Biryani Chawal | Biryani Rice | How to cook biryani rice?
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Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2 Cups
 
Super fragrant, with each grain of rice blooming like a jasmine flower, biryani chawal
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup basmati rice
  • 4 Cups water
  • 1-2 bay leaf/leaves
  • 2" cinnamon piece or cassia bark or dalchini
  • 2 laung
  • Few peppercorns (optional)
  • 1 Tsp salt
  • Few drops oil
  • 1-2 Cups room temperature water
Method
  1. Take the basmati rice into a bowl, check the rice and ensure there no impurities
  2. Wash the rice 4-5 times changing water everytime till the water runs clean
  3. Soak in water for 5-10 minutes, drain the water and let it sit for 15-20 minutes
  4. Gather the whole spices together
  5. In a big saucepan pour the water and drop in the spices, add a few drops of oil
  6. Season with salt and bring the water to a gentle boil
  7. Slowly empty the washed and soaked rice into the boiling water
  8. Let rice cook on low flame
  9. Rice starts absorbing water
  10. Check the rice and check to see the rice grains have started turning a bit soft
  11. After about 8 minutes, the rice grains are 80% cooked, check to see the grains are soft yet they have a bite
  12. Drain off the remaining water and pour some room temperature water to stop the cooking
  13. Biryani chawal is ready to use to make some delicious biryani
Notes
Do not oversoak the rice, rice grains will break

Ensure the water runs clear when washing the rice, or the starch will make the rice grains to stick together

Do not overcook the rice, check every 2-3 minutes, depends on the quality of rice for the time it takes to cook
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/biryani-chawal/