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There Chor/ Semolina Biryani

A delicious biryani made with semolina.
Servings: 3

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS

    For the masala

    • 300 gms boneless skinless chicken cut into small pieces
    • 3-4 medium onions chopped
    • 2 Green chillies chopped
    • 1 big Tomato chopped
    • 1 tsp garlic paste
    • 1/2 tsp ginger paste
    • Curry leaves
    • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
    • 2 1/2 tsp Chilli powder
    • 1 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
    • 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
    • Salt to taste

    For upma

    • 1 1/4 cup rava/ semolina
    • 1 tsp mustard seeds
    • 1 small onion chopped
    • 1-2 green chillies chopped
    • 1/2 tsp ginger chopped
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
    • 1 1/4 cup boiled water
    • Salt to taste
    • 3 tbsp Ghee

    For chicken marination

    • 1 tsp chilli powder
    • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
    • Salt to taste
    • 3 tbsp oil

    Instructions

    DIRECTIONS

    • To make masala
    • Marinate the chicken in the above mentioned ingredients and shallow fry it till cooked and light golden in colour. Cut the fried chicken further into smaller pieces if the pieces were big.
    • In the same oil, sauté the onion till nicely browned and soft for 10-15 minutes.
    • Add in the ginger garlic paste. Stir for a minute. Add curry leaves. Add in tomatoes and sauté well till all tomatoes are mashed up.
    • Add chilli, turmeric, coriander and garam masala powders and mix well.
    • Pour 3/4th cup of water and let it simmer on medium low flame for 10 minutes or so till all the water dries up. Add salt.
    • Add in fried chicken and cook with the lid on for few more minutes. Switch off flame.

    To make upma

    • Heat ghee in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds.
    • Add in curry leaves, ginger, onions and green chillies and sauté well.
    • Add in the rava, stir well.
    • Pour in boiling water and add salt. Stir continuosly. When rava is well incorporated into the water, add in the chicken masala and mix well. Close the lid and cook further on very low flame for 4-5 minutes.
    • Serve hot.

    Notes

    NOTES:
    * You can make this with prawns instead of chicken.
    * Stir continuosly after the water has been added to the rava, otherwise the rava will form into lumps.