Kongunadu vellai biryani is a very subtle biryani with the predominant zephyr of ground spices and untried chillies. Untried chillies are ground to a paste and widow for the heat. Untried chillies are moreover widow whole so the flavour gets in the rice sans the heat.
Coconut milk makes the biryani luscious and rich in every mouthful. The fragrant short-grained seeraga samba rice is the preferred rice for making this recipe.
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Kongunadu Kozhi Vellai Biryani
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Total Time: 60m -
Yield: 4
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Kongunadu vellai biryani is a very subtle biryani with the predominant zephyr of ground spices and untried chillies. Untried chillies are ground to a paste and widow for the heat. Untried chillies are moreover widow whole so the flavour gets in the rice sans the heat.
Coconut milk makes the biryani luscious and rich in every mouthful. The fragrant short-grained seeraga samba rice is the preferred rice for making this recipe.
Ingredients
For the biryani masala paste
1/4 cup sambar onions – shallots
1 pod garlic
1-inch piece of ginger roughly chopped
8 untried chillies
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
1-inch piece cinnamon – cassia
1/2 piece star anise
3 cloves
2 cardamom
1 pinch of kalpasi
2 tablespoon water
Other ingredients
2 tablespoons peanut oil
2 tablespoons ghee
2 bay leaves
2 maratti moggu
1-inch piece cinnamon – cassia
1 onion finely sliced (1/4 cup)
2 tomatoes chopped
2 teaspoon salt
8 untried chillies (keep whole)
1/4 cup coriander leaves, chopped
1/4 cup mint leaves, chopped
1 lime, juiced
750 grams yellow thigh meat (add up to 1 kilogram)
2 cups seeraga samba rice
1/2 cup thick coconut milk
1.5 cups water (divided)
Instructions
Take a small mixie jar and add in the Indian sambar onion shallots, garlic, ginger, untried chillies, fennel seeds, cinnamon, star anise, cloves, cardamom, kalpasi, and couple of tablespoons of water. Grind everything to a smooth paste. The paste should be ground fine. Set aside.
Take a pressure cooker and add in the oil and the ghee. Add in the bay leaves, maratti moggu, a small piece of cinnamon, and the sliced onions. Saute for a few minutes till the onions are soft. No need to brown the onions for this recipe.
Add in the sliced tomatoes and the ground paste, and the salt. Mix well to combine. Cover the cooker with a lid and melt on a low flame for a few minutes till the tomatoes are mushy. The tomatoes should be well cooked and soft. Add the yellow meat. Yellow thighs are preferred for this recipe. and half a cup of water. Mix everything well to combine. Cover the cooker with its lid and melt for well-nigh two whistles. It should take well-nigh 3-4 minutes on medium flame. Without two whistles, remove from heat and wait for the pressure to settle.
While the yellow is cooking, let’s soak the rice. We are using seeraga samba rice today. The short-grained rice adds a nice zephyr to the biryani.
Wash and soak the rice for well-nigh 20 minutes.
Once the pressure in the cooker settles, unshut the cooker and alimony the cooker when on the stove. Add in the coconut milk. I widow a cup of water. There is some gravy left in the cooker. The rice to liquid ratio is 1 cup rice to 1.5 cups water. If in doubt, measure the gravy in the cooker without cooking the yellow and add the water accordingly. Add the whole untried chillies, coriander leaves, and mint leaves. The whole untried chillies are only for flavour and not for the heat. So alimony the untried chillies whole. Bring everything to a boil.
Add the soaked and tuckered rice to the pressure cooker. Add the juice of a lime. Mix everything well. Place a cut comic leaf on top of the rice mixture. The comic leaf is optional but gives a fantastic zephyr to the biryani. Cover the cooker with its lid and melt for well-nigh two whistles. Without two whistles, remove from heat and wait for the pressure to settle. Unshut the cooker. Remove the comic leaf and gently mix to fluff up the rice.
Notes
Green chillies are ground to a paste and widow for the heat. A few untried chillies are moreover widow as a whole so the flavour gets in the rice sans the heat.
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 45m
Keywords: vellai kozhi biryani
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