BIRIYANI (Game-hen, Lamb, Chicken)
4 lb. meat (cut) 3 cups basmati rice
2 tsp. saffron
2 Tbsp. hot milk
1 Tbsp. oil 3 onions sliced
1 tsp. cumin seeds
4 pieces cinnamon
10 cloves
12 pieces cardamom
2 bay leaves
5 cloves garlic
2 inch ginger
2 green chillies
1 Tbsp. lemon-juice
1 tsp. cayenne pepper
2 cups yogurt
1 cup coriander leaves
1 cup mint leaves
1 tsp. green chillies
1 tsp. salt (chopped)
1/4 cup raisins plumped
1/4 cup almond slivers
in hot water (roasted)
Soak rice in salted water for 3 hours. Wash a couple of times. Warm milk and dissolve slightly roasted saffron in it. Heat oil, add half the cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and bay-leaves, and stir once; throw in cumin stir once; saute 2 sliced onions in heated oil over high
flame until edges brown. Grind garlic, ginger and chillies to a paste with some water in a processor or blender. Add to the onion and saute for 2 minutes. Add cayenne pepper and stir once. Add meat and brown on all sides.
Reduce heat to a simmer, cover and cook for 10 minutes. Chop mint and coriander roughly and add to yogurt. Add green chillies and half the milk-saffron mixture to yogurt. Add half the yogurt mixture, salt, 1/4 cup water to the meat, bring to a simmer, cover and cook
on a low flame for 10 minutes. Uncover, add lemon juice and cook for an additional 10 minutes. Add 1 tsp. salt.
Meanwhile bring a litre of salted water to a boil. Add drained rice and rest of cardamom, cloves, bay-leaf and cinnamon. Bring to a boil and half cook (7 minutes).
Drain all the water. Transfer the meat mixture to an ovenproof casserole dish. Add the rest of the yogurt mixture as a layer. Layer the half cooked rice on top. Make a hole and pour the rest of the milk-saffron in it. Cover with a moist cloth or paper-towels.
Cover this with aluminum foil and lid (if available).
Bake in preheated oven at 325 F for 30 minutes. Uncover and cook for 10 minutes.
Garnish with almonds, raisins and browned onion slices.
Serves 8 people.
And fucking tasty.
(NoeI «:::P:::» «:::E:::» «:::R:::» «:::V:::» «:::E:::», Mon 17 Oct 2011, 18:45, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Glad you added 'serves 8' at the end of it.
I was doubting if I'd be able to get through 4lbs of meat in a single sitting.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 18:52, Reply)

...what with you not being a lolfatty
apparently
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 17 Oct 2011, 18:56, Reply)

Yeah, alright Twiggy.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 18:58, Reply)

Don't pick on me!
Blousie said she wouldn't ahve a lolfatty as an internet husband, that's all.

*cries*
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 17 Oct 2011, 19:01, Reply)