Steps
In a pot, add a layer of butter rice, topped with chicken masala and do the same process 2 more times. Layer it with 30 grams of ghee or clarified butter and steam cook or dum for 3 to 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat and mix gently. Garnish with mint leaves, caramelised onions and ginger julienne.
Serve with raita or yoghurt mix and pickle of your choice.
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