Gosht Biryani

Chicken Biryani is a savoury lamb and rice dish that includes layers of chicken, rice, and fried onions that are cooked on dum and steamed together. There are more than 100 versions of this dish, which was introduced in India by the Mughals.

Serves: 10 portions

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INGREDIENTS

· Lamb boti/nalli 1kg

· Basmati rice 1kg

· Ghee 300gms

· Mint 20gms

· Elaichi powder 200gms

· Cream 200gms

· Fried onion 20gms

· Ginger garlic paste 20gms

· Red chilli powder 10gms

· Garam masala powder 10gms

· Green chilli 15gms

· Saffron 4gms

· Curd 150gms

· Lemon juice 10gms

· Kewra water 10gms

· Lamb stock 400ml

· Coriander 200gms

METHOD

1. Soak rice & keep it aside.

2. Marinate the lamb with some salt, curd and ginger garlic paste.

3. Heat oil in a pan, add whole spices, ginger garlic paste, lamb and cook it well.

4. Add powdered spices; then yoghurt and some lamb stock to it and cook it nicely.

5. Separate lamb from the gravy, discard all the whole species, and blend the gravy.

6. add the lamb to the gravy, add kewra water, mint leaves, coriander leaves & slit green chillies to it.

7. In the boiling water, cook rice till it is 70% done.

8. Take thick bottom pan and spread the par boil rice over lamb in the pan, sprinkle with saffron water & kewra, cover with silver wrap & cook on dum keeping the entire flavor intact.

9. Serve with raita and mirch salan.