TREAT & TRICK: AMAZING BEEF BIRYANI

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Eid Mubarak to all who is celebrating. May this occasion bring joy and happiness to you and family!

Biryani is one of the famous dish in the world. It needs no introduction. There were wide variations of Biryani. Some used chicken, mutton or seafood. Also available in vegetarian version.

I have tried Mutton and Chicken biryani for the past years. As requested, this year I tried Amazing Beef Biryani. There were few steps for cooking this biryani. First marinate the meat with yogurt and spices before proceeding. Secondly cook the meat using ready made biryani masala until it turns tender then boil the soaked rice in salted water and whole spices. Final step, layering the rice with cooked beef, drizzle yellow food coloring, fried onion and chopped cilantro/mint leaves before we slow cooked the biryani for 10 minutes.

Amazing Beef Biryani is being served for Eid together with okra raita. It was super duper hit with family and relatives. The meat almost fall off the bone, so tender and flavorful!

BEEF BIRYANI

Marinate

1 kg beef thickly sliced

1/2 cup yogurt

1 in ginger

5 cloves garlic

1 onion

4 green chili

6 cashew nuts

10 golden raisins

1 tsp salt

handful of cilantro

5 cups basmati rice soak for 30 minutes

2 cinnamon sticks

4 cloves

4 cardamoms

2 bay leaves

1 tablespoon salt

3/4 cup oil

4 big onion sliced

4 tablespoon biryani masala

1.5 tablespoon chili powder

3 medium tomato chopped

1 cinnamon stick

4 green cardamom

4 cloves

1 bay leaf

1 star anise

1/2 cup yogurt

3 tablespoon ghee

handful of cilantro and mint leaves

saffron or yellow food coloring

Juice of half lemon

DIRECTIONS

Blend item 2- 10. Marinate beef with blended spices for 1 hour or more.

Heat the oil, fry onion until golden brown. Remove half for garnish. Add in marinated beef, fry until meat changes colour, cover and cook 5 minutes on low flame.

Add in tomato, stir. Add water to cover the meat and cook until meat is tender for about 1 hour with lid on , stir occasionally.

Now add chili powder, whole spices and biryani masala, Fry for 5 minutes. Add 1/2 cup yogurt, lemon juice and cilantro. Let cook until oil separates, remove from heat.

Bring a big pot of water to boil together with item 12 - 15, Add in rice and cook for 5 minutes on high heat, Drain.

Layer half of the cooked rice in the pot then cover the rice with cooked beef, sprinkle with fried onion, mint/cilantro and half of the ghee.

Add another layer of rice and beef, sprinkle with fried onion, mint leaves, drizzle saffron or food coloring over rice. Place this pot with lid on atop of tawa and cook for 10 minutes using low heat.

Garnish with fried onion and serve with raita.