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Thread: Muglai Biryani

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    For the meat: 1kg lamb/ chicken cut into 2" pieces (if using chicken, use breast or thigh fillet)
    4 large onions sliced thin
    2 tsps garlic paste
    2 tsps ginger paste
    1/2 cup almonds
    6 tbsps ghee/ vegetable/ canola/ sunflower cooking oil
    1" stick of cinnamon
    5 cloves
    3 pods cardamom
    8 peppercorns
    1 tsp coriander powder
    1 tsp cumin powder
    1 tsp garam masala
    1 cup yoghurt
    Juice of 1 lime
    1 cup chicken/ beef stock
    2 tbsps finely chopped coriander leaves
    2 tbsps finely chopped mint leaves
    Salt to taste
    For the rice: 2 cups Basmati rice
    Hot water
    Salt to taste


    Preparation:
    Put the almonds in a bowl of hot water (enough to cover them) and set aside for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes remove skins from all the almonds by pressing each one between your thumb and forefinger. The almonds will slip out of their skins!
    Mix the garlic and ginger pastes, the peeled almonds and grind to a smooth paste in a food processor.
    Wash the rice in a sieve and add enough water to fully cover the rice - at least 4" over the surface of the rice. Add salt to taste. Set the rice up to boil. Cook till almost done. To determine when it has reached that stage, remove a few grains from the pot and press between your thumb and forefinger. The rice should mostly mash but will have a firm whitish core. Turn off the fire. Strain through a colander and keep drained aside.
    Heat 3 tbsps of oil in a pan and fry 2 of the onions till caramalized - golden brown. Drain and keep aside on paper towels for later use.
    Heat 3 tbsps of oil in another pan and add the whole spices - cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, peppercorns. Fry till the spices turn a little darker.
    Add the 2 remaining onions and fry till they are translucent.
    Add the ginger-garlic-almond paste and fry for 2-3 minutes.
    Add all the spice powders - coriander, cumin and garam masala and mix well.
    Fry till the oil begins to separate from the masala and then add the lamb/ chicken. Keep frying till the meat is fully sealed (it will become opaque and lose its pink colour).
    Now add the yoghurt, lime juice, stock, coriander and mint leaves and salt to taste (if needed). Mix well.
    Cover the pot and allow to cook till the meat is tender.
    Grease a deep baking dish and evenly layer the cooked rice, meat (and its gravy) in it to form at least 2 sets of layers (rice-meat-rice-meat-rice). Garnish with the previously caramalised onions. Cover the dish tightly. If the dish does not have a cover use 2 layers of aluminium foil (shiny side of both layers pointing down towards the rice) and secure on to dish with baking string.
    Put in a pre-heated oven set at 350 F/ 180 C/ Gas mark 4 for 20 minutes.
    Turn off the oven and let the dish sit in the oven till you are ready to eat. Only open when you are ready to eat. The way to serve Biryani is to gently dig in with a spoon so you get through the layers.
    While Mughlai Biryani tastes great by itself, add a raita like Chatpata Channa Raita (chickpeas in hot-sour yoghurt)and you're really in business!
    Nobody is Perfect & I M Nobody :smartass:

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    Muglai chicken

    Ingredients:
    1 kg boneless chicken skin removed
    2 onions ground to a paste
    2 tsps garlic paste
    1 tsp ginger paste
    1" stick of cinnamon
    5 pods of cardamom
    1 tsp coriander powder
    1 tsp cumin powder
    1 tsp red chilli powder
    2 tsps garam masala
    10-15 almonds blanched and skin removed
    5-6 tbsps thickened/ heavy/ double cream whisked
    4 tbsps of ghee
    1 cup chicken stock
    Salt to taste
    Preparation:
    Grind the almonds into a fine paste and keep aside.
    Heat the ghee in a pan and fry the onions till they are translucent.
    Add the ginger and garlic pastes, cinnamon and cardamom and fry for a minute.
    Now add all the other spices (except the garam masala) and fry till the ghee begins to separate from the masala. Add the chicken and fry till sealed (chicken turns opaque).
    Add the stock, salt to taste and cook till the chicken is done.
    Whisk the cream to ensure that there are no lumps in it.
    Add the cream and the almond paste to the chicken and stir well.
    Turn off the fire and sprinkle the garam masala over the chicken. Cover the dish immediately.
    Serve after a few minutes with naans (Indian flatbread made in a tandoor or oven).
    Nobody is Perfect & I M Nobody :smartass:

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    Wow... great

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