How Biryani Lovers Make Birayani At Home | In Easy Way

Hedrabadi  Biryani With Kurma

Hyderabadi biryani, also known as Hyderabadi dum biryani, is a style of biryani from Hyderabad, India made with basmati rice and goat meat and cooked with the dum pukht method. Originating in the kitchens of the Nizam of Hyderabad, it combines elements of Hyderabadi and Mughlai cuisines. Hyderabad biryani is a key dish in Hyderabadi cuisine. Hyderabadi biryani is usually meaty and spicy and has a good color of zaffran.

Strong blend of flavors and spices, the Hyderabadi biryani

What's unique to Hyderabadi biryani is its strong blend of flavors and spice. The dish is not only influenced by the unique flavors of South India but also enriched by foreign flavors as brought by the daughters of nobles from Morocco, Turkey, Egypt and other Middle Eastern/West Asian countries who married Hyderabadi nawabs in the olden days.

When preparing the Hyderabadi Biryani, the mutton/chicken/vegetables are first marinated in yogurt, herbs, and spices and then cooked with rice over a low flame. Rice cooked this way absorbs all the spices along with the juices from the meat and vegetables.

Easy recipe at home

Indian royal dinners are never complete without a hot pot of aromatic and flavourful biryani. Although cooking biryani is nothing but a form of art, it is relatively easy to ace the authentic flavour and make a delightful chicken biryani. Finding the perfect recipe can be daunting, so to ease your trouble, we’ve got you a simple recipe. It doesn’t require much of an effort and also gives you the rich taste you’re looking for.

 

Ingredients

 

For Biryani

·         3^1\2   cups water

·         2^1\3 cups long grain basmati rice
4 bay leaves

4 bay leaves

·         ^1\2 cup warm milk

·         1 pinch saffron strands

·         ^1\4 cup ghee

·         2 onion thinly sliced

·         2 green chilly  choped

For marinade

·         500 gm chiken thighs or drumsticks

·         10 black pepper corn

·         6 whole cloves

·         5 cardamom pod

·         2 cinnamon sticks

·         2 whole star anise

·         1 bunch of fresh coriander leaves

·         1 bunchn of fresh mint leaves

·         ^1\2 tsp b lack cummin seeds

·         1 cup yoghurt

·         2 tsp lemon juice

·         2 tsp ginger garlic paste

·         2 tsp red chilly powder

·         ^1\4 tsp turmeric powder

·         1 tsp biryani masala

·         Salt to taste 

Layered preparation is one of the main features of the Biryani

One of the main features of this dish is to prepare it in layers. The first layer of the pan is the marinated meat, then comes the first layer of rice. The important detail is that the rice is pre-cooked in three stages. After each step, it is drained and placed in the pan above the previous layer.

To cook the rice in three stages means that:

• The 1st layer of rice, (the 2nd layer of Biryani after the meat) takes pre-cooked rice with more or less 50% of total cooking;
• For the 2nd layer of rice, the rice is cooked for another 7 minutes (75% cooked);
• The 3rd layer of rice (4th layer of the Biryani) takes fully cooked rice.

Final Touch – Finalizing the Hyderabadi Biryani

After placing all the rice in the pan, the final step begins. Firstly, you add a beautiful amount of ghee, followed by chopped fried onion, coriander, mint, and oil with saffron infusion – one of the highlights of Hyderabadi Biryani. This infusion will penetrate through the layers and give the rice grains a yellow gold colour, literally an art-piece for the hungry eyesights of food enthusiasts like us!

In Short, the layers are:

• 1st Layer – marinated meat or vegetables;
• 2nd Layer – 50% cooked rice;
• 3rd Layer – 75% cooked rice;
• 4th Layer – 100% cooked rice;
• 5th Layer – ghee, herbs and spices.

Time to Cook!

Before start cooking, you need to implement the Dum technique, which means to seal the pan with a dough of flour and water to retain steam and cook at low heat. In our case, we cooked with three stages of temperatures. As you may have already noticed, number three is the number of the day!