Biryani masala powder recipe | How to make biryani masala
Biryani masala powder recipe – This homemade masala powder can be used to prepare any kind of Biryani like a hyderabadi veg dum biryani or a simple chicken hyderabadi biryani. It can also be used to make chicken curry of your choice. Todays markets are flooded with ready made powders and masalas that many buy them instead of preparing at home.But making biryani masala powder at home is very easy. The aroma of fresh homemade spice powder is always superior to the store bought ones. It can be prepared in bulk and freezed. It lasts for an year, if packed in separate containers or foils and handled with moist free spoons and hands.For years i had been hunting for a good homemade biryani masala powder recipe that is suitable for home cooking that is not very pungent nor very spicy but should have a good and moderate aroma of spices. This recipe has been updated overtime for making it better.Ingredients or spices used to make biryani masala or chicken masala powder
Homemade biryani masala powder recipe
Biryani masala powder recipe | How to make biryani masala recipe
Biryani masala powder or chicken masala powder, a spice mix that is used to prepare fragrant biryani rice like chicken biryani or vegetable biryani. It can also be used to make chicken masala curry
Ingredients (240 ml cup used)
- 1 bay leaf or tej patta
- 1 ½ tsp saunf or fennel seeds or sompu or sombhu
- 2 star anise or biryani flower
- 10 to 12 Green cardamom or elaichi
- 2 Black cardamom or badi elaichi
- 1 tsp. Pepper corn or kali mirch
- 5 two inch cinnamon sticks or dalchini
- 1 tbsp cloves or lavang
- 4 tbsps Coriander seeds or sabut daniya
- 2 tbsps Shahi jeera
- 1 Mace flower or strands from 1 flower or javitri
- ½ tsp grated Nutmeg or jaiphal
- 3 medium sized stone flowers or kalpaasi or dagad phool
How to make the recipe
- Clean up the spices one after the other to pick and discard stones and debris.
- On a low flame, dry roast the spices each separately until they begin to smell good. You can skip roasting and just sun dry them for few hours until crisp.
- Cool them completely.
- Blend them in a blender jar. They can also be milled to a fine powder.
- Sieve and store biryani masala powder in an airtight glass jar.
- Use biryani masala powder as needed while making any kind of biryani. To make chicken masala curry, use as needed based on the recipe.
Recipe Notes
Left over coarse powder after sieving can be used for curries or for making masala tea. Do not use coarse masala for making biryani as it totally spoils your dish.
Roasting and sun drying are done to bring out the aroma of the spices and to prevent the masala powder from getting worms or going rancid. If you are going to refrigerate the powder, you can skip the roasting part. i just take my spices right from the freezer , measure and make the powder. The powder warms up on its own by the time it is fine powdered.
Roasting and sun drying are done to bring out the aroma of the spices and to prevent the masala powder from getting worms or going rancid. If you are going to refrigerate the powder, you can skip the roasting part. i just take my spices right from the freezer , measure and make the powder. The powder warms up on its own by the time it is fine powdered.
Saunf or fennel seeds can be increased to 1 to 1.5 tsps. if you like the flavor.