Bombay Chicken Biriyani

I am always on the lookout for new ways to cook any ingredient I get in my hand. I have already mentioned before, if it turns out really good, it immediately appears on the blog and if doesn’t, I still jot down the recipe to improve it in my next trial. Most of the time, Alhamdulillah my first trials have always been good. For me, cooking is all dependent on my mood. If I am in a really good mood, whatever I cook, even if it is a simple dish, it comes out well, but if I am lousy, I just prefer keeping myself away from cooking rather than trashing the food, as simple as that…

I love it when my colleagues share their recipes with me. It gives the cook in me a push. I have already posted a couple of them that were passed onto me by my colleagues, one example being this curry. The colleague I am talking about today is my bestie in office, P. We joined with a gap of 10 months and have been together since then. I have always heard people say that women are hard to get along with each other, but I share a good rapport with the handful of female staff in my office but P tops the list hands down. Her daughter is just a few months younger to Rasha, so that bonding is also quite there. She would always keep saying how much she loathes making biriyani since it is always a tedious task. That is what pushed me to ask her for her recipe. I don’t know if this is really authentic Bombay biriyani, but as far as I know, this is how P makes it and shared it with me. Yes, I did make some adjustments here and there to get to my taste but I kept the essence of her recipe. The highlight is the fragrance of saffron – just unbeatable. It is always fun to see how different biriyanis are made and how the taste is derived, but biriyanis are always biriyanis so this one was a winner as well! Off to the recipe…