Lamb biryani recipe

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Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

700g basmati rice
1 kg lamb, diced
250g fine-chopped garlic
200g fine-chopped ginger
200g yoghurt
500ml oil
1 kg onions
5 green chillies, sliced
1 tbspn garam masala
1 tbspn chilli powder
1 tspn turmeric
the juice of 2 lemons
200g tomatoes
1 bunch coriander leaves
2 bunches mint leaves
5g cardamom
5g cloves
4 bay leaves
5 litres water
1 g saffron
100g cashew nuts, fried
100g sultanas
100g butter
100g ghee
1 tbpsn rose water
1 litre milk
Serves a crowd!

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Preparation

Wash the rice thoroughly and soak in water for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, marinate the lamb with the yoghurt, ginger, garlic and salt to taste. Keep aside for at least one hour.

Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and fry the onions till brown. Take out about 100g of fried onions and reserve for garnish.

Add the marinated lamb to the onions, plus garam masala, chilli powder, turmeric powder, half the lemon juice and diced tomatoes. Simmer, covered, over a low heat until the meat becomes tender. Add chopped mint and coriander, bay leaves, cloves and cardomom. This becomes the biryani masala.

Bring water to the boil, add salt and lemon juice, drain the soaked rice and add to the boiling water. When rice is half-cooked, drain.

Taking another heavy-bottomed cooking pot, layer the lamb biryani masala and the rice alternately, finishing with a layer of rice. Top with fried cashew nuts, sultanas, rose water, saffron, butter and the milk.

Cover with a cloth and seal tightly. Cook for at least 25 minutes over a slow fire. When steam emerges from the pot, remove from the heat and mix together.

Serves with sarlas (see recipe below) and lime pickle.

Sarlas
1 Spanish onion, sliced
1 sprig curry leaves,
20g chopped ginger
2 green chillies, chopped
200g yoghurt
Salt to taste
Mix the onion, curry leaves, ginger and chillies together, then add the yoghurt and salt to taste. Serve as a condiment with biryani.

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