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What is Biriyani?

This is an Indian receipe which is done with rice. Recipe is given below.

Ingredients:
Cardamom,cloves, cinnnamon,onion,tomatoe,g.chil lies, ginger&garlic paste, red chilli powder, corianderleaves, mint leaves, curd and chicken or (mutton or prawns), lemon juice. Basmati rice.

Cook the rice 1 : 1 1/2 for 1 cup rice add 1 1/2 cup water.Add little lemon juice and salt. Do not over cook. 1/2 cook the rice and keep aside.

Heat oil or Ghee in an open vessel. Add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, then add onions, fry till pink, add ginger&garlic paste fry well. Add the meat either (chicken, meat or prawns)and fry well. Mix well. Add tomatoe, green chillies fry well. Add curd. then add coriander leaves, mint leaves. keep stirring. close the lid. Once the meat is cooked and when oil comes on the sides with a help of spoon remove the oil which comes on the top of the gravy. put in a container to which add a little lime juice, 2-3 leaves of mint. and a pinch of red colour. Put a layer of rice on the gravy. Pour the oil lemon juice which is kept seperately. put another layer of rice. put the juice again. cover with a tight lid in sim. seal the sides with wet cloth. Put a weight on the lid. keep for sometime.

Remove and serve hot.

Yummy Chicken Biriyani is ready.

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