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Kolkata Style Chicken Biryani

01/10/2021 by Sujata Roy 27 Comments

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Kolkata Style Chicken Biryani

Kolkata style chicken biryani with potato and eggs. This scrumptious biryani is mildly spiced and highly aromatic. Saffron, rose water, Kewra water, meetha attar and aromatic whole spices made this biryani extremely flavorful.

Fragrant rice, soft potatoes, eggs, juicy chicken pieces made this biryani superbly delicious. We are not going to the history of Kolkata chicken biryani. Let’s discuss only about taste and flavour. Your house will fill with lovely aroma while making this biryani. A pure bliss.

But now Editing the post with a brief history of this Kolkata style biryani. Thanks to my nephew Saumyajit Ray for this info. Now copy pasting from the write up of Saumyajit.

The Calcutta-style biryani has potatoes in it. History says that biryani came to Calcutta with Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh, when he shifted to the then capital of British India after being dethroned in Lucknow.

Wajid Ali Shah settled down in Metiabruz in eastern Calcutta on the banks of the Hooghly. If Maulana Abdul Haleem Sharar’s GUZESHTA LUCKNOW is to be believed, the former Nawab’s retainers started adding potatoes to his biryani since he could not afford so much mutton. This, despite his 100,000 rupees per month pension which he received from the British and blew up on dancing girls and the upkeep of animals in his fabled private too.

Now the big question. Calcuttans of that era had no idea of biryani before Wajid Ali Shah came and took up residence in Metiabruz and set up a “Chhota Lucknow” there. So why shouldn’t the Calcutta biryani be called Metiabruz biryani?

What do you think. Please share your thoughts in comment. I would love to hear from you.

If you don’t like chicken like me then enjoy the biryani with potato and eggs, let other family members enjoy soft juicy chicken with fragrant rice. I have used chicken leg pieces to make this biryani. You can also use curry cut chicken. Use big pieces of chicken. If you don’t like eggs then you can skip it.

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If you don’t want to boil the potatoes then fry the potatoes till golden brown and cook with chicken. Process of making this biryani is lengthy but worth trying. You can prepare everything in advance and assemble and cook on simmer just before serving.

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Recipe

For chicken

Chicken – 1/2 kg

Curd or yogurt – 1/2 cup

Ginger garlic paste – 1&1/2 tablespoon

Salt to taste

Red chilli powder – 1 teaspoon

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon

Oil – 2 teaspoon

Biryani masala – 1 teaspoon

Rose essence or rosewater – 1 teaspoon

Kewra water – 1 teaspoon

Lemon – half

Onion – 1 large, finely chopped

For rice

Long grain basmati rice – 2 cup

Green cardamom – 4

Cloves – 4

Cinnamon – 1 inch piece

Star anise – 1

Mace or javitri – 2 strands

Bay leaves – 2

Oil or ghee -2 teaspoon

Salt – 1 tablespoon or to taste

Lemon – half

Water as require

Saffron milk

Saffron – a pinch

Milk – 1/4 cup

Rose essence or Water – 1 teaspoon

Kewra water – 1 teaspoon

Meetha attar – 3 drop

For biryani

Oil – 1/2 cup

Ghee or clarified butter – 2 tablespoon

Biryani masala – 1 teaspoon

For potato

Potato – 3 large

Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Salt – 1 teaspoon

Egg – 3, hard boiled

For barista

Onion – 3 large, thinly sliced

Oil for frying

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Method

1. Wash the rice 4-5 times or till water runs out clear. Soak the rice in water for 30 minutes.

2. In a bowl mix curd or thick yogurt, salt, red chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, biryani masala, ginger garlic paste and 2 teaspoon oil. I used mustard oil but you can use any oil. Mix everything well.

3. Add cleaned and washed chicken pieces, rose essence or rose water, Kewra water and juice of half lemon. Mix everything well. Cover the bowl and keep aside for an hour. You can marinate the chicken overnight. Keep the marinated chicken in a covered bowl and keep in refrigerator overnight. Take out the chicken just before cooking.

4. In a bowl mix 1/4 cup warm milk and saffron. Let it soak for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes crush the saffron threads with your finger tips to mix well. Now add rose water or essence, Kewra water and 3 drops of meetha attar. Add only 3 drops not more than that. Cover and keep the bowl aside.

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5. Now make a spice bag. In a piece of cheesecloth or muslin cloth or any thin cotton cloth place lightly crushed or broken 4 green cardamom, 4 cloves, a piece of cinnamon, 1 star anise, 2 strands of javitri or mace and 2 bay leaves. You can also add 1 black cardamom if you like, I didn’t. Tie the cloth tightly.

