Biryani
- Serves 4 -6 people
- Prep time: 20 minutes
- Cooking time: 50 minutes
Spices to be ground:
- 1 tbsp cumin seeds
- 2 sticks cinnamon
- 4 cardamoms
- 6 black peppercorns
- 1/8 tsp mace (similar to nutmeg)
- To save time and effort, use already ground spices.
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Ingredients for Biryani
- 2 1/4 mutton (or lamb, chicken, or make without meat)
- 5 cups pullao rice (mild aromatic or basmati rice)
- 1/2 cup sliced onions
- 3/4 cup ghee or butter oil
- 1 tbsp ginger
- 1 tbsp garlic
- 50 gm hot green chilis
- 1/2 cup yogurt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Salt to taste
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Directions
Cut the meat into 2.5 cm cubes, wash and drain away in water. Wash rice and drain.
Heat ghee or butter oil. Sauté onions until light brown. Add the meat, garlic, ginger, yogurt, salt, half of the green chilies and half of the ground spices. Stir, cover and cook until oil separates from spices.
Take the oil and gravy from the meat and pour the meat into a separate saucepan. Add 2.5 cups of water, bring to boil. Add milk, rice, sugar and salt. Stir. When it boils, add the rest of the ground spices, lower heat and cover the pan. Cook for 20 minutes. Remove from heat.
After 10 minutes, place meat on the rice and keep covered for 20 minutes on very low heat. Before serving mix the meat well with the rice. |