Chicken Masala Biriyani

I was having a casual chat with Priya a couple of weeks ago. It just happened all of sudden, I whatsapped her (where is English going to??? Hehe…) and she called me back. We spoke for quite some time. She, along with her co-blogger Tessa, seem to be a big fan of my biriyani collection and she was quick to mention to me that it had been long since I had posted a biriyani on the blog. And she was true! The last biriyani that I posted was this one, which was way back in November. Yes, I have been a bit away from biriyanis, not because I lost my interest in them but because the new kitchen was making me so fidgety that I was taking much longer to finish the whole process. It was really frustrating me to say the least. When we had guest over when my parents had come, I made the Thalassery Chicken Biriyani, which happens to be a blog favorite as well, but it took me so much time that I got frustrated. It took me a month to make the next one, which is the one that you are going to see at Sathya’s space.

First of all, I would like to apologise to Sathya for procrastinating over her invitation for a guest post. She had asked me for one quite some time ago, but I had asked her to give me some time till I settle into my new kitchen. It has been more than 3 months since I moved in, but I still feel that I am yet to really sink in. Since her blog is about pure vegetarian delicacies, I was thinking about giving her some simple recipe but then she came up requesting me for a chicken recipe. I was shocked at first, “Sathya, isn’t your blog vegetarian?” That is when she posted an updated picture of her Chettinad Chicken Curry. She assured me that she is primarily vegetarian, who cooks once in a blue moon for her folks when they request for non-vegetarian. She assured me that her request was a well thought-of one, and here I am with a chicken recipe like she wanted!