RecipesMEAT DISHES:
Hyderabadi Biryani
Ingredients
| Long grain rice | 1 kg |
| Mutton | 2 kgs |
| Yogurt | 3/4 kg |
| Small green chillies | 8 number |
| Mint leaves | 1 cup |
| Onion | 2 large |
| Corriander leaves | 1 cup |
| Tenderiser | 1 tea spoon |
| Cloves | 8 number |
| Cardamom | 8 number |
| Black cumin seeds | 2 teaspoons |
| Cinamon sticks | 3 (1 inch long) |
| Ginger garlic paste | 4 table spoons |
| Salt | To taste |
| Saffron | 1/2 tea spoon |
| Milk | 1 cup |
| Oil | 1 cup |
| Pure Ghee (butter) | 1/2 cup |
Preparation:
Garam Masala powder: Grind 5 cloves, 5 cardamom, 1 tea spoon
black cumin seeds & 2 pieces of cinnamon into fine powder.
Hara Masala Paste : Grind 4 green chillies, 1/2 cup corriander leaves, 1/2 cup mint leaves into a fine paste by adding very little yogurt.
Onions : Deep fry sliced onions till just about to turn light golden. Drain well. Keep open in fridge for 1/2 hour. Take out & crush well with hand.
Saffron: In 2 table spoons of milk soak saffron strings.
Marination:
Wash mutton. Drain it well. Marinate the mutton with the garam
masala powder, hara masala paste, ginger garlic paste, crushed
onions, whipped yogurt & tenderiser for 2 to 3 hours.
Cooking (45 mins):
Step 1:
- Wash rice & soak for 10 minutes.
- Bring 8 cups water to a boil with remaing cloves, cinnamon, cardamon, black cumin seeds, green chillies, mint leaves, corriander leaves.
- When water is boiling add drained rice & cook until 1/4 done.
- Drain all ingredients through sieve.
Step2:
- In a separate vessel warm the butter & remaing oil left after frying onions.
- Add the marinated mutton to it & let it cook for five minutes.
Step3:
- Add drained rice to cover the mutton well.
- Steam it on simmer till mutton & rice done. Keep moving the vessel on the burner so that the heat reaches the vessel evenly.
- When half done add the soaked saffron in remaining milk.
- Sprinkle this milk on the rice to form a yellow circle over it.
- Cover again & steam till done.
- Serve in a oval or round platter after mixing well the rice & mutton.
- Serve hot as a main course.
Contributed by Mrs. Batul Fatima
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