:: Ingredients for Biryani
1 kg meat (chicken/lamb/prawns)
4 cups basmati rice
1 1/2 cup of Water for 1 cup rice
2" piece of ginger
10 cloves garlic
10 green chillies
3 large onions sliced
3 large tomatoes sliced
Mint leaves & corriander leaves - 1 tbsp each
pinch of saffron
6 large potatoes
1 tsp.turmeric powder
Oil / butter
6 cardamoms
6 cloves
4" stick of cinnamon
1 bay leaf
salt to taste
:: How to make Biryani
STEP-A:
1. Make a paste of ginger, garlic and green chillies.
2 Peel, cut and wash the potatoes in 1.5" pieces.
3. Clean and wash the rice.
STEP-B:
1. Clean and cut the meat to big sizes and keep aside.
2. Fry the onions till golden brown. Remove the onions,
drain of oil. Chuck the
ginger-garlic-chilly paste into the same oil. Fry for 6
minutes. Put in the meat and
fry for K minutes. If lamb, K = 10; otherwise K = 5. In
either case, you want the
meat to be half cooked before starting stage 3.
3. Add chopped tomatoes, cloves, cinnamon, cardamoms,
turmeric, mint leaves
and salt and fry for 5 minutes. Add a little water and
cook till the meat is 75%
cooked. This will take a short while for chicken/prawns,
and longer for lamb.
4. Now add the rice and potatoes. Add the rest of the
water and cook (covered)
till the rice is ready. A slow flame will work better than
a powerful one. Stir
occasionally.
5. Serve hot, garnished with the fried onions.
:: Biryani Cooking Videos
[More Indian food recipes from this category: ] |
