Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, biryani. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Biryani is the primary dish in a meal, while the pulao is usually a secondary accompaniment to a larger meal. In biryani, meat (and vegetables, if present) and rice are cooked separately before being layered and cooked together. Pulao is a single-pot dish: meat (or vegetables) and rice are simmered in a liquid until the liquid is absorbed.
Biryani is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Biryani is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have biryani using 43 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Biryani:
- Prepare 500 grams (For cooking, check this) Basmati Rice
- Prepare 4 tblspn ghee
- Get 1 large sliced thinly Onion
- Take 1 handful Cashews
- Take 1 handful Sultanas / Kishmish
- Prepare 1 pinch Saffron
- Make ready For Marinating :
- Make ready 500 grams chopped into bite size pieces beef
- Make ready Coriander Powder / Malli Podi – 1 tblspn
- Take 2 tsp Chilli Powder –
- Take 1 tsp Pepper Powder –
- Take 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi –
- Prepare 1 tsp Cumin Powder / Jeera Podi –
- Take 1.5 tsp Garam Masala Powder –
- Get 1 tblsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Prepare 1 tblspn lemon juice
- Get For Masala :
- Get 4 tblspn + 2 tblspn Oil
- Make ready 3 large sliced thinly onion
- Make ready Curry leaves a handful
- Make ready 3 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- Get 2 large chopped finely tomato
- Take 2 tbsp Coriander Powder / Malli Podi
- Prepare 1 tbsp Chilli Powder
- Make ready 2 tsp Pepper Powder –
- Prepare 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi –
- Take 2 tsp Cumin Powder / Jeera Podi
- Make ready 1 tblspn garm masala powder
- Get to taste Salt
- Make ready 1 cup Curd / Yogurt –
- Make ready as needed Water
- Get Coriander leaves as needed finely chopped
- Take Mint Leaves as needed finely chopped
- Take Whole spices:
- Make ready 1 tsp Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf
- Make ready 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- Take 2 cm Cinnamon / Pattai
- Take 3 Cardamom / Yelakai
- Make ready 3 Cloves / Krambu
- Take 1 Bay Leaf
- Make ready 1 piece Black Stone Flower / Kal Paasi
- Prepare 1 Star Anise –
The turmeric imparts a lovely golden hue and sublime flavor. Biryani is a celebration of all that is great about Indian food - the heady aromas, the vibrant colours, the fluffy rice and those addictive curry flavours. Make this Chicken Biryani with your protein of choice - or try a vegetable biryani! One of the most requested recipes is finally here!
Steps to make Biryani:
- Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 mins. Drain it and cook it as per this directions. Drain and set aside. - - Take saffron in a bowl, add little milk and let it sit till everything is done.
- Take all marinating ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Leave to marinate for 15 mins to 1 hour.
- Heat 2 tblspn oil in a pressure cooker. Add in beef and stir fry for 5 mins. Add in 1.5 cup of water and mix well. Pressure cook for 10 - whistle, simmer for 15 to 20 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and check for doneness.
- Now heat oil in a kadai. Add in whole spices and sizzle for a min.Add in onions, curryleaves and salt. Cook till onions get golden.Add in tomatoes and cook till it gets mushy.
- Add in all spice powder and mix well. Add in yogurt and give a good mix.Add in half of the mint and coriander leaves.Add in the cooked beef along with liquid and mix well. Cook till it gets thick.
- Now heat ghee in a pan, add in onions and fry till golden, add in cashews and kishmish and fry till golden. Set aside.
- Now lay the cooked basmati rice over the masala, top with mint and coriander leaves, fried onions, cashews and kishmish along with the ghee, saffron milk. Cover with a tight lid and put this over a tawa on low heat.
- Let this cook on dum for 15-20 min.Now biryani is ready.
Add the chicken and turn to coat. Biryani can be an elaborate, ambitious affair, packed with layer upon layer of spiced meat and vegetables all steaming together with ghee. This version is simplified, with just two layers. Their biryani is a spicy-hot pukka style, and features lamb, blanched tomatoes, potatoes, and prunes. Sindhi biryani is the biryani I grew up with.
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