Bawarchi recipe for 6 people

This is Bawarchi's recipe curated for 6 people by Suchen..

First things

• Soak the chicken in salt water
• Soak the rice (5 to 6 cups of extra long basmati for 6 people - without heap)
• Boil 3 eggs for last step..

Chicken Marination..

Take a big cooking bowl and add the below...

• Chicken (3 legs, 3 thighs) - 2 Pieces for person
• Ginger garlic paste - 3 full spoons
• Red Chilli Powder - 1 to 2 full spoons
• Green Chilli paste - 1 to 2 full spoons (~ 4 to 5 chilies)
• Turmeric - 1/4 spoon
• Garam masala - 1 full spoon
• Coriander powder - 1 full spoon
• Cardamom powder - 1 small spoon
• Chopped onions - 2 full spoons
• Coriander and mint leaves
• Saffron
• Salt
• Biryani spices
• Cardamom powder - 1 small spoon
• Cloves - 3
• Cinnamon  - 2 pieces
• Shah Jeera - 1 small spoon
• Star Anise - 1

------    mix well at this step and wait for 10 to 20 mins  ------

• Yoghurt - 4 to 5 full spoons
• Fried onions - 4 to 5 full spoons
• Oil - 4 to 5 full spoons
• Lemon Juice - 1 big lemon

------    mix well   ------

• Add 1/2 cup of water and mix

------    Check: Taste the mixture to make sure its as expected  ------

• You should first feel lemon, next salt, next hot chilli spicy taste must remain on the tongue at the end..

Flavoring the Rice..

• Boil the water
• Salt
• Coriander and mint leaves
• Biryani spices
• Cardamom powder - 1 small spoon
• Cloves - 3
• Cinnamon - 2 pieces
• Shah Jeera - 1 small spoon
• Star Anise - 1
• Bay leaf - 1

--------  Let it bubble on high flame  ---------

• Add the soaked rice

Layering on Chicken..

• When its 50% done, Add a layer of rice on chicken (take almost half of the rice)
• When its 70% cooked, Add another layer of rice.
• When its fully done, Add another layer with the remaining rice..

Cook and Dum..

• Take a cup of the boiled water..
• Add ghee
• Yellow food color or Saffron or little turmeric
• Pour the water on the rice
• Sprinkle Fried onions
• Sprinkle garam masala powder 
• Sprinkle Kewra water
• Cover it and cook..
• High flame - 10 mins (induction 6.5)
• Medium flame - 30 mins (induction 5)
• Low flame - 10 mins (4.5)
• Turn off the flame / keep very low flame - 20 mins

--------  Last things after cooking, open the lid  ---------

• Sprinkle Ghee - 1 to 2 full spoon
• Add 3 boiled cut into halves..
• Garnish with coriander and mint leaves..

Done.

Easy Chicken Dum Biryani Recipe in 5 Steps

Below recipe is for 5 persons.

Step 1 - Get all the required ingredients.

• Good quality Basmati Rice - long grain. (5 cups / 5 people equivalent )
• Chicken washed - 6 leg pieces + 1 full chicken breast piece
• Butter / Ghee.

Ingredients for chicken marination:

• Garam masala raw smashed. (12 Cardamom, 2 Cinnamon, 3 small star anise, 10 black pepper, 8 cloves, 2 Bay leaf, ) -  Use 75% of this mixture for chicken marination and remaining 25% while boiling rice.
• Ginger garlic paste  - 5 little spoons.
• Turmeric powder - half a little spoon.
• Hot and Spicy Chilli powder -  8 little spoons.
• Coriander powder - 6 little spoons.
• Garam masala powder - 3 little spoons.
• Biryani Masala - 4 little spoons.
• Shah Jeera - 1 and half little spoon.
• Salt - 3 little spoons
• 6 Green chilli - cut into halves.
• Oil - 8 big spoons.
• Curd - 5 big spoons.
• Lemon juice - 1 lemon.
• Mint leaves.
• Coriander leaves.
• Fried Onions - 7 big spoons.

Scroll to the bottom for the pictures of spoons used for measurements

Step 2 - Marinate the chicken

• Marinate the Chicken with all the above ingredients and mix it very well using hands for 5 minutes and leave it for minimum 30 mins.

Step 3 - Soak and boil the rice

• Add 5 cups of rice and soak it for about 20. (assuming 1 cup = 1 person)
• Take 12 to 15 cups of water and keep it on stove on high flame.
• Add 3 spoons of salt.
• Add remaining 25% of smashed raw garam masala mixture.
• Add 1 little spoon of butter / ghee.
• Add 1 little spoon of shah jeera.
• Add the soaked rice and cook it on high flame until it is 70% boiled.
• Drain the water.

Step 4 - Dum preparation

• Take a large cooking bowl with lid or pressure cooker.
• Apply butter / ghee to the walls of the bowl.
• Add the marinated chicken.
• Add a layer of rice.
• Add a layer of fried onions, mint leaves, coriander leaves, half a lemon juice.
• Add another layer of remaining rice.
• Add another layer of fried onions, mint leaves, coriander leaves, half a lemon juice.
• Add 1/4th cup of milk mixed with saffron / some food color (or add a pinch of turmeric & red chilli powder if you don't have food color)
• Add some ghee / melted butter mixed with biryani masala.
• Seal the lid completely and keep it on stove.

Step 5 - Cooking procedure

• High flame for 10 mins
• Medium flame for 5 mins
• Low flame/Dum for 40 mins.

Enjoy the Biryani

Transfer it to a large bowl and mix it and enjoy the Dum Biryani in Hyderabadi Style.

Spoons used for measurements:

Thank you.