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Awadhi/Luknow biriyani

Awadhi/ Lucknow biriyani

A biriyani of west up
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian, North indian

Ingredients
  

  • 500 gram mutton biriyani cut, curry cut, bone in no offals
  • 230 gram basmathi long grain

Aromatic spice powder-

  • 1 and 1/2 tsp fennel seed
  • 12 green cardomomn
  • 2 black cardomomn
  • 1/2 tsp royal cummin/ black cumin
  • 1/2 tsp clove
  • 1/2 and 1/4 mace
  • 1/4 nutmeg
  • 1 star anise
  • 3 stick cinamon 2 inch
  • 1/2 tsp blackpeppercorn

Aromatic fragrance powder-

  • 1/2 tsp dry rose petal
  • 1 pinch sandalwood powder organic

Stock-

  • 20 gram ginger chopped
  • 25-30 gram garlic
  • 3 green chillies
  • 100 grams onion sliced
  • 1 bayleaf large
  • 15 gram yogurt
  • 1 and 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  • 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Raakshas special garama masala see blog

To cook the rice-

  • 1/4 tsp aromatic spice powder
  • 2 bayleaf medium
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tbsp ghee cow

Flavoured milk-

  • 500` ml milk full fat buffalo milk
  • 150 ml left over rice water after cooking the rice
  • 1/2 tsp aromatic spice powder
  • Prepared aromatic fragrance powder
  • 15-20 strands saffron
  • 2 tsp ghee cow
  • 2-3 drop rose water
  • 2 drop mitha attar
  • 2-3 drop screwpine water

Oil +ghee mix-

  • 3 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 2 tbsp ghee cow

Garnish-

  • 30 gram raisin
  • 25-30 gram cashew split

Instructions
 

  • Wash and soak the basmathi rice.
  • Heat the oil and ghee mix and fry the garnish untill golden.
  • Take out and in the remaining oil- ghee mix, add everything for the stock except the mutton, yogurt, and powdered spices.
  • Saute everyting untill golden on hight to medium heat.
  • Add the mutton and fry until slight golden.
  • Lower the heat add the yogurt,powdered spices and salt.
  • Stir and cook on low heat making sure the yogurt doesnt split, for 5-10 minutes.
  • Then add 1 liter of of hot water, simmer on a low heat with lid on for one hour or untill the meat is 80% done.
  • Mean while in a pot add water and the ingridients for the rice.
  • When the water comes to a boil, add the soaaked rice and let it boil back up again.
  • Let it boil untill the rice is 80%- 90% done. Strain the rice and keep it aside.
  • Take some of that starchy rice water and save it.
  • Add all the ingridients for the flavoured milk except mitha attar, rose water and screwpine water in a pot and let it simmer without boiling over.
  • When the milk is slightly thickened and changed its color slightly due to saffron, turn the heat off
  • Add the 3 remaining ingridients. Be carefull not to add too much of each of those. Those are pretty strong and can ruin the dish if added more than required.
  • Take 25-50ml of the flavoured milk and keep it aside.
  • Strain the mutton stock into the hot milk using a strainer lined with cloth.
  • Add the mutton pieces back into the milk and stock mixture. Let it simmer on low heat for 1 minute. Never put a lid while the liquid is simmering.
  • The milk wont curdle as the starch from the rice water prevents it.
  • The total liquid should be 1/4 of the milk and stock combined in this case not more than 400ml.
  • Layer the cooked rice on top of the meat and liquid. Pour the flavoured milk saved earlier on top of the rice.
  • Then put the fried garnish and seal the pot tightly so as to not let any steam escape.
  • Put a tawa or a gridle under the pot. First 2-5 minutes keep the flame on high then on low for 15- 20 minutes.
  • Turn the heat off open the pot and serve.

Notes

  • Awadhi/Lucknow biriyani is enriched with milk.
  • Its mild and has a sweet smell due to the saffron and other essences being used.
Keyword Awadhi biriyani, Bihari Mutton, Doodh ki biriyani, Lucknow biriyani