Banka. It is not possible to talk about non-veg food and not talk about biryani. People who are fond of non-veg start salivating on hearing the name of biryani. You must have eaten many types of biryani. These include Hyderabadi biryani, chicken biryani, mutton biryani, veg biryani etc. But have you eaten Dum Chicken Biryani? If not, note down the information.
Let us tell you that you will get to eat delicious Dum Chicken Biryani at a famous place named Truck Food in Banka main market Katoria Road. This shop is run by Preeti Singh, a resident of Ara. The biryani made by her is delivered not only in Banka but also in places like Bausi, Barahat, Amarpur, Rajaun, Katoria.
Preeti Singh tells that she reached Banka with her husband in the year 2022. Her husband was employed as an auditor of Bajaj Company. Being very fond of food, she often used to go to restaurants and hotels in Banka. But due to not getting better taste, she often had to stay disappointed.
Preeti further thought why not give the people of Banka a taste of delicious fast food. After getting a lot of help from her husband and the entire family, she bought a truck from Katihar and started a restaurant in Katoria Road, Banka. Initially, there was some difficulty but gradually people started liking the Dum Chicken Biryani made by me and then there was no looking back.
At present, after starting with a food truck, apart from restaurants, their service is also available to the people through online.
How to make Chicken Dum Biryani
Boiled rice, finely sliced onion, tomato, carrot, finely chopped green chilli, mint leaves, green coriander, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cloves, whole black pepper, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves, whole red chilli, asafoetida, ginger-garlic, red chilli powder, garam masala, lemon juice, curd, oil, middle size chicken, salt to taste.
how to prepare
Heat oil in a pan and fry onion slices in it. Keep frying the onion until it turns brown. When the onion looks crispy, add the well cleaned chicken to it. Now add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and a piece of nutmeg and cover it. Keep the gas on low flame and keep stirring it in between. When the chicken starts becoming soft, add red chili powder, salt and curd to it and let the chicken cook for some time. After 10 minutes of cooking, take out the chicken in a plate.
Boil water in another vessel and add oil as per requirement so that the rice does not stick. Now add the remaining cloves, cardamom and green chillies broken into pieces. When the water starts boiling, add salt as per taste and remove the cloves, cardamom and chillies. Cook the rice by covering it. On the other hand, put the strained gravy in a pan, add chicken to it and cover and cook.
When the rice is cooked, put it in the vessel containing chicken. Seal the pan for dum with the help of flour, after some time turn off the gas and wait for a while and then open it. Chicken Dum Biryani is ready.
Preeti says that her Chicken Dum Biryani is served for Rs 99 per half plate and Rs 199 per full plate. Counter price is given on any order and delivery charge is taken according to distance. She said that the sale of Chicken Dum Biryani is more than Rs 5000 per day.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : May 28, 2024, 12:22 IST
