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Easiest Way To Make Tasty Biryani Pulaav At Home
Posted: Apr 17, 2014
One can use Biryani Masala or homemade Biryani/Pulaav Masala to make variety of Rice dishes like vegetable Pulaav, Jhatpat Pulaav, Tomato Pulaav, Carrot and Capsicum Pulaav etc along with Mutton or Chicken Biryani. To make toothsome Biryani follow below mentioned steps. Take 1 kg Lamb/Chicken and cut into small pieces, if you are using Chicken take breast and thigh. Take 4 large onions thinly sliced, Garlic paste 2 teaspoons, Ginger paste 2 teaspoons, ½ cup Almonds, 4 tablespoons of Vegetable oil/ Ghee / Sunflower oil, 1â?? Cinnamon, 5 Cloves, 3 pods of Cardamom, 8 Peppercorns, 2 teaspoon Coriander powder, 1 ½ teaspoon Cumin powder, 1 teaspoon Garam masala, 1 cup Yoghurt, 1 cup Lime juice, 1 cup Chicken/Lamb stock, 2 tablespoons of fresh chopped Coriander leaves, 2 tablespoon of finely chopped Mint leaves and salt to taste.
For preparing Rice take 2 cups of Basmati Rice, salt to taste, Orange and Green food color 3 drops each. Put Almonds in bowl of water for 10 minutes and later peel them off, cut them into small pieces. Put Rice in another bowl with water so as water level is at least 4â?? above Rice. Mix Ginger, Garlic paste and add peeled Almonds, grind them to form a paste. Wash Rice thoroughly, pass them through a colander, take fresh water add salt and keep the mixture to boil. Once Rice are cooked put off the flame, add 3 tablespoons of oil to a frying pan and fry 2 sliced onions till they turn darker in color. Sieve the mixture and keep onions for later use. Add 3 tablespoons of oil in another pan and add all the spices Cinnamon, Cloves, Peppercorns and Cardamom, Fry them till they turn dark. Add two raw sliced onions and fry them with spices, add ginger-garlic-almond paste fry for 1-2 minutes and add Cumin, Coriander and Biryani Masala and mix them well.
When oil begins to separate from mixture add Lamb/Chicken pieces, mix them well, let the mixture cook till pieces turn dark and lose their pink color. Add yoghurt, Mint leaves, Coriander, Lime juice, stock and salt. Stir gently and cover the pan and let the mixture cook. Divide Rice in three equal portions, add Orange color and Green color to one portion each and allow third portion to stay white. Once meat is completely cooked spread an Aluminum foil, layer it with meat and mount another layer of Rice, then again a layer of meat and top it with one more layer of Rice, add fried Onions and cover entire heap tightly with Aluminum foil. Use a thread to tie the top part so that content remains tightly held inside the foil. Open it when ready to serve.
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Jacob Franklin is a passionate writer who has written numerous articles on topics concerning ayurvedic remedies for men health and women health. He writes informative articles on health-related issues and the use of natural health supplements.