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Biryani Badshahi
Photo: Pille R. Priske

Biryani Badshahi

21 ingredients 19 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

680
Calories
16g
Protein
36g
Fat
80g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 20 ingredients — the other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Mutton not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Saffron not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 kg Mutton
  • 250 gms Rice parboiled
  • 311/2 tblsp Lemon Juice
  • 10 blanched Almonds (Badam)
  • 1/2 tblsp Mint Leaves (Pudina Leaves)
  • 1 cups Butter
  • 1 handfuls chopped Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
  • 1/2 tblsp Cumin Seed (Jeera)
  • 2 large sliced Onion (Kanda Pyaaz)
  • 2 Brown Cardamom (Elaichi Moti)
  • 1 tblsp Oil
  • 4 pods Garlic (Lasun)
  • 2 Cloves (Lavang)
  • 1 " long piece Ginger (Adrak)
  • 1/2 tblsp Saffron (Kesar)
  • 1/2 tblsp Green Chilly (Hari Mirch) chopped
  • 1/2 tblsp Red Chili Powder (Lal Mirchi)
  • 1/2 " Cinnamon (Tuj/Dalchini)
  • 1/2 kg Curd (Dahi)
  • 125 gms Milk
  • 3 cups Water

Directions

1

First wash and soak rice.

2

Then fry sliced onions to a golden brown color.

3

Soak saffron in water.

4

Now grind ginger, red chillies, garlic and almonds and fry these in butter.

5

Add it to the mutton and salt and stir for 5 minutes.

6

Now add water and cook onlow flame till meat becomes tender and about 1 cup of gravy is left.

7

Boil rice with salt in another pan.

8

Put curd into a piece of muslin cloth and let the water drain away.

9

Add cloves, cardomoms, cumin seed, mint leaves, chopped chillies and coriander in drained curd.

10

Strain the saffron water and add lemon juice.

11

Add all this to mutton.

12

Sprinkle half of the boiled rice over the mutton and then spread a layer of fried onion and then of rice again.

13

Now pour milk and some butter and cover the vessel.

14

Seal the edges of the pan with flour paste.

15

Place the can on flame for one hour.

16

Serve it very hot with some curry.

17

Category:Indian Recipes

18

Category:Mughlai

19

Category:Mughlai Non-Vegetarian

Recipe sourced from fandom

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