Sindhi biryani recipe

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  • Cuisine: Pakistani

Ingredients

1kg goat meat, boneless and cut into large cubes
500g basmati rice
100g natural yoghurt
3 medium tomatoes, cut into thin wedges
Vegetable oil
3 medium potatoes, boiled until tender and cut in half
3 medium onions, thinly sliced
3 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
1 tbsp garlic, minced
10 cloves
5-6 green cardamom pods plus 8 to cook rice
4-5 cinnamon quills
1 tablespoon dried red chilli powder
½ tbsp turmeric
½ tbsp paprika
5 bay leaves
1 tbsp coriander powder
2 heaped tsp cumin powder
2 tsp cumin seeds
8 to 10 dried plums
1 tbsp salt
8 -10 black peppercorns, ground
2-3 black cardamom pods
3 long green chillies, whole, plus 1 finely sliced
1 bunch coriander, chopped
1 bunch mint, chopped
1 tbsp saffron, soaked briefly in milk
25g each of sultanas, slivered almonds, walnuts and cashew nuts
Fried onion rings, to garnish

Preparation

Fry onions in a little vegetable oil until golden brown and translucent.

Add goat and stir for a few minutes.

Add ginger and garlic.

Add yoghurt and all dried spices except saffron, mixing well to combine.

Add 1 cup water, green chillies and salt.

Cover and simmer for 45 minutes.

Soak rice for half an hour, drain and cook in boiling water with extra green cardamom pods. Drain when cooked and split into two lots.

Add saffron to one half of the rice and stir through to distribute saffron evenly.

Combine tomatoes, mint, coriander, and sliced green chilli.

Add 1/3 of the tomato mixture to the goat mixture.

Cover and cook for a further 5 to 10 minutes.

On a large serving platter, spoon out ½ the plain rice and top with the goat curry.

Spoon over ½ the saffron rice and sprinkle with half the remaining tomato, mint and green chilli mixture.

Add a layer of the boiled potatoes, then another layer of plain rice, saffron rice and finally onion rings.

Top with remaining tomato, mint and green chilli mixture, then sprinkle over sultanas, almonds, walnuts and cashews.

Serve with cachumbar, made from red onions, tomatoes, vinegar and shredded lettuce and raita, made from yoghurt, mint, cumin and salt.


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15 Nov 2009 04:29 AEST
ICe
SEAsia
Brilliant biryani!
Caught the program recently and must admit this is one delicious looking biryani if ever I saw one! The layering of ingredients is incredible!
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06 Aug 2009 11:07 AEST
Alfie
Perth
Delicious!
Tried this dish a few weeks ago, and it was so yummy! Love the spice. Great recipe.
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28 Jun 2009 12:27 AEST
Dan Sander
MO, USA
Great receipe
Always like spicy food and this recipe is just what I would like to try this week. Thanks to the Chef.
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24 Jun 2009 01:08 AEST
Hajira
usa
Brilliant
I just adored the food , Sonia Kayani is a excellant cook. When I saw the video on youtube , I was wishing to just take the food out and eat it , so I tried to make it but I couldn't make it like Sonia Kayani did. She's the best ever!!!!!!!.
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03 Jun 2009 04:29 AEST
angela metcalfe
Wagg Wagga
biryani
Looks like a great recipe, but 1 tbsp of saffron looks wrong. it would make it v expensive.
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15 May 2009 11:08 AEST
kuldip
sydney
easy peasy
gave it a try and turned out wonderful. thanks guys
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14 May 2009 05:51 AEST
sonia
victoria
yummy biriyani
the igredients does'nt say anything about the potatoes whether they should be boiled or not?
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13 Nov 2008 03:30 AEST
chris
uk
love it
i always wanted to know how to make Biryani as my mates do come over n cook n luck for them this my treat for them. really easy to make. And ofcourse i over cooked the rice. but the whole thing was absolutely brilliant
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