BIRIYANI RICE (India Recipe)

Ingredients :

Meat (lamb or chicken) 1 kg
Biriyani rice 2 kg
Onions 6
Coriander leaves 50 gms
Mint leaves 50 gms
Green chillies 8
Tomatoes 5
Ghee or dalda 300 gms
Garlic (pieces) 1/4 cup
Ginger (pieces) 1/4 cup
Milk extracted 1&1/2 coconut
Cardamon 12
Cloves 1 tbsp
Cinnamon 1&1/2 tbsp
Water 14 glasses
Salt (adjust to taste) 2 tbsp

Method :

Chop -Onion, coriander leaves, mint leaves, tomatoes and chillies
Grind - Garlic and ginger
Powder- Cardamom, cinnamon and cloves
Water quantity should be always double the amount of rice, including coconut milk and the water added for cooking the meat
Soak the biriyani rice in water for half an hour
Drain the water
Take a vessel, heat little ghee or dalda and heat the rice in a low flame for 10 minutes
Keep it aside
Sauté the onion, green chillies and tomatoes in a big vessel in dalda or ghee for some time
Then add the ground garlic and ginger and half the quantity of the masala powder
Add the chicken pieces, salt and cook for 15 minutes (if it is lamb meat cooking time will be 25 minutes), to it add rice, coconut milk, water, remaining masala powder, coriander and mint leaves, and close the lid
Keep it on a gentle fire till cooked dry
While serving decorate with fried onion, roasted cashew nuts and egg