Thursday, January 16, 2020

Layered Meat And Potato Biryani....At Home


Biryani
is a very popular dish in all parts of India. Biryani is a spicy rice mixed with meat (Chicken, Mutton, Beef, Prawn and Shrimp) and Vegetables. The main ingredients are rice, spice, dahi, meat and vegetables. Everyone loves to eat Biryani, whether it is a chicken biryani, beef biryani, vegetable biryani or mutton biryani. I would love to post this simple and an easy Layered Meat And Potato Biryani recipe. Here, I'm going to show you how to make a Layered Meat And Potato Biryani step by step......




Prep Time: 45 mins
Cook Time: 1hr
Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Servings: 5-6
Cuisine: Indian
Author: Ayesha Md



Ingredients:
For Meat And Layering:

1 kg meat (Beef/mutton) with bone cut into small size of your choice
2 tbsp ginger and garlic paste

250 ml beaten yogurt
1 tbsp red chilli powder or (as per taste)
3 medium size onions, thinly sliced
2 tbsp lemon juice
salt as per taste
4 bay leaves
3-4 small cinnamon sticks
6 cloves
8-10 black peppercorns
2 black cardamoms
1 tsp cumin seeds
100 ml oil
a bunch of freshly mint leaves
6-8 green chillies whole (remove the stems)
1/2 tsp mace powder
1 star anise
25-30 gm Shan/Al-Aziz/Rehmat Biryani Masala
2 tbsp rose water to sprinkle
a pinch of saffron color mix with 2 tbsp of milk
2 tbsp ghee
a cup of water
4-6 small potatoes (boiled)
2 lemon, thinly sliced


For boiling rice:

750 gm - 1 kg basmati brown rice
Water for boiling the rice
salt as per taste
2 bay leaves
2-3 small cinnamon sticks
4 cloves
4 green cardamoms
6-8 black peppercorns
2 black cardamoms
1 star anise


Instructions for cooking:

1) Wash and soak basmati/brown rice for 2 hrs or more.

2) Clean and wash the meat (beef) and set aside. Heat oil into a pressure cooker and then add bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, green cardamoms,  black peppercorns, star anise, black cardamoms and cumin seeds cook till they crackle.

3) Now add onion and saute till they turn golden brown, then add the meat (beef) and mix them well and saute for 5-10 minutes till meat (beef) changed its colour and turns golden brown.

4) Now add some salt, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, mace powder, lemon juice, Shan/Al- Aziz/Rehmat Biryani Masala, water and beaten yogurt.

5) Cover the lid of the pressure cooker and reduce the flame and cook for 2-3 whistles or until meat (beef) get tendered. Switch off the stove and open the pressure cooker, if there is excess water in the gravy, then evaporates it, by cooking on high flame for sometime, and keep it aside.

6) Take an empty pressure cooker, add potatoes, salt and water. Turn on the flame and bring it to a boil, cover the lid of the pressure cooker and simmer for about 10-15 minutes or till it completely tendered. Turn off the flame, remove the potatoes from the water, run them under cold water and peeled them off, if required cutting into two pieces. As shown in the picture.




7) Take an empty vessel, add water as required for boiling, add salt, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, cloves, green cardamoms, black peppercorns, star anise, black cardamoms and lemon juice bring the water to a boil.

8) Add soaked rice into the boiling water and cook further for 30-40 minutes or till rice is cooked about 85-90%. Now, drain the excess water and set aside. As shown in the picture.




9) Take an empty vessel, now place 1/3 of rice to it and spread it evenly, then add 1/3 of meat (Beef) gravy, 2-3 potatoes, 1 lemon slices, some mint leaves and 3-4 green chillies. Repeat this process for the rest of the meat, rice, potatoes, mint leaves, lemon and green chillies. As shown in the picture.



10) Add some ghee and food color at the top of the layer. And sprinkle some rose water.

11) Cover the lid of the vessel and cook the Biryani for 10-15 minutes on very low flame. Yours Layered Meat And Potato Biryani is almost done. Serve hot with Rita or chutney. As shown in the picture.




If you have any queries regarding this recipe don't forget to share your comment, your comments are valuable for me. It would always be a pleasure for me to serve you....And I'll be back soon with an another exciting recipe...



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