Comments on: Hyderabadi chicken biryani

By: kiran

kiran — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:51:05 +0000

hello madam,

I’m kiran and a great lover of Chicken biryani. You have explained the preparation of Chicken Biryani in a way that even a bachelor like me followed and and got 100% result and satisfaction. Thank You very much

By: kaushik

kaushik — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:40:19 +0000

awesome reciepe…. evryone in family loved it. thks

By: pritam

pritam — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:39:59 +0000

awesome reciepe…. evryone in family loved it. thks

By: Shalini

Shalini — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:55:32 +0000

I’ve tried the biryani twice already and it was awesome both the times. Thanks Shilpa!

By: Shiva

Shiva — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:04:22 +0000

We tried couple of times to get right combination. After going to this site, our biryani came excellent. thanks for the receipe….. I am regular viewer of the site and shared to many of my friends especially north canara friends…..

Thanks again!

By: Shilpa

Shilpa — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:35:48 +0000

I can’t tell the specific time, because I cook till all water is absorbed

By: Cathy Haroon

Cathy Haroon — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:18:42 +0000

How long do you let the rice cook for with the condiments?? This part confuses me.

By: lafia

lafia — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:52:26 +0000

Hey Shilpa

Thanx for this wonderful healthy recipe…

By: Arjun

Arjun — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:03:00 +0000

My first time cooking biryani and it came out delightful. Thanks a lot

By: Alan Vastar

Alan Vastar — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:26:52 +0000

Hi Shilpa,

Just made it today, to serve 6, so I doubled all the ingredients apart from coriander (can’t abide the tase of it) nor can my family/friends.
What would you suggest as an alternative to coriander?

I seal the pot with aluminium foil and then place the pot lid on top, has the same desired effect as your dough seal.

Got confused with your step by step recipe, wasn’t too sure about the rice part, do I cook the rice first then add the condiments or do I add the condiments in water and then cook together with the rice? Anyway cut a long story short it turned out appetising and succesful. Many thanks for sharing your recipe.

Shilpa: I don’t see any replacements for coriander leaves. It is the ingredient that gives the characteristic taste/aroma to this recipe.
As mentioned in the recipe, you have to add condiments in oil/ghee and then add rice(uncooked). Add water and salt and let it cook.