Hyderabadi Nizami Biriyani

Hyderabadi Nizami Biriyani

ஹைதராபாத் நிஜாமி பிரியாணி

Simple and Easy Rich Biriyani.

Hyderabadi Nizami Biriyani

Preparation time : 30 mins

Marinating time  : 3 hours

Cooking time       : 1 hour

Serves  : 5 to 6 person

 Recipe Source : Dubai Friday Magazine

Ingredients

Mutton with bone ( cut into medium size) – 600 gram or 1 kg

yogurt – 200 gram

red  chilli powder  - 2 tspn

gram masala powder – 1tspn

turmeric – powder – ¼ tspn

crispy fried onion – 100 gram

raw papaya paste – 25 gram

ginger garlic paste  - 50 gram

fried cashew nut ground to a paste (optional)

water 1 /1/2 litres

oil – 4 tbspn

Browned Onion

basmati rice washed , drained  and soaked for 30 minutes

whole spices ( cinnamon, cardamoms and cloves) – few

black cumin – 1 tspn

fresh coriander leaves – 1 bunch

fresh mint leaves – 1 bunch

saffron – 1 pinch ( soaked in 5 tbspn of water)

chopped green chilli  - 2 tspn

browed onion – 50 gram

lemon juice  - 2 tspn

whole wheat flour dough – 100 gram

hard boiled  eggs – 2 ( peeled and quarted

Method

In a wide bowl add, mutton, yogurt, spice powders, fried onions, papaya paste, ginger garlic paste , salt and cashew nut paste marinate about 3 hours.

Boil water in pan. Add oil, and salt to water. Add rice ,whole spices and black cumin. Cook until rice is half done.

Divide rice into three portions. Spread on portion into a heavy bottomed pan to make an even layer.spoon half marinated mutton over.spreading evenly third of coriander leave, mint leaves, saffron milk, green chillies and browned onions on  top.

Repeat the same another two portion evenly.

Drizzle lime juice over. Roll dough   into rope and place around rim of pan. Seal pan with a lid and cook over a medium heat for 30 minutes or until steam begins to come out from  the sides. Do not remove lid during cooking process.

Reduce heat to low and place an iron griddle underunderneath pan. Cook for another 20 minutes.

Set aside for 10 minutes then remove lid.

Garnish with browned onions, coriander and eggs. Serve with raita

Chicken Tikka

Agar Agar Jelly

Bhoondi Raita

Hard Boiled Egg

Haneef

I prepared above combo for my  second son Hanefudeen for his Birthday (14th Feb.)

Linking to Annu's South Indian cooking hosted by nandoo's s kitchen