Biryani Competition - Winner Announcement

[Chicken_Biryani]

Dear All,

With uptmost pleasure I would like to announce that **Shab-e-hijr **has won the Biryani competition , through your votes , please see the link below to the thread :

http://www.paklinks.com/gs/household-affairs-and-cuisine-corner/552698-vote-for-the-winner-biryani-competition.html

A close runner up is GTG who followed Shab-e-Hijr’s recipe and can vouch for the success of the recipe .
Just so you guys know, I made biryani following that same recipe by Shab and it turned out amazingly aromatic and such brilliant taste .. I think I am always going to make biryani via this recipe from now on ! bye bye Shan masala’s !

Thank you all for the brilliant participation, In my opinion each of you are mashallah very very talented and blessed are your families for having you too :hugz:

[Kinzz]

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Congrats shab...

Now plz invite all of us ;)

[apple_blossom]

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congrats shab

[apple_blossom]

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@Chicken_Biryani

Dear All,

I made biryani following that same recipe by Shab and it turned out amazingly aromatic and such brilliant taste .. I think I am always going to make biryani via this recipe from now on ! bye bye Shan masala’s !

Thank you all for the brilliant participation, In my opinion each of you are mashallah very very talented and blessed are your families for having you too

cb can you share her recipe with us?

[Chicken_Biryani]

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yup sure ,I will find it and move her post here ..

[Kinzz]

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Here you go AB

@Shab-e-Hijar

I made biryani without the shan masala today.
it turned out finger licking good.. (according to my dad)

here’s step by step recipe for you all sweet girls.

Marinade chicken with…
half cup of yogurt
2tsp of red pepper
2tsp of dhania powder
2tsp of salt or to taste
1/4tsp of haldi
juice of half lemon
( since i was trying it first time i used only half chicken.)

soak one glass of rice and put it on side

for masala.

saute the onion when they start to turn brown .. add 2tbs of crushed garlic,ginger and tomatoes.
let it cook for 10 min in pressure cooker.

add chicken to the masala and bhoonify it.

since biryani is all about khushboo .. we need to add some to our biryani
so add the powder of these in the bhoonified chicken.

Also add green chilies.

boil the rice

layered the rice and chicken salan

cover and put it on dum for 20 min

Mix the biryani( plz don’t mix it right after breaking the dum let it rest for 10 to 20 min)

…and the end result.

[Chicken_Biryani]

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thanks so much Kinzz

[diamond321]

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Congrats shab now don’t we all deserve to get a biryani treat from shab

[devilish_angel]

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congratulations shab

i will also try ur recipe n vl post it inshahallah

[Gemini_the_Great]

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well deserved!!! she is mashaAllah such a fabulous cook :k:

so what should l I make this weekend? shaboo give me more recipessss!!!

ps: I made “my people” vote for me so yes that’s a factor in being a runner up too

[Twinklestar]

Congrats Shab! You deserve it!

[automne77]

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Shab or someone else can you pls name the spices she has used and the quantities. I am gonna try this recipe next week inshAllah

[Chicken_Biryani]

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Automne, I hope shab will come and tell us the quantity herself ..

Waise I used all those spices in three cups of rice in the following quantity of the whole spices :
One large flower Javetri or Mace
8 Cardamom pods
2 tsp saunf
one tsp powdered nutmeg
Half inch of cinammon stick
two flowers of Star Anise

good luck .. most certainly this is the bestest ever recipe I have ever made .. Please note, i have tried about 18 different recipes and never found that perfect balance of spice and aroma of biryani … Most certainly Shab-e-hijr deserves applause for sharing such an awesome awesome recipe with us

[Bint_e_Naeem]

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Congrats Shab. Would love to eat your hand made Biryani some day.

[STA]

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congratz Shab-e-Hijar.

[Gemini_the_Great]

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automne.. the only addition I recommend is probably a bit more garam masala to make it masala spicy.

[chips6]

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I wanna try this recipe too.Thanks CB for posting the quantities of each stuff.A quick question,do you add whole garam masala or anything to the rice when boiling them..?/..(I see a star anise in the pot of boiling rice ,so I ask).
I do not have mace.Rest I have it all,I guess it should be fine to get that aroma...??

[Sehrysh]

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@chips6

I wanna try this recipe too.Thanks CB for posting the quantities of each stuff.A quick question,do you add whole garam masala or anything to the rice when boiling them..?/..(I see a star anise in the pot of boiling rice ,so I ask). I do not have mace.Rest I have it all,I guess it should be fine to get that aroma...??

We add the khushboo waala masala to the rice while it's boiling - it helps to flavour the rice.

[chips6]

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^^What is that ??
I normally add ginger,garlic and whole garam masalas to the rice when boiling.

[queen_24]

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congratz Shab-e-Hijar