the ultimate BIRYANI thread

[devilish_angel]

can we have a separate thread for all kind of biryani
everyone can share their recipes for biryani (all type)

and the rest of us can try the recipes and share the review here

[mano87]

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Great idea!!!

[devilish_angel]

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no one likes biryani

[Confucius]

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I do I do

[OYMWA]

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where are the recipes?

[WendyDarling]

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I just use shaan masala …

[OYMWA]

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Shaan Masala has saved innumerable marriages.

[Chicken_Biryani]

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Long time ago Shab Hijr shared a fantastic recipe , I have made biryani using her recipe several times and it comes out awesome .. will look for it and post here .

Also , are there any experts out there who can share Student Biryani recipe , it tastes so different compared to what we make day to day ..

[devilish_angel]

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I also want student biryani recipe

[nnabid]

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Chicken: Fry onions til golden, add GG paste and bhoon til smell goes. Add cinnamon stick, choti elaichi, black peppercorns - bhoon til you smell the spices. Add chicken and bhoon til colour changes. Add masalay: red chilli powder, haldi, salt, dhania powder, zeera powder. Mix. Add tomato (paste or real), yoghurt, and imlee (not chutney - the one with stones). Slit green chillis, add and mix. Cook until water from yoghurt has gone dry and formed a paste.

Cook chawal until 75% done (equal cups chawal and water usually works for me). Take out of pan and layer rice and chicken mix alternately. In each layer add chopped fresh dhania, fried onions, and sprinkle kewda water mixed with yellow food colour. Finish with a layer of white chawal and put on a low heat on the chula for about 15-20 mins or until the chawal are done.

[devilish_angel]

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I once ate biryani wth boiled eggs in it, it was tasty.

wht I do prepare masla, and boil rice separately, and cut potato in cubes apply turmeric powder fry them till their crust is golden and then give layers, rice then masla then potato the rice masla and potato at top rice then sprinkle fried onions mint and coriander

[S_Punk]

I second the Shab e Hijar recipe that CB is talking abt…it is absolutely delicious, and super-easy to make! I think it was posted in the biryani competion thread or something.

[Fizza4u]

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Shab ki recipe

@Shab-e-Hijar

I made biryani without the shan masala today.
it turned out finger licking good.. (according to my dad)

here’s step by step recipe for you all sweet girls.

Marinade chicken with…
half cup of yogurt
2tsp of red pepper
2tsp of dhania powder
2tsp of salt or to taste
1/4tsp of haldi
juice of half lemon
( since i was trying it first time i used only half chicken.)

soak one glass of rice and put it on side

for masala.

saute the onion when they start to turn brown .. add 2tbs of crushed garlic,ginger and tomatoes.
let it cook for 10 min in pressure cooker.

add chicken to the masala and bhoonify it.

since biryani is all about khushboo .. we need to add some to our biryani
so add the powder of these in the bhoonified chicken.

Also add green chilies.

boil the rice

layered the rice and chicken salan

cover and put it on dum for 20 min

Mix the biryani( plz don’t mix it right after breaking the dum let it rest for 10 to 20 min)

…and the end result.

[Fizza4u]

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Sindhi biryani by Bint e Naeem

@Bint_e_Naeem

Thank you ladies. Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients

1 -1 1/2 kg mutton/chicken
5 cups basmati rice (soaked in water for at least 1/2 an hour)
1/2 kg potatoes (cut into large chunks)
1 1/2 cups oil
3 medium onions (sliced)
2 teaspoons garlic paste (Lehsan)
2 teaspoons ginger (Adrak)
1/2 kg tomatoes (chopped)
10 -15 prunes (Aaloobukharay)
2 teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons red chili powder
10 cloves (Laung)
8 green cardamoms (Chhoti Ilaichi)
10 pieces black pepper (Kali Mirch)
2 teaspoons cumin seeds (Zeera)
2 cinnamon sticks (Dalchini)
4 black cardamom pods (Bari Ilaichi)
2 bay leaves (Tez Patta)
250 g yogurt
6 green chilies
2 tablespoons coriander leaves (Dhaniya)
2 tablespoons mint leaves (Podina)
3 teaspoons salt
3 bay leaves
3 cinnamon sticks
2 black cardamom pods
2 pinches orange food coloring
1 tablespoon mint leaves (chopped)
**
Directions**

Slice the onion and fry it in oil until it is light brown. Take out 1/4 of it and keep aside.

Add Garlic (Lehsan), Ginger (Adrak), tomatoes, prunes (Aaloobukharay), salt, red chili powder, cloves, cardamoms, Black Pepper, (Kali Mirch), Cumin Seeds (Zeera), cinnamon, black cardamom pods and bay leaves to the remaining fried onions.

Fry this until the tomatoes are tender and the water is dry.

Then add meat, yogurt and water (optional) and cook on medium heat until the meat is tender and the water has evaporated.

On other side boil the potatoes until they’re half cooked.

Now, add green chilies, mint, coriander leaves, and the half boiled potatoes to the meat. Simmer for 2, 3 minutes. Your meat curry is done.

Boil the rice with salt, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks and black cardamom and drain the water off when the rice is half done.

Layer the curry with the rice in a pot in one on one layers. Sprinkle the food color, fried onions, and chopped mint leaves on top of the last layer.

Close the lid tightly making sure no steam passes out of the pot and cook on low heat until the rice is done.

Gently mix it before serving.

Serve with Raita.

Note I fry my potatoes first & take them out & then follow the recipe using the same oil. This requires more work but this way my potatoes usually don’t break while cooking the Biryani.

If any of you ladies end up trying it out do let me know how you liked it.

[S_Punk]

^ Thank you! I will try the second soon…it sounds delicious…the first one is a gauranteed successful and uber-yummy meal!

[Sehar]

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I’ve tried Bint_e_Naeem’s recipe multiple times, it’s my go to recipe for biryani now. It turns out amazing every single time.

Shab’s recipe is next on the list to try.

[Bint_e_Naeem]

@Sehar:9991242

I’ve tried Bint_e_Naeem’s recipe multiple times, it’s my go to recipe for biryani now. It turns out amazing every single time.

Shab’s recipe is next on the list to try.

Thank you so much. You just made my day even better. Glad to know it’s your go to recipe.

[automne77]

My go to recipe is binte naeems recipe. I’m going to try shab e hijr’s recipe next InshAllah

[sarah_09]

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@Fizza4u

Shab ki recipe

it looks really yummy will try it this coming week inshallah

[sarah_09]

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@Bint_e_Naeem

Thank you so much. You just made my day even better. Glad to know it’s your go to recipe.

can u share with us let me try it also