Hyderabadi Biryani
Ingredients
Basmati Rice 500gms
Mutton cut into small pieces 1 kgs
Garam masala 2 tsp
Red chillies whole 6 nos
Cashewnuts A handful
Onions (sliced fine&fried till crisp) 5 nos
Cloves 2 nos
Dalchini 2 nos
Elaichi 3 nos
Green chillies 6 nos
Ginger garlic paste 3 tsp
Saffron (dissolved into 3/4 cup 2 pinches milk)
Animated Hyderabadi Biryani Receipe:
Curd beaten 1 cup
Lemon juice 2 nos
Eggs boiled 4
Ghee/oil 5 tbsp
Salt to taste
Method:
- Grind the red chillies & cashewnuts to a fine paste.
- To the mutton apply the ginger, garlic paste & beaten curd. Set it aside
for half an hour.
- Heat 4tbsp ghee & fry the red chilli masala.
- Add the marinated mutton 1/4 of the fried onion. 1tsp garam masala &
salt to taste.
- Keep frying till ghee seperates. Add 11/2 cups warm water. Pressure
cook till tender.
- Heat dekchi, add 1tbsp ghee & fry the sabut masala.
- Add the rice & fry a little. Add the green chillies & salt to taste.
- Then add the mutton & rice together if you thick then add enough warm
water cook till rice is done.
- Mix together garam masala & fried onion & juice of one lemon.
- Sprinkle the rice with saffron milk & dot with ghee.
- Garnished with eggs cut into halves.
Serve hot.