6. Boil sufficient water with 1 tablespoon Salt, 2 teaspoon ghee or oil and juice of half lemon. Taste the water. Water should be perfectly salty. 1 tablespoon is perfect but you can add little more if required.

7. Add drained rice and spice bag. Cook till rice becomes long. Rice should be 80 percent cooked so be careful and stir the rice gently to avoid breaking the rice. When rice becomes long immediately strain the water from the rice. Drain the water completely and spread the rice on a plate to cool down.

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8. Wash the potatoes well. Prick the potatoes with a fork. Boil potatoes in a pressure cooker with 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon salt and water. Boil for 2 whistle. Let the pressure settle down on its own. Peel the potatoes. Cut the potatoes into half and keep aside.

9. Or if you don’t want to boil the potatoes then peel and fry with little salt and turmeric powder till golden brown. And cook with chicken.

10. Peel the hard boiled eggs. You can fry the eggs, I didn’t. If you are frying the eggs, don’t forget to make some slits on the eggs with a knife.

11. Heat oil in a pan. Fry thinly sliced onion till brown to make barista. When onion becomes brown remove from oil and place on a paper towel. Onion shouldn’t be burnt so be careful and keep stirring while frying.

12. Heat oil in a pan. You can use same pan and oil which we used to make barista. Fry the potatoes till golden brown and transfer on a plate.

13. Now add one finely chopped onion and fry till light golden brown. Add marinated chicken. And fry for 5 minutes. Chicken will release water. Cover and cook on simmer for 10 minutes. Stir and check in regular interval.

14. You can also cook potatoes and eggs with the chicken. I sometimes do so. Potatoes and eggs will absorb the flavour and taste of the gravy and taste better. Do as per your convenience.

15. After 10 minutes check the chicken. It will becomes tender, if not covered and cook for a few minutes more. When chicken becomes tender remove the cover and cook on high heat till gravy is about to dried up.

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16. Let’s assemble the biryani. Place 3 pieces of chicken and 3 pieces potatoes with little oil gravy of chicken.

17. Above chicken and potatoes make a layer of rice. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon ghee, 1/2 teaspoon biryani masala and half saffron soaked milk. Spread barista or crisp fried onion all over the rice.

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18. Now spread remaining chicken, potato and gravy over the rice. Spread rice over it. Again sprinkle one tablespoon ghee, 1/2 teaspoon biryani masala and remaining saffron soaked milk. Spread fried onions. And press the eggs over it.

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19. We have to cover it properly to cook. You can use atta dough to seal the sides of the cover. But I have covered the pan with a piece of aluminum foil properly and place the lid over it. And placed a clove in the hole to secure the air inside.

20. You can also cover the pan with a plate and place a heavy vessel with hot water on the plate. Heat a tawa or skillet. Keep the heat on lowest. Place the assembled biryani pan on the tawa.

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21. Cook on simmer for 25 minutes. Or until your biryani pan becomes too hot and you will unable to touch it.

22. Your Kolkata style chicken biryani is ready to serve. Fluff the rice gently. Serve hot with any raita.

Notes

1. I have made two layers but you can make three layers if you want.

2. Always use old basmati rice to make biryani.

3. I have used leg pieces to make this biryani. You can also use curry cut chicken pieces. Use big pieces of chicken.

4. You can skip eggs if you want.

Linking this recipe to Facebook gourmet group Shhhhh Cooking Secretly Challenge. In this monthly group members are paired with different partners every month and two secret ingredients are given to each other. We have to use these ingredients in our recipe. This month Exotic biryani and pulao theme is suggested by Swaty Malik who blog at Food Trails. I recently bookmarked her healthy and delicious Badam gur phirni to try sometime. A perfect dish for festive season.

And this month my partner is Preeti Tandon Shridhar who blog at Cakes & Curries. Preeti is a very talented blogger. Do visit her space for many delicious recipes. I have to try her delicious Cowboy cookies soon. For this theme preeti gave me Kewra water and curd or yogurt. I used these ingredients to make this mouthwatering biryani. And I gave cranberries and quinoa to Preeti as secret ingredients. Preeti shared delicious Quinoa masala pulao using these ingredients.

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  1. cakesncurries says

    01/10/2021 at 11:57 AM

    Kolkata Style Chicken Biryani with flavors from kewra water, saffron and whole spices is a beautiful dish. My son , who is a big fan of Biryani, would surely love this. I would share the recipe with him.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      01/10/2021 at 12:42 PM

      Thank you so much Preeti. I am sure your son will love the taste. Waiting for your feedback 😊

      Reply
  2. Priya Vj says

    02/10/2021 at 3:21 PM

    All your chicken recipes are so so exotic and unique. Kolkatta style chicken biryani is a perfect treat for biryani lovers who can eat sleep and dream biryani 🙂

    Reply
  3. Renu Agrawal Dongre says

    13/10/2021 at 2:02 PM

    My husband loves Kolkatta cuisine and I would like to try this for him. The biryani looks quite flavorful with egg and potatoes in it.

