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Hyderabadi Biriyani

Hyderabadi Biriyani

world famous biriyani from hyderbad
Prep Time 6 hours
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 7 hours 10 minutes
Course Main Course, Maincourse
Cuisine hyderabadi, Indian
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg mutton Biriyani cut/ Curry cut
  • 450 gram basmathi rice long grain
  • 8 eggs hard boiled
  • 200 grams onion sliced
  • 1 tsp ghee cow

Escence-

  • 100 ml water hot (80 to 90℃)
  • 15-20 strands saffron
  • 2-3 drop screwpine water
  • 2-3 drop rose water

Oil and ghee mix-

  • 4 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 tbsp ghee cow

Garnish-

  • 30 gram raisin
  • 30 gram cashew
  • 10 gram coriander leaf chopped
  • 5-10 gram mint leaf chopped
  • 50-55 gram onion sliced, fried in oil and ghee mix

Marination-

  • 12 gram mint leaf
  • 15 grams coriander leaf
  • 15 gram pineapple
  • 20 grams ginger
  • 60-65 gram garlic
  • 4 green chillies mild
  • 50 grams onion fried in oil and ghee mix
  • 1/2 lime/lemon juiced
  • 3-4 tbsp oil and ghee mix after frying the onions
  • 15 gram yogurt thick
  • 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  • 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 and 1/2 tsp All in one hyderabadi shahi biriyani masala see blogpost
  • 1 and 1/2 tsp salt

To cook rice-

  • 2 bayleaf large
  • 1/2 tsp blackpeppercorn
  • 1/2 tsp cubbeb pepper
  • 4 sticks cinamon 2 inch each
  • 8 green cardomomn crushed
  • 2 black cardomomn crushed
  • 1/2 tsp fennel seed
  • 1/4 tsp clove
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2-3 tsp Oil ghee mix remaining after frying onions
  • 1/2 lemon without seed

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oil and ghee mix.
  • Fry the onion slices at a medium- low heat untill golden.
  • Take out and dry. Reserve the oil mix for later use.
  • Grind all the ingridients listed under marination except the lemon/ lime juice and the remaining oil and ghee mix after the frying..
  • Now mix the prepared paste and rest of the ingridients listed under marination into the meat and marinate for a maximum of over night or minimum of 6 hours.
  • Meanwhile prepare the escence by mix all the ingridients listed under essence and keeping the liquid in a closed container and let it cool gradualy in the fridge for at least 4 hours after comming to room temp.
  • Soak the boiled eggs in a mix of water and 50ml essence for over night in the fridge.
  • Wash and soak the rice for 30 minutes.
  • In a big, wide pot of water put all the ingridients listed for the rice.
  • Let it boil for 10 to 15 minutes.
  • Strain out all the whole spices and lemon when the color of the water has changed and turned a bit dark.
  • Reheat the strained liquid and let it come to a boil. Add the soaked rice.
  • Let the rice boil untill its 50- 75% done.
  • Layer the half cooked rice on top of the marinated meat.
  • Add 1 tsp of ghee to the remaining oil and ghee mix and spread it on top of the rice.
  • Now spread the remaining essence on top.
  • Mix the ingridients for the garnish and spread on top.
  • Seal the pot tightly by using a lid and dough or aluminium foil.
  • Put the pot under a tawa.
  • Keep it on medium to high heat for 10 minutes and on low for an hour.
  • Turn the heat off and let it rest for 10-15 minutes.
  • Serve it with the saffronised eggs.

Notes

  • This is a kachi biriyani where raw marinated meat is layered with half cooked rice. Then its further cooked in a sealed pot on low heat for  a long time.
  • Serve it wit raitha and mirchi ka salan.
Keyword Biriyani, hyderabadi Biriyani