Beef Biryani Recipe

Ingredients

• Beef – 1 kg
• Basmati rice – 1 kg
• Onion – 4 nos
• Green chilli – 4 nos
• Ginger – 1 nos
• Garlic – 6 or 7 nos
• Coriander leaf- small hand full
• Lemon -1/2
• Tomatoes – 2 nos
• Curd – 2 tbsp
• Pepper powder – 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
• Garam masala – 1 tbsp
• Cashew nut – 250 grm
• Raisins – 250 grm
• Cinnamon – 1 nos
• Cardamom – 3 nos
• Cloves – 2 nos
• Bay leaves – 1 nos
• Salt – 1 or2 tsp
• Oil – 3 or4 tbsp
• Ghee – 2 or3 tbsp

Method

• Crush green chilli,ginger and garlic ,set aside.
• Take a pan add cleaned beef pieces, salt, pepper powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder,
  garam masala ,crushed ginger garlic mix and chopped coriander leaf mix them well,
• Then add some water and cook them well.
• Wash and soaked the basmati rice for half an hour.
• Heat oil and small quantity of ghee in a pan add cashew nut , fry them well,
• Then drain and seta side.
• Then add raisins to the hot oil ,fried them well ,drain and keep aside.
• Again add chopped onion into the hot oil fried them well till they become golden brown and
  set aside
• Now we drained the soaked rice and rewash them well ,set aside.
• Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan add cinnamon ,cardamom, cloves and bay leaves,saut forfew
  seconds.
• Add soaked basmati rice , sufficient amount of water and salt boil them well.
• Drain excess water and set aside.
• Now we have to divide the cooked basmati rice into half ,set aside.
• Heat oilin apan add chopped onion,crushedginger garlic mix, chopped tomatoes and salt
  ,cook them well till the tomatoes become soften.
• Add coriander leaf ,squeezed lemon juice and curd mix them well.
• Then add cooked beef and cook for some minutes.
• Then take the half portion of the beef masala and keep aside.
•  In the other half of the masala will keep on the pan .
• Then top it with half of the cooked basmati rice.
• Sprinkle fried onion, cashews, raisins and chopped coriander leaf.
• Spread the remaining beef masala on top followed by remaining cooked basmati rice.
• Sprinkle fried onion, fried cashews, raisins, chopped coriander leave.
• Then cover and cook for some minutes.
• Remove from fire and keep aside.
• Serve the tasty beef biriyani