Hyderabadi Dum Biryani - Indian Recipe

Hyderabadi Dum Biryani

🌍 Indian, Hyderabad Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 500g basmati rice (soaked 30 min)
• 800g mutton (or chicken)
• 4 onions (sliced, fried golden — birista)
• 1 cup yogurt
• 2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 2 tsp biryani masala
• 1 tsp garam masala
• ½ tsp turmeric
• saffron soaked in 4 tbsp warm milk
• mint leaves
• cilantro
• 4 tbsp ghee
• whole spices (cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, star anise)
• salt
• 1 tbsp kewra water

Method

1. Marinating — Marinate meat with yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, spices, half the birista, mint, cilantro, chili; rest 2–4 hours.
2. Step 2 — Parboil rice in plenty of salted water with whole spices until 70% cooked. Drain.
3. Step 3 — In heavy pot: spread marinated meat at bottom; layer half the rice, then birista, mint, saffron milk, ghee; add remaining rice.
4. Step 4 — Seal pot with dough or foil; cook on high heat 5 min, then minimum heat 45 min (dum).
5. Resting — Rest 10 min before opening. Mix gently from bottom.

Tags: basmati rice, mutton, onions, yogurt, ginger-garlic paste · Source: Brittani's Almanac