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        	  | Occasion: Any |  | Total servings: 6 |  
		    | Cuisine: Pakistani |  | Calories: |  
		    | Effort: Average |  | Pre-Prep time: |  
		    | Best for: All |  | Preperation time: 40-45 min |  
		    | How to serve: Hot |  |  |  Nawabi Biryani recipe by Nazia Nazar at PakiRecipes.com.
 Biryani is a rice-based foods made with spices, rice (usually basmati) and meat (often chicken).
 
 
 
   325 gms basmati rice 1/2 kg mutton, cut in pieces
 3 onions, sliced
 1/2 tbsp gingergarlic paste
 1 tsp garam masala
 3 red chilies
 1" piece cinnamon
   1/2 cup curd (yogurt), beaten
 3 green cardamom
   5 pepper corns
 5 cloves
 1/2 tsp shah zeera
  (black cumin seeds  ) 1/2 tsp turmeric
  powder 1 pinch saffron, dissolved in 1/4cup milk
 5 jardalu (apricots)
 Dry fruits, as required
 Coriander leaves
  & pudina (mint  ) leaves, as required) Ghee
  , as required 
 
    Fry the dry fruits & apricots in 2 1/2 tbsp ghee  with a little salt  to taste. Grind the fried onions and red chilies to a fine paste. Marinate the mutton pieces with curd, gingergarlic paste, onion
  paste, turmeric  powder and salt  . In a pressure cooker heat ghee  , add the marinated mutton and pressure cook till done. Heat ghee
  again in another vessel, add the whole spices, fry for a while and then add the washed rice. Add salt  , warm water so that comes 1 1/2 inch above the rice and cook till the rice is done. Remove, spread out to cool and remove the whole spices. Now to assemble, apply ghee
  to a heavy bottomed vessel, add the cooked mutton and sprinkle little garam masala. Cover with a layer of rice, followed by a melted ghee
  and then the saffron milk. Finally, add the fried nuts, cover tightly and keep on dum for 1520 minutes. Mix and serve hot garnished with chopped coriander & pudina.
 
 
       
 Link to this recipe: http://www.pakirecipes.com/recipe/Nawabi-Biryani
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