Easy Thalassery biriyani is one of the popular dishes from kerala cuisine. It can be made using mutton or chicken. This recipe card shares ingredients & instructions to make thalassery chicken biryani.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 3
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Kerala
Ingredients
- 1 star anise (small)
- 4 green cardamoms (/ elaichi)
- 4 cloves (/ laung)
- 2 inch cinnamon sticks (, thin / dalchini)
- 2 strands mace (/ javithri)
- ¼ tsp nutmeg (/ jaiphal, grated)
- ½ tsp shahi jeera
- 1 tsp fennel seeds (/ saunf / sombu)
- 1 red chili
- ½ tsp pepper corn
- 3 to 4 tbsps ghee (/ oil)
- 1 Handful cashews ((about ¼ cup split & cleaned))
- 2 tbsps raisins ((use sweet raisins))
- ½ to ¾ cup onions (thinly sliced, for making fried onions)
- ½ cup onions ((heaped) sliced, for gravy)
- 2 tbsps ginger garlic chili paste ((1 tbsp ginger paste, 1 tbsp garlic paste, 2 to 3 green chilies))
- ½ kg chicken (cleaned & cut)
- ¼ tsp turmeric (/ haldi)
- ½ cup tomatoes (chopped & deseeded, ripe)
- Salt (as needed)
- 2 tbsps curd (/ yogurt/ dahi)
- ¼ cup mint (/ pudina, chopped)
- ¼ cup coriander leaves (chopped)
- 2 cups Jeerakasala rice (/ kaima (or basmati))
- 1 to 2 tbsp ghee ((use more if desired))
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 star anise (/ biryani flower)
- 4 green cardamoms (/ elaichi)
- 4 to 5 cloves (/ laung)
- 1 inch cinnamon stick (, thin)
- ¼ to ½ tsp fennel seeds (/ saunf/ sombu)
- Salt (as needed)
- 3 ½ cups Hot water
- ¼ to ½ tsp kerala garam masala
- 0.5 Handful pudina (, chopped)
- 0.5 Handful coriander leaves (, chopped)
- 1 tbsp ghee
- ½ tsp rose water (, edible (optional))
Method
- Please follow the step by step photo instructions for the method.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.