Beef Biryani

 

Ingredients

• Beef – 1 kg
• Basmati rice – 1 kg
• Onion – 4 nos
• Green chilli – 4 nos
• Ginger – 1 nos
• Garlic – 6 or 7 nos
• Coriander leaf- small hand full
• Lemon -1/2
• Tomatoes – 2 nos
• Curd – 2 tbsp
• Pepper powder – 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
• Garam masala – 1 tbsp
• Cashew nut – 250 grm
• Raisins – 250 grm
• Cinnamon – 1 nos
• Cardamom – 3 nos
• Cloves – 2 nos
• Bay leaves – 1 nos
• Salt – 1 or2 tsp
• Oil – 3 or4 tbsp
• Ghee – 2 or3 tbsp

Method

1. Crush green chilli, ginger and garlic, set aside.
2. Take a pan add cleaned beef pieces, salt, pepper powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala ,crushed ginger garlic mix and chopped coriander leaf mix them well. Add some water and cook them well.
3. Wash and soak the basmati rice for half an hour.
4. Heat oil and small quantity of ghee in a pan add cashew nut , fry them well, drain and set aside.
5. Add raisins to the hot oil, fry them well, drain and keep aside.
6. Add chopped onion into the hot oil fried them well till they become golden brown and set aside
7. Drain the soaked rice and rewash them well, set aside.
8. Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan, add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bay leaves, saute for few seconds.
9. Add soaked basmati rice, sufficient amount of water and salt boil them well. Drain excess water and set aside.
10. Divide the cooked basmati rice into half, set aside.
11. Heat oil in a pan, add chopped onion, crushed ginger garlic mix, chopped tomatoes and salt. Cook them well till the tomatoes become soften.
12. Add coriander leaf, squeezed lemon juice and curd, mix them well.
13. Add cooked beef and cook for some minutes.
14. Then take the half portion of the beef masala and keep aside. The other half of the masala will keep in the pan .
15. Top it with half of the cooked basmati rice.
16. Sprinkle fried onion, cashews, raisins and chopped coriander leaf.
17. Spread the remaining beef masala on top followed by remaining cooked basmati rice.
18. Sprinkle fried onion, fried cashews, raisins, chopped coriander leave.
19. Then cover and cook for some minutes.
20. Serve and enjoy

Source: Village Cooking