Main courses
Hyderabadi chicken biryani
Spicy chicken biryani is cooked in layers of seasoned chicken and fragrant basmati rice. Steam cooking keeps the rice loose and the meat juicy.
Servings in this printout: 4
Ingredients
- 600 g chicken thigh meatin boneless pieces
- 300 g basmati rice
- 200 g plain yogurt
- 2 piece onionsin thin slices
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp ghee or butter
- 2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp turmeric
- 1 piece cinnamon stick
- 4 piece cardamom pods
- 1 g saffronsoaked in 2 tbsp warm milk
- 20 g fresh corianderfinely chopped
- 10 g fresh mintfinely chopped
Method
- Rinse the rice and soak in cold water for 20 minutes. Drain.
- Mix the chicken with yogurt, garam masala, cumin, coriander, turmeric and salt. Leave to season for 20 minutes.
- Brown the onions in oil until golden. Set half aside. Add the whole cinnamon stick and all the cardamom pods to the pot.
- Add the chicken and brown the surface. Cover and cook over a low heat for 15 minutes.
- Cook the rice in salted water for 5–6 minutes until partly cooked. Drain.
- Spread the rice over the chicken. Add saffron milk, ghee, fried onion, mint and coriander.
- Close the lid tightly and cook on very low heat for 20–25 minutes. Leave for 10 minutes and gently fluff.
Original recipe nutrition per serving
The nutrition values below belong to the original recipe. They are not nutrition values for the separate GL-only version. No macro package has been verified for the GL-only version.
Nutrition values are approximate estimates, not laboratory analyses. Products and portion size affect the result.
- Net carbs
- 60.47 g
- Total carbohydrates (incl. fibre and polyols)
- 62.73 g
- Protein
- 37.41 g
- Fat
- 20.64 g
A reliable glycemic load estimate is not available.
Some ingredient data or calculation inputs could not be verified, so there is no reliable estimate for the whole serving.
Why is the estimate missing?
- onions · A suitable GI value was unavailable for this ingredient.
- garam masala · Suitable nutrition data was unavailable for this ingredient or product.
- ground cumin · Suitable nutrition data was unavailable for this ingredient or product.
- ground coriander · Suitable nutrition data was unavailable for this ingredient or product.
- turmeric · Suitable nutrition data was unavailable for this ingredient or product.
- cinnamon stick · Suitable nutrition data was unavailable for this ingredient or product.
- cardamom pods · Suitable nutrition data was unavailable for this ingredient or product.
- saffron · Suitable nutrition data was unavailable for this ingredient or product.
- fresh mint · Suitable nutrition data was unavailable for this ingredient or product.
GL for the study serving
Original recipe GL unavailable
The GL of 26 applies to the historical test serving in Al Dhaheri et al., containing 50 g of available carbohydrate. In the home recipe the rice is steamed over yoghurt-marinated chicken. The home recipe requires separate GL evidence.
Calculated GL · ≈ 26 / serving
Confidence · Low Some values or assumptions in the calculation are uncertain.
How was the estimate calculated?
GI value reported in a source
Separate version amounts and preparation
Servings for these amounts · 1
- 253.9 g · UAE restaurant chicken biryani, reheated test serving
- 200 ml · Drinking water
This comparison covers 1 study servings. The test serving was 253.9 g of restaurant chicken biryani from the United Arab Emirates, reheated on the morning of testing, with 200 ml of drinking water.
Research sources and technical details
Source names and technical notes appear in their original form.
Sources and limitations · B
- Al Dhaheri et al. (2017), chicken biryani GI, Table 4 · Glucose-reference GI 52 ± 4 SE in 15 healthy participants, with 2 h sampling and three reference tests.HUMAN_GI
- Al Dhaheri et al. (2017), test portion, methods and Table 4 · 253.9 g experimental portion sized for 50 g available carbohydrate estimated by difference. The 261 g standard serving is separate. The test meal was served with 200 ml of plain water.CARBOHYDRATE
Notes
- Check the doneness of the chicken in the thickest part before serving.