    Reply
  4. The Girl Next Door says

    14/10/2021 at 5:53 AM

    The Kolkata-style biryani looks fabulous! With the whole spices, kewra water and saffron going in, I’m sure it must have tasted delicious. 😊

    Reply
  5. Shobha Keshwani says

    14/10/2021 at 9:56 AM

    I have heard a lot a lot about Kolkata style biriyani. Looks so yummy. Now I will try out your recipe. Looks so delicious and inviting.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      15/10/2021 at 2:17 AM

      Thank you so much Shobha. Please do try and let me know how it turns out 😊

      Reply
  6. mayurisjikoni says

    15/10/2021 at 12:21 AM

    Sujata as I was scrolling down and reading your post, hubby happen to pass by and saw the photos of the biryani. He said ” I would give anything for that dish to appear in front of me just now.” He loves chicken biryani. It is after a very long time I’ve seen chicken biryani with eggs too. My mum’s friend use to make it that way.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      15/10/2021 at 2:16 AM

      Thanks a lot Mayuri for your lovely words. You made my day. Please do try 😍

      Reply
  7. FoodTrails says

    15/10/2021 at 3:35 AM

    My kids and parents love Chicken Biryani, I will love to try out this Kolkata Style biryani for them.. have heard a lot about it now have a fail proof recipe.. will surely try it soon.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      15/10/2021 at 9:27 AM

      Thanks Swaty. Waiting for your feedback 😍

      Reply
  8. poonampagar says

    15/10/2021 at 6:24 PM

    Kolkata style Chicken Biryani sounds so flavorful and aromatic! I am sharing your blog link to my Chicken loving friend.

    Reply
  9. Anu Kollon says

    16/10/2021 at 12:51 PM

    Kolakata style chicken biriyani looks so flavorful and aromatic. I have never tried this style of biriyani. It is so different from the way I make it with the addition of potatoes, rose water, kewra, and meeta attar. I would definitely try this variety.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      17/10/2021 at 12:11 AM

      Thank you so much Anu!

      Reply
  10. vasusvegkitchen says

    17/10/2021 at 8:51 AM

    Kolkata style chicken biryani looks very exotic, surely this will be big treat for chicken lovers. All the spices, rose water, kewra water added made this biryani aromatic and tasty.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      17/10/2021 at 11:39 AM

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  11. preethi76 says

    17/10/2021 at 11:16 AM

    This Kolkata style chicken biryani with eggs looks scrumptious. Bursting with flavors, this Biryani is a royal treat for all chicken lovers .

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      17/10/2021 at 11:38 AM

      Thanks Preethi 😊

      Reply
  12. Jayashree T.Rao says

    19/10/2021 at 6:36 AM

    The Kolkata style biryani looks delicious and makes a good meal by itself. Making use of old basmati rice for biryani is a new tip for me.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      19/10/2021 at 12:30 PM

      Thanks a lot dear!

      Reply
  13. Seema Doraiswamy Sriram says

    19/10/2021 at 10:11 AM

    I have been trying to get a good method for keeping biryani in layers. YOur method of kadai is one I surely want to try. I am sure this biryani is so aromatic it bring in the neighbours too.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      19/10/2021 at 12:31 PM

      You are absolutely right. And also your house will fill with lovely aroma while making this biryani. Thank you so much 😊

      Reply
  14. sizzlingtastebuds says

    20/10/2021 at 12:32 PM

    kewra and saffron take this kolkata style biryani up so many notches. this dish must have been a flavour bomb !!

    Reply
  15. namscorner18 says

    20/10/2021 at 5:07 PM

    Sujata wish you were my neighbor so I get a chance to taste this amazing biryani. This makes me mouthwatering. Perfect dum style biryani with aromatic spices and rice is cooked just perfect. I am trying this out soon.

    Reply
  16. Sasmita Sahoo Samanta says

    20/10/2021 at 5:41 PM

    di, biryani is all time fav. and this chicken with egg and aloo, ahaaaa I m just drooling..
    This looks delicious and quite flavorful with all those spices

    Reply
  17. Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth says

    05/11/2021 at 6:01 PM

    I am always on the lookout for interesting biriyani recipes, since it is usually biriyani on the weekends. I am totally bookmarking this for one of the weekends, when I won’t be feeling lazy… hehe… I am drooling at the biriyani even though I just had dinner…

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      06/11/2021 at 2:05 AM

      Thanks a lot dear. Glad you liked it 😊

      Reply

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