Delicious Beef Biriyani | Perfect for Ramadan & Eid | Kravings

In this special recipe, Beef chunks are pressure cooked with Onion and spices. While the liquid reduces down, onion is sautéed with whole spices, powdered spices & tomato, together with fried Onions and Ghee.
The Beef liquid is added slowly, together with the Beef chunks and this is thickened with a mixture of Yogurt and Biriyani Masala. Rice is semi cooked and drained and then layered with the meat and Mint leaves. It’s topped with food colouring, fried onions, and toasted Cashew nuts and Almonds and then cooked covered in a hot oven.
Here are the ingredients and steps to make this recipe!
Beef Biriyani
Pressure cooked Beef
Oil
800 gms of Beef (Round or any cut you prefer)
Salt to taste
1 tsp ground black Pepper
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
2 cups sliced Onions
2 tsps of Ginger & Garlic paste
Juice of Lime
Gravy
Oil (reserved Fried Onion Oil - optional)
1 cup sliced Onions
2 Bay leaves
1 tsp Peppercorns
2 black Cardamoms
5 Cloves
3 Star Anise
2 - 1 inch sticks Cinnamon
5 green Cardamoms
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1 tbsp sliced green Chillies
1 tsp Turmeric powder
2 tsps red Chilli powder
2 tsps Garam Masala
1 tsp Biriyani Masala
1 cup of finely chopped Tomatoes
1/2 cup fried Onions
1 tbsp Ghee
1/2 cup Yogurt
1 Tbsp Biriyani Masala
Rice
2 cups pre-soaked and rinsed Basmati rice (add 3 cups for a lighter Biriyani)
Salt to taste
1 tsp Cumin seeds
2 - 3 Sprigs of Mint
Other
Pinch Saffron strands in 1/2 cup of warm Milk
1 Tbsp Ghee
Mint leaves
1 cup fried Onions
Food colouring
1/2 cup toasted Cashews & Almonds
Heat up Oil in Instant Pot or stove top Pressure Cooker
Add the Beef
Add Salt to taste and ground black Pepper
Add the Turmeric powder and. sear the Beef on all sides
Add the Onions and the juice of a Lime
Add the Ginger & Garlic paste
Close the Instant pot and I’m going to cook this for 30 mins
Mix together the Yogurt and Biriyani Masala
After 30 mins, allow the steam to escape, then turn it back on to saute mode to reduce the liquid
Heat up some Oil (leftover Oil used to make fried Onions preferred)
Add the sliced Onions and all the whole Spices
Add the sliced green Chillies
Next add all the powdered Spices and the finely chopped Tomatoes
Mix this and allow the Tomato to cook and soften
Add the fried Onions
Mix this all together and add the Ghee
Add the reduced liquid from the pressure cooker and the Beef chunks as well
Add the chunks of meat and continue to cook in in the gravy
Add the Yogurt mixture that was prepared earlier and cook this for about 5- 10 mins and keep aside
Boil some Water to start cooking the Basmati rice
Add Salt to taste, Cumin seeds and a few Sprigs of Mint to flavour the water
Add the rice and cook it till it’s about 80% cooked for about 15 - 20 mins
Once down, remove and drain it and discard the mint stalks
This is optional - add Ghee at the bottom of the pot and it should melt with the heat of the pot
Add a thin layer of rice at the bottom - I like to do this as the bottom tends to get nice and brown and crunchy
Add some Mint & Coriander leaves
Add all the gravy and top with the rest of the rice
If you like a lighter biriyani, you can cook 3 cups of rice instead of 2
Add the Saffron Milk and some more Mint leaves
Add powdered food over the top together with some fried Onions and toasted Cashews & Almonds
Cover this tightly with foil so the rice can steam with the gravy and finish cooking
Bake this in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 60 mins
Once it’s cooked,, gently mix it and serve with some raita or yogurt with tomatoes and cucumber - enjoy!
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Looks amazing

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Thank you!

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[@HemantKumar-ot3er]

I'm sorry but those fried onions look seriously burnt. They should be coffee brown colour, not nearly black as here. You should have taken them off the heat a minute or two earlier than you did.

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Hi Hemant! These are red Onions. I know they look dark but they are a deep brown and not black and burnt.

[@RaniaSacrafamilia]

What biryani masala did you use?

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I make my own .... it's been a staple for a while ...ua-cam.com/video/wx-F_aIgz9o/v-deo.html

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[@RaniaSacrafamilia]

What biryani masala did you use?

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I made it. You can check out that recipe in my channel.