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Mutton Biriyani
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A Mughal contribution to Indian cuisine, the biriyani is a tasty food preparation, whose constituents and
cooking styles have changed as it has moved east to the Bengal region. Eaten mostly during festive
occasions, mutton biriyani is a common meat biriyani consumed in the Indian subcontinent. In Bengal,
goat meat is generally used for cooking this biriyani. Here we describe a traditional Bengali mutton biriyani
recipe. Savory and spicy, this meat dish is enjoyed by all non vegetarians.
Recipe:
Serves 4-5 people
Preparation time : about 30 minutes
Cooking time: about an hour and a half hours.
Ingredients:
Principle:
The preparation consists of 4 steps.
In step one, the meat will be marinated with salt, garlic-ginger-green pepper paste and yogurt and left in the
refrigerator for 4-8 hours or overnight.
Separately, the sliced onion will be fried in oil and kept aside
Then the marinated meat will be cooked with fried chopped onion and spice mixture
And finally layer the cooked meat with rice, fried onion and other condiments
Procedure:
1. To the goat meat, add (i) salt, (ii) garlic -ginger- green pepper paste and (iii) yogurt and then marinate
uniformly
2. Cover and leave aside the marinade for at least 4-8 hour but preferably overnight in the refrigerator
3. In a moderately hot pan, add 3 tablespoons of oil
4. When the oil becomes hot, fry the sliced onions for about 10 minutes or so till it is uniformly fried
5. Set it aside
6. In the left over oil add the chopped onion
7. Fry it till it becomes golden yellow
8. Then add the marinated meat
9. Cook for about five minutes or till the water evaporates
10. Then add turmeric powder
11. Stir well
12. Then add the chopped tomato
13. Continue stirring for several minutes till the onion turn golden brown in color
14. Then add 2 table spoons of biriyani spice mix
15. Stir well
16. Then add 1 cup of water
17. Mix them well
18. Cover the pan
19. Cook it, with occasional stirring, for an hour or so till the meat becomes cooked. If you have a pressure
cooker, you may want to use it at this stage to shorten the cooking time.
20. Into the cooked meat add chopped cilantro and stir
21. Then remove from the heat
22. In a shallow dish, layer an inch thick of rice
23. Thinly spread a layer of fried onion
24. Sprinkle saffron in milk over it
25. Spread a layer of the cooked mutton
26. Sprinkle chopped mint
27. Repeat this process all over a second time
28. And depending on the amount of material a third layer as well
29. Squeeze lemon juice from one whole lemon
30. Cover the pan
31. Heat an oven to 350 degrees
32. Then put the biriyani inside the oven
33. Heat for about 15 to 20 minutes
34. And then remove from the oven. This completes the mutton biriyani
35. It takes about two hours for the preparation and it serves 4-6 people
36. Serve the mutton biriyani hot
cooking styles have changed as it has moved east to the Bengal region. Eaten mostly during festive
occasions, mutton biriyani is a common meat biriyani consumed in the Indian subcontinent. In Bengal,
goat meat is generally used for cooking this biriyani. Here we describe a traditional Bengali mutton biriyani
recipe. Savory and spicy, this meat dish is enjoyed by all non vegetarians.
Recipe:
Serves 4-5 people
Preparation time : about 30 minutes
Cooking time: about an hour and a half hours.
Ingredients:
Principle:
The preparation consists of 4 steps.
In step one, the meat will be marinated with salt, garlic-ginger-green pepper paste and yogurt and left in the
refrigerator for 4-8 hours or overnight.
Separately, the sliced onion will be fried in oil and kept aside
Then the marinated meat will be cooked with fried chopped onion and spice mixture
And finally layer the cooked meat with rice, fried onion and other condiments
Procedure:
1. To the goat meat, add (i) salt, (ii) garlic -ginger- green pepper paste and (iii) yogurt and then marinate
uniformly
2. Cover and leave aside the marinade for at least 4-8 hour but preferably overnight in the refrigerator
3. In a moderately hot pan, add 3 tablespoons of oil
4. When the oil becomes hot, fry the sliced onions for about 10 minutes or so till it is uniformly fried
5. Set it aside
6. In the left over oil add the chopped onion
7. Fry it till it becomes golden yellow
8. Then add the marinated meat
9. Cook for about five minutes or till the water evaporates
10. Then add turmeric powder
11. Stir well
12. Then add the chopped tomato
13. Continue stirring for several minutes till the onion turn golden brown in color
14. Then add 2 table spoons of biriyani spice mix
15. Stir well
16. Then add 1 cup of water
17. Mix them well
18. Cover the pan
19. Cook it, with occasional stirring, for an hour or so till the meat becomes cooked. If you have a pressure
cooker, you may want to use it at this stage to shorten the cooking time.
20. Into the cooked meat add chopped cilantro and stir
21. Then remove from the heat
22. In a shallow dish, layer an inch thick of rice
23. Thinly spread a layer of fried onion
24. Sprinkle saffron in milk over it
25. Spread a layer of the cooked mutton
26. Sprinkle chopped mint
27. Repeat this process all over a second time
28. And depending on the amount of material a third layer as well
29. Squeeze lemon juice from one whole lemon
30. Cover the pan
31. Heat an oven to 350 degrees
32. Then put the biriyani inside the oven
33. Heat for about 15 to 20 minutes
34. And then remove from the oven. This completes the mutton biriyani
35. It takes about two hours for the preparation and it serves 4-6 people
36. Serve the mutton biriyani hot
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