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RCI-MT.006.0863.001

Chicken Biriyani with Mushroom and Asparagus

A "biriyani" dish is rice with a mixture of whatever takes your fancy. In this case it's Chicken - a

Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Total45 min
Servings4
Difficultyadvanced

Ingredients

  • onion - chopped coarsely
    1 medium
  • of basmati rice - washed until there is no starch left
    1 cup
  • green pepper - again: chopped coarsely
    1 medium
  • packet of button mushrooms - chopped into quarters
    1 unit
  • bunch of asparagus - chopped coarsely - but separate the stems from the tips (as the tips are very tender)
    1 unit
  • tomato - deseeded and chopped finely
    1 unit
  • packet of chicken mini-fillets - chopped into coarse chunks (they cook real quick - so no need to chop too finely) [also - any cut of chicken will do fine - thigh is preferable - but i didn't have time to go to the High Street meat shop today - so i got a packet from the supermarket instead.)
    1 300 g
  • generous chunk of frozen garlic pulp from your freezer
    1 unit
  • generous chunk of ginger pulp from your freezer (both of the above thawed by zapping for 20 seconds on full power in your microwave)
    1 unit
  • of salt
    1 teaspoon
  • of haldi (turmeric)
    1 teaspoon
  • of garam masala
    1 teaspoon
  • of ground cumin
    1 teaspoon
  • of ground coriander
    2 teaspoons
  • bay leaves (not shown in picture!)
    2 unit
  • of whole cumin seed (not visible in picture)
    1 pinch

Method

1
Prepare according to traditional method. (Directions were not provided in the legacy source.)