Lamb Biryani
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Ingredients
- 20 small pieces Lamb pieces
- 1 bowl cooked Basmati rice
- 2 Large onions - sliced
- 1 inch Crushed ginger
- 1 Onion
- 5-6 Whole almonds
- 1 pot Creamy yogurt
- per taste Salt
- ½ tea spoon Turmeric powder
- ½ tea spoon Red chilli powder
- ¾ tea spoon Coriander-cumin powder
- handful Sultaras
- 2 table spoons Ghee (purified butter)
- 1 table spoon Saffron (disolved in a little warm water)
- Handful Hacked almonds
Accompaniment
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Classic indian recipe. The Saltanas and almonds complement the lamb fabulously in this dish
Method
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Place ghee/butter in a sauce pan, add the two large onions and let fry until golden brown.
Add lamb pieces and cook on high heat until lamb turns brown.
Add the paste, all of salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander-cumin powder and let it cook until lamb is half-cooked.
Add little yogurt at a time and keep stirring constantly.
Let it cook until meat is cooked.
Add the saffron water to the cooked rice.
Arrange in a serving dish layers of rice and lamb.
Decorate with hacked almond and sultaras.
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"classic Indian recipe"? Not sure what proportion of the population of any country can afford a tbsp of saffron in their dinner!!
Would you recommend topping this dish with edible gold and serving with a side of caviar?!
Just £10 in London...
A WHOLE TABLE SPOON OF SAFFRON??????????? That would cost a fortune.
A WHOLE TABLE SPOON OF SAFFRON???????????