Beef Biryani

Sunday means chicken,mutton or sometimes beef in our house. Last Sunday I don't want to make the usual beef curry, so I made one-pot meal. It was a little spicy and very tasty. We just had it with onion raitha.

Ingredients:

Beef- 1\2 kg
Basmathi rice- 2 cup
Water- 4 cup + 1\2 cup
Ghee +oil - 2 tbsp+ 1 tsp
Cashew nut & pine nut- 1 tbsp r more
Bay leaf-1
Cinnamon,cardamon,cloves- each-2
Onion- 1 big
Tomato-1
Ginger garlic paste- 2 to3 tsp.
Red chilly powder- 1 tsp
garam masala- 1 tsp
Salt to taste

To grind:

1\3 cup mint leaves
1\3 cup coriander leaves
3 green chilly

Method:

1.Cut beef and clean well.Add 1 tsp of gimger garlic paste ,1\2 cup water and pressure cook it for 2-3 whistle(see notes).

2.Grind the the three ingredients under " to grind" to a coarse form.Slice onion and tomato,keep all ready.

3.In a big heavy bottomed pan heat 2 tbsp of ghee+oil,add bay leaves,cloves,cinnamon and cardamon and saute for a while.

4.Add the sliced onions and saute till it becomes translucent,add ginger garlic paste,add tomato after it and saute till it expel the juice.

5.Then add a tsp of the ground paste,red chilly powder, garam masala and salt.Saute for a while,add the cooked beef to it with water(if any).Wait till all water evaporate ,then for 2 cup rice and 3 1\2- 4 cup water.check for salt,close with lid.

6.When the water begins to boil and the drained rice to it and cook in medium-low flame.when it is 3\4 done,keep it in dum.(see notes).

7.Fry cashew nut and pine nut in ghee,add to it.

Serve with simple onion raitha or any.

Note:

1.I usually by very tender beef (called veal) it just takes 5-10 mins to cook. Cook according to ur beef variety.

2.For dum,keep a dosai tawa/griddle on stove. place the dish pan/Kadai over it with lid on.

3.Add spice according to ur taste buds.

4.I usually make briyani in pan ,it comes correct for me,if u opt for pressure cooker u can go with it.In that method pressure cook for 4-6 whistles

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