Recipe for Nawabi biryani
Ingredients
- 325 gms Basmati Rice
- 1/2 kg. Mutton (cut in pieces)
- 3 Onions (sliced)
- 1/2 tbsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
- 1 tsp Garam Masala
- 3 small-sized Red Chilies
- 1 piece Cinnamon
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- 1/2 cup Curd (beaten)
- 3 Green Cardamom
- 5 Pepper
- 5 Cloves
- 1/2 tsp Shahjeera
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/4 cup Milk, with saffron
- 1 pinch Coriander/Pudina (chopped)
- Jardalu (5 apricots )
- Dry Fruits
- Ghee, as required
Cooking Directions
Fry the dry fruits & apricots in 2½ tbsp ghee, with a little salt (to taste).
Now, grind the fried onions and red chilies, to make a fine paste.
Marinate the mutton pieces with curd, ginger-garlic paste, onion paste, turmeric powder and salt.
In a pressure cooker, heat ghee, add the marinated mutton and cook till done.
Heat ghee again in another vessel, add the whole spices, fry for a while and then add the washed rice.
Add salt and warm water, enough that it comes 1½ inch above the rice. Cook till the rice is done.
Remove the rice from the pan, spread out to cool and remove the whole spices.
To assemble, apply ghee to a heavy bottomed vessel, add the cooked mutton and sprinkle some garam masala.
Cover with a layer of rice, followed by melted ghee and then the saffron milk.
Lastly, add the fried nuts, cover tightly and keep on dum for 15-20 minutes.
Mix and serve, hot garnished with chopped coriander & pudina.
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