Pakistani
Beef Biryani
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Fry the thinly sliced onions in the oil for 15 minutes until deep brown and crisp. Lift out half and drain them for the layering.
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Add the ginger garlic paste and the beef to the pot and sear 10 minutes over high heat until well browned.
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Stir in the whisked yogurt, chopped tomato, both chili powders, turmeric, coriander powder, cumin and salt, and bhunno 15 minutes until the oil separates and the masala is dark.
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Add a cup of water, cover, and cook 45 minutes on a low flame or 25 minutes under pressure until the beef is tender and the korma is thick.
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Soak the rinsed rice 30 minutes, then boil it in the salted water with the cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves and peppercorns for 6 minutes until three-quarters done, and drain immediately.
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Layer half the rice over the korma, then the reserved fried onion, mint, coriander leaves, green chilies and lemon juice, then the remaining rice and the saffron steeped in warm milk. Seal, steam 25 minutes on the lowest heat, and rest 15 minutes before serving.
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Serve it with
A Pakistani dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Beef Biryani, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Beef Biryani carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Aloo Anday (Potato and Egg Bhujia) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 670 kcal
- Protein
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 52 g
- Fat
- 38 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 260 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Beef Biryani takes about 110 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish. It also turns up at Eid.
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