Comments on: Chicken thigh biryani https://taste.co.za/recipes/chicken-biryani-2/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 12:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nico le Roux https://taste.co.za/recipes/chicken-biryani-2/#comment-2121 Tue, 09 Aug 2022 18:22:42 +0000 https://taste.co.za/?post_type=recipes&p=97996#comment-2121 I made this and I would like to suggest some improvements (I’m not a chef).
1. The spice mixed in at the end is too late. The dish is pretty bland to be honest.
2. I would also suggest adding star anise, bay leaf, fennel seeds, salt and pepper to the spice mix. With the cinnamon stick in the spice, I would suggest a blender to mix the spices. A pestle and mortar is not good with sticks. (You need to fry the chicken with spices, including salt and pepper, otherwise the chicken will be bland)
3. I would also suggest the following order to make. Fry onions in oil in casserole until soft, add nuts and raisins and fry, add paste and fry, add chicken and fry for 3min, add spices, fry for 3 minutes, add splash of water, fry for 3 minutes, add 4 chopped tomatoes and fry on low for 4 minutes. You need a lot of initial oil, but it will be removed in the next step.
4. Remove excess oil and add yoghurt and mix together.
6. Cover casserole and put in oven for 60 minutes, turning half way.
7. Do rest of recipe (rice etc.)

I know this is a fat conscious recipe, but there is no reason to remove the ingredients to drain the excess oil, if it will be removed at the end in any case. It just makes it unnecessarily difficult. Just my opinion.

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