Chicken Tikka Biryani: English – Urdu Recipe
Chicken Tikka Biryani
Ingredients:
- Chicken – 1 kilo
- White Vinegar – 4 tbsp
- Tandoori Color – ¼ tsp
- Yogurt – 2 tbsp
- Red Chilli Powder – 1tbsp
- Black Pepper Powder – 1 tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Garam Masala Powder – 1 tsp
- Ginger-Garlic Paste – 1 tbsp
Method:
- Marinate the chicken with all the given ingredients, and leave for 4-6 hours.
- Then put 2 tbsp of oil in a pan and cook chicken until done, then put a burning charcoal on the chicken and pour some oil over the charcoal and cover it until the smoke stops.
- You can BBQ it or bake it in the oven.
Spices for boiled rice:
- Rice – ½ kg
- Clove – 6
- Bay leaf – 1
- Whole Black Pepper – 8
- White Cumin Seeds – 1tsp
- Green Cardamom – 5
- Big Cardamom – 2
- Cinnamon Stick – 4
Put all these spices in water and boil rice in that water.
For Gravy:
- Onion – 1
- Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
- Oil – ½ cup
- Red Chilli Powder – 2 ½ tsp
- Coriander Powder – 1 ½ tsp
- Garam Masala Powder – 1 tbsp
- Ginger-Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Tomato – 4
- Mint, Fresh Coriander, Green Chillies and Orange Colour – as required
Method:
- Pour oil in a pan and fry sliced onion until golden brown, then add ginger-garlic paste and add all the spices and chopped tomato, cook till the tomato is done.
- When all the spices are cooked add the chicken and mix well.
- Now take another pan and apply 1 tbsp of oil on the base and put half of the rice then put the chicken mixture and spread “mint, fresh coriander, and green chilies”.
- Then put the remaining rice (take 1 tbsp of milk, add 1 pinch of food color) and spread this mixture on top of the rice.
- Then put on dum for 15-20 minutes.




Hi Ghazala.. I made this biryani for my dad’s birthday.. Wow.. It was soo good…thnx for lovely recipes.