Shaahi Biryani Recipe

Shaahi Biryani
submitted by passionIfoodie at ifood.tv

Summary

Preparation Time10 MinCooking Time1 Hr 0 Min
Ready In1 Hr 10 MinDifficulty LevelMedium
Health IndexAverageServings4
CuisineIndianCourseMain Dish
MethodSteamedSpecialityComplete Meal
Main IngredientMeat

Ingredients

 
Mutton-1/2 pound, small pieces
 
Ghee-3/4 cup
 
Onion-1 large, chopped
 
Tomato paste-3 tablespoons
 
Basmati rice-1 cup, pre-soaked
 
Meat bouillon -2 1/2 cups
 
Saffron strands -1 teaspoon
 
Salt- to taste
 
Cayenne pepper -1 teaspoon
 
Whole spices:
 
Cloves-8
 
Black peppercorns-8
 
Bay leaves-2
 
Brown cardamom pod-1
 
Green cardamom pods-4
 
Cinnamon -1 (2 inch) stick
 
Grind into paste:
 
Onion-1 small
 
Garlic-2 cloves
 
Fresh green ginger -1 (1/2 inch) piece
 
Salt -1 teaspoon
 
Plain yogurt-1/3 cup

Directions

GETTING READY
1)Prick the meat pieces with a fork and marinate it in yogurt paste and leave for 2 hours.

MAKING
2)In a pan, heat half ghee and cook meat pieces for 30 minutes on medium heat.
3)Take another saucepan, and heat remaining ghee. Saute onion until golden. Keep aside half for garnishing.
4)Then, add whole spices and stir for 2 minutes. Add meat and tomato puree.
5)Now, add rice and stir for 5 minutes. Slowly add stock, saffron, salt, cayenne and bring to boil.
6)Decrease heat and cook for 10 minutes or until dry and rice is cooked.

SERVING
7)Garnish the biryani with onion and saffron and serve.

Comments

Anonymous says :

The recipe takes about 2 hours to be done. Hence, pls change the time taken data on this. Cheers!!
Posted on: 22 July 2010 - 9:49am

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