How to Make chicken Parda /Potli biryani
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Chicken parda/Potli biryani is a very popular biryani layered with aromatic basmati rice, gravy, fried onions and chicken, and other spices which are sealed inside the parda/ potli made with wheat flour and slow cooking in an oven or in a pan; this is How to Make Parda /Potli biryani.
Equipment required
Wok
Grinder
Large vessel
Mixing bowl
Skimmer spatula
Ingredients
- Chicken(600 gms)
- basmati rice-250 gm
- all-purpose flour-250 gm
- curd-50 gm
- ginger-garlic paste-1 tbsp
- Kashmiri red chili powder-1/2 tbsp
- turmeric powder-1/2 tbsp
- refined oil(for making berista and chicken)-4 tbsp
- ghee
- Roasted gram flour-2 tbsp
- Onions-3
- whole spices(green cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, and peppercorns) to make biryani masala
- 2 tbsp of milk
- few strands of saffron
- kewra essence/mitha atar-1 or 2 drops
- salt (as required)
How to Make Parda /Potli biryani
Make biryani masala
Heat Tawa or a griddle, and all(green cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, and peppercorns) the whole spices and heat them for 2-3 minutes in high flame and allow them to cool
![Parda Potli Biryani step 1](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-1.png)
And Put them in a blender
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Grind them to make a coarse powder
![Parda Potli Biryani step 3](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-3.png)
To prepare the saffron milk
- Take 2 tbsp of milk to soak a few strands of saffron. And add mitha atar or kewra essence.
![Parda Potli Biryani step 4](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-4.png)
Wash the Basmati rice and let it soak for 2 hours
![Parda Potli Biryani step 5](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-5.png)
Make onion fry
Take three onions and slice them
Heat oil in a frypan, add the sliced onions and fry them till they turn in brown color, and keep aside.
![Parda Potli Biryani step6](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-6.png)
Make dough for potli/parda
Take 2 cups of all-purpose flour and add ½ tbsp sugar and salt
![Parda Potli Biryani step7](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-7.png)
Add activated yeast( prepared with warm water and a pinch of sugar by adding yeast) and water.
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Make a big dough and cover it.
![Parda Potli Biryani step9](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-9.png)
Now to marinate the chicken
Take a mixing bowl, add 2 tbsp roasted gram flour, card, and ginger garlic paste
![Parda Potli Biryani step10](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-10.png)
Now add fried onions and turmeric powder. red chili powder salt and 1 tbsp oil
![Parda Potli Biryani step11](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-11.png)
Then add biryani masala.
![Parda Potli Biryani step12](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-12.png)
Mix well and add the chicken pieces and coat them well, cover and keep them for marinating at least 2 hours.
![Parda Potli Biryani step13](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-13.png)
Now take a frying pan add 2 tbsp oil and heat it.
![Parda Potli Biryani step14](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-14.png)
Drop the whole marinated chicken with the paste
![Parda Potli Biryani step15](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-15.png)
Cover it for 10-12 minutes in simmering
![Parda Potli Biryani step16](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-16.png)
To make the dough into flat
By this time take that dough and flatten it big size with the help of a rolling pin.
![Parda Potli Biryani step17](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-17.png)
Make it 2 fold for convenience.
![Parda Potli Biryani step18](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-18.png)
To cook rice
Take a big vessel to add, add sufficient water, then add 3 bay leaves, 5 cloves ½ stick cinnamon, 2 cardamoms, and 1 tbsp oil, add soaked rice when water starts boiling
![Parda Potli Biryani step19](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-19.png)
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![Parda Potli Biryani step21](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-21.png)
Check the rice, if it boils 75%, then switch off the flame and strain it and keep it on a big plate
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Now Chicken is prepared and we will go for make potli or parda
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To make parda and layer.
Take a hard-bottomed pan, keep it over a griddle /Tawa, (don’t keep directly on heat), and grease it with the help of a brush
![Parda Potli Biryani step24](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-24.png)
Now carefully place the big flatbread covering the pan and first put the fry onions, then place the layer of rice
![Parda Potli Biryani step25](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-25.png)
Add the chicken chunks, biryani masala, fried onions, and saffron milk
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Then again the layer of rice covering the chicken chunks
![Parda Potli Biryani step27](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-27.png)
Now add the gravy, biryani masala, ghee, and fried onions
![Parda Potli Biryani step28](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-28.png)
And now seal the parda, cover the lid, and put it on a low flame for ten minutes
![Parda Potli Biryani step29](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-29.png)
After 10 minutes, turn it over, put it in the hot griddle/Tawa, and keep it for 10 minutes.
![Parda Potli Biryani step 30](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Parda-Potli-Biryani-step-30.png)
Now transfer it to a serving plate and serve hot.
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If you like this biryani recipe, then you can go for other biryani recipes like ilish biryani, mutton biryani