Biryani Recipe - Indian rice, with/without lamb.

[cookie1]

Good news. How can you manage for a day or so without the machine?

[Depome]

Take-away :p

I was cooking two meals at once a few weeks ago, and needed to chop onions etc because TMX was cooking something. I have sooooooo lost it when it comes to chopping onions! I was in tears in no time - hadn't even remembered to rinse them under the tap  I couldn't remember the last time I'd had to chop an onion properly!

[judydawn]

I wanted to make some stock with lamb bones yesterday, my TMX was making something else so I put them in a saucepan and onto the stove.  Use it so rarely now that I forgot which was high and which was low and had it boiling over making a dreadful mess  - how soon we forget the old ways.

[Thermomixer]

OK finally did it - found 6 different biryani recipes and made 3 yesterday !!!


Ok - now when I get time I will write them up, but basically you need to parcook the rice with cardamon and cinnamon - so in the TM basket and nearly fill with water and salt and cook for about 10 - 15 minutes at 100.

Soak saffron in some milk

Different amounts of cooking - vegetable - needs to be 3/4 cooked, chicken a bit less and lamb a bit less.

Cook the vegetables/chicken/lamb or whatever in a mix of spices - cumin seeds, coriander powder, cinnamon, maybe cloves/mustard seeds/mace depending on recipe - no hard and fast recipe/mix.

Then place half vegetables or 1/3 chicken/lamb in base of dish, half the rice on top for veg dish or 1/3 rice on chicken/meat and layer finishing with rice - pour over saffron milk and cover.  Then I steamed in varoma.

Some day will write it up

[Depome]

Bugger....... I bought saffron especially for our Indian night on Saturday, and you're reminded me Mr T, that I totally forgot to use it!

[tarasis]

OK finally did it - found 6 different biryani recipes and made 3 yesterday !!!

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Some day will write it up

Did you ever write this up Thermomixer? I did a packet mix Biryani this evening which got me wondering if there was a TMX version.

[judydawn]

Rob, Thermomixer is very inactive on the forum these days and is no longer a Moderator.  I couldn't find where he had written up any biryani recipes but we do have a lamb one in our Meat on the Menu book page 95.  Recipe review here.  I'll pm you the recipe.

[auds]

I love biryani' might give this one a go - got mom last week

[tarasis]

Thanks Judy, that's wonderful of you

[tarasis]

It's amusing when you find yourself when searching for things. (Guess what, was thinking of making chicken tikka Biryani this weekend, using tikka paste from the Indian cookbook)

[judydawn]

Hey Rob, nice to see you back posting - where have you been for the past 8 months

[Mama Fergie]

The way I have always cooked biryani is a bit different.
I always cook lamb/beef/ chicken curry and a lentil (dhