Om gonna try my hand at making chicken biryani tonight. I found a recipe on that tin eats site. A few substitutions will be in order though. I don’t have plain yogurt or chicken thighs. ChatGPT suggested using coconut milk with a dash of lemon juice slightly evaporated in place of plain yogurt, so I’m gonna try that. I have drumsticks, but no chicken thighs. But I also have lots of chicken breast. The recipe has a note about substituting thighs for breast. Not recommended apparently, but it does have an alternative recommendation to try to keep them juicyish
Another problem I’ll probably run into, is that I think everything is meant to be mixed into one enormous pot and cooked together or simmered for a while. In my infinite wisdom, I only bought one pot. I do have a giant wok I can probably use, but it’s got a very thin base so I’ll need to be careful about the heat
E: and I don’t have ghee or butter because I normally substitute all butter for margarine. So that’s what it’s getting
It’s not entirely don’t like. Sometimes I do use butter for baking. But I avoid putting butter or margarine on anything I don’t have to. Don’t know why, I just don’t like it
I only really buy margarine because it’s cheaper, I can’t notice a taste or consistency difference in almost everything I cook or bake, so certainly not worth the extra money most of the time
Om gonna try my hand at making chicken biryani tonight. I found a recipe on that tin eats site. A few substitutions will be in order though. I don’t have plain yogurt or chicken thighs. ChatGPT suggested using coconut milk with a dash of lemon juice slightly evaporated in place of plain yogurt, so I’m gonna try that. I have drumsticks, but no chicken thighs. But I also have lots of chicken breast. The recipe has a note about substituting thighs for breast. Not recommended apparently, but it does have an alternative recommendation to try to keep them juicyish
Another problem I’ll probably run into, is that I think everything is meant to be mixed into one enormous pot and cooked together or simmered for a while. In my infinite wisdom, I only bought one pot. I do have a giant wok I can probably use, but it’s got a very thin base so I’ll need to be careful about the heat
E: and I don’t have ghee or butter because I normally substitute all butter for margarine. So that’s what it’s getting
Curious, what is it about butter you don’t like?
It’s not entirely don’t like. Sometimes I do use butter for baking. But I avoid putting butter or margarine on anything I don’t have to. Don’t know why, I just don’t like it
I only really buy margarine because it’s cheaper, I can’t notice a taste or consistency difference in almost everything I cook or bake, so certainly not worth the extra money most of the time