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Sindhi Chicken Biryani
Karachi tradition · Serves 6 · Halal-verified
The Signatures
  1. 01Aged basmati rice — 500 g, soaked 30 min
  2. 02Bone-in halal chicken — 1 kg, cut in 8
  3. 03Ripe tomatoes — 4 medium, chopped
  4. 04Full-fat yogurt — 250 g, whisked
  5. 05Potato — 3 medium (the Sindhi essential)
  6. 06Green chilies — 8–10, split lengthwise
  7. 07Saffron — ½ tsp, bloomed in warm milk
  8. 08Fried onions, mint & coriander — generously
The Sindhi Touch

Bolder heat, more tomato, whole potato in every scoop, and dum for 25 minutes over the lowest possible flame. Ready when steam runs clear.

Recipe by Sana K. · Verified halal · Tested 11 times
Pakistani · Sindhi Tradition

Authentic Sindhi Chicken Biryani

The Karachi version — layered basmati, slow-braised chicken in tomato-yogurt masala, potato in every scoop, and mint that hits the back of your throat. Our recipe developer tested this 11 times against her grandmother's notes.

Prep 30 min
Cook 1h 15 min
Serves 6
Difficulty Intermediate
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A recipe is halal when every ingredient is permissible under Islamic dietary law. This means no pork or pork derivatives, no alcohol (including cooking wine and alcohol-based extracts), and all meat must be halal-slaughtered (zabihah). Ambiguous ingredients like gelatin, rennet in cheese, and vanilla extract need to be verified — halal substitutions are always noted on our recipes.
We cover 30+ Muslim cuisines — Pakistani, Indian Muslim, Bangladeshi, Afghan, Turkish, Persian, Levantine (Palestinian, Lebanese, Jordanian, Syrian), Arabian Gulf, Moroccan, Egyptian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Uzbek, Bosnian, and many more. Each cuisine is reviewed by a native cultural reviewer for authenticity.
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Every cuisine has a native cultural reviewer credited on-page. Pakistani and Indian Muslim recipes are reviewed by our Pakistan-based team. For Turkish, Persian, Arab, Moroccan, Indonesian, Malaysian and African Muslim cuisines, we work with rotating freelance native reviewers who verify regional accuracy, traditional techniques, and cultural context before publication.
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