{"id":651,"slug":"chicken-biryani","title":"Chicken Biryani","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["2 cups rice (preferably Basmati)","500 g (1 lb) chicken","6 tablespoons oil","300 ml (10 oz) yoghurt","3 cloves of garlic, crushed and chopped","1.5 cm ginger, peeled and sliced","5 large onions, chopped","½ cup tomatoes, puréed","2 chiles, chopped","1 teaspoon turmeric powder","5–6 strands saffron","8 cloves","10 cm (4 inches) cinnamon stick","5 black pepper corns","8 cardamom pods","1 teaspoon cumin","Salt to taste"],"ingredients_norm":["rice","chicken","oil","yoghurt","garlic","ginger","onion","tomatoes pureed","chili","turmeric powder","strands saffron","clove","cinnamon stick","black pepper corn","cardamom pod","cumin","salt"],"steps":["Cook soaked and washed rice.","Marinate the chicken in lemon juice, yoghurt, ginger, garlic, salt, turmeric powder, cumin powder, cloves, chillis, chopped tomatoes, and tomato purée.","Heat oil in a pan, add onions, and cook until onions turn golden brown. Add these to the chicken.","Grease a heavy-bottomed deep and wide mouthed pan. Add a layer of rice. Put in the chicken mixture, top with the rest of the rice, and put the saffron on top.","Bake in the oven for 1–1½ hours at 150°C (300°F); cut into a piece of chicken to see if it is cooked.","Serve the biryani with yoghurt on the side."],"categories":["Rice recipes","Recipes using rice","Recipes using chicken","Recipes using yogurt","Recipes using cumin","Indian recipes","Baked recipes","Main course recipes","Recipes for biryani","Recipes using cardamom","Recipes using chile","Recipes using cinnamon stick","Recipes using garlic","Recipes using fresh ginger"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":"2","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chicken_Biryani","source_ref":"4517373","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Chicken_Biryani&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"f0c79e09ba7c19f840a6fed8c668a17f93558d85693db75a01a40c2efae5903e","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:58Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:58Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/chicken-biryani"}