FOOD: Kenyan Biryani

The Kenyan biryani is very similar to the Indian biryani that is because Indian introduced the recipe to Easy African many Years ago.

In this page you will learn how to make the Kenyan style  chicken biryani but you can use the same recipe to make lamb meat biryani too

Fried onions:

•  2  cups oil
•  ½  kg onions (finely sliced)

For the chicken

•  1 kg  chicken (cut into  pieces)
•  150 ml yoghurt
•  1 tbsp crushed garlic
•  1 tbsp crushed ginger
•  1 tsp chili powder
•  1 tsp salt
•  5 whole black pepper
• 1  tbsp whole cumin
• 1 tsp  ground coriander
• 5  whole cardamoms
• ½  stick  cinnamon
•  3  cloves

For the sauce:

•  1 cups oil  (use the oil from fried onions)
• 1 tbsp whole cumin
•  ½  stick cinnamon
•  4 whole cardamoms
•   1  tsp ground coriander
• 2  cloves
• 4 whole black peppers
•  5 fresh tomatoes (puree)
• 1 tbsp crushed garlic
• 1 tbsp crushed ginger
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp chillie powder
• 1  tsp lemon/lime juice
• 1 tbsp garam masala

For the Rice:

• ·         1 kg Rice
• ·         5 tablespoons Yellow food color diluted in 2 tablespoon water
• ·         4 hard-boiled eggs  and fried potatoes (optional, for garnishing)

source:rootsafrikiko.com