• Half kg —— Basmati rice
• 1 kg —— Lamb or beef on the bone
• 100 gms —— Vegetable oil
• 2 liters —— Water
• 2 large —— Carrots
• 100 gms —— Black seedless raisins
• Zeera ( Cumin )
• Dalchini ( cinnamon )
• Ilaichi ( Cardamom )
• salt & pepper

Brown 1 medium diced onion in oil. Add lamb or beef cut into 1” cubes & brown lightly.

Add 2 cups of water, 1 tsp (or to taste) each of salt, dalchini, ground zeera & ground ilaichi.

Cover & simmer (about an hour) until meat is tender.
Remove meat from the juice & set juice aside.

Cut 3 carrots into match stick size pieces. Sauté carrots & 1 tsp sugar in about quarter cub of oil.

Cook until they are lightly browned. Remove from oil.

Add 1 cup of raisins to the oil & cook until they swell up.

Boil the meat juice & add 2 cups basmati rice.1.5 tsp salt & enough boiling water to come 2 inches over the rice.

Cook until the water is absorbed & the rice is tender (not mushy). Mix the meat, carrots, raisings & rice together.

Place in a large oven-proof casserole, cover & bake at 300 degrees of for half to an hour

by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 4314 views