Biryani

Name: Biryani
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: 1 sachet Shan's Byrani; 1kg chicken or lamb; 200ml vegetable oil; 3 medium finely chopped onions; 200ml plain yogurt; 3 medium tomatoes finely diced; 2 finely chopped garlic cloves; 3 1/2 cups basmati rice; Handful coriander finely chopped; Handful mint finely chopped

7 steps

Prep:10minCook:2h

This is a basic biryani recipe from Shan's Byrani packet

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:49:58 GMT

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Ingredients

10 servings

1 sachetByrani

1kgchicken

or lamb

200mlvegetable oil

3onions

medium, finely chopped

200mlplain yogurt

3 ½ cupsbasmati rice

Instructions

Step 1

Heat the oil and add the onion for 10 minutes until soft and transparent. Add the garlic a bit layer to prevent it burning

Step 2

Add the chicken or your meat of choice and just colour the outside before adding your biryani powder which is dissolved in half a cup of water followed by the yogurt

Step 3

Leave to simmer for 20 minutes until the meat is cooked. Then add your tomatoes until the gravy begins to split (if you are cooking lamb, cook for longer, and also add more water to prevent it drying)

Step 4

Wash your rice well and add 3/4 the amount of water you'd normally add, so normally with 3.5 cups, you'd use 7 cups water, but in this case we'll use 5.75 cups. We only want to cook the rice 75%. also season the water with salt

Step 5

Once the rice is 75% cooked, layer half in a big pot, followed by the curry, followed by the rest of the rice and then mint and corriander

Step 6

Leave to cook for 10 minutes until the rice is fully cooked and then completely mix together evenly

Step 7

Let the dish rest for 5 minutes with the lid off to prevent the rice being sticky. Great for dinner parties as a big sharing dish