Chicken Dum Biryani (Tangy Smoked One-Pot)

Ingredients

• 2¾ kg chicken
• 2¾ cup yogurt
• 2¾ packet biryani masala
• Salt to taste
• 2¾ tsp red chilli powder
• 1⅜ tsp yellow food color
• 2¾ cup tamarind pulp · imli
• 11 tomatoes · sliced
• Coriander + mint · ½ bunch each
• Green chillies · as needed
• 8¼ fried onions · birista
• 5½ potatoes (cubed) · optional
• 2¾ tbsp ginger garlic paste
• Aloo bukhara · optional
• Juice of 2 lemons
• 2¾ cup oil
• 11 cups boiled rice · 80% cooked

Instructions

1. Method (one-pot): in a large pot add: chicken + yogurt + masalas + imli pulp + tomatoes + herbs + chillies + birista + ginger garlic + lemon juice + potatoes + aloo bukhara.
2. Mix well and marinate 1 hour.
3. Add oil and cook 20 min on medium until oil separates.
4. Layer with boiled rice.
5. Cover tightly and give dum 15 minutes.
6. Optional: Dhungar smoke at the end for next-level aroma.