Chicken Dum Biryani (Tangy Smoked One-Pot)

Ingredients

• 1¼ kg chicken
• 1¼ cup yogurt
• 1¼ packet biryani masala
• Salt to taste
• 1¼ tsp red chilli powder
• ⅝ tsp yellow food color
• 1¼ cup tamarind pulp · imli
• 5 tomatoes · sliced
• Coriander + mint · ½ bunch each
• Green chillies · as needed
• 3¾ fried onions · birista
• 2½ potatoes (cubed) · optional
• 1¼ tbsp ginger garlic paste
• Aloo bukhara · optional
• Juice of 2 lemons
• 1¼ cup oil
• 5 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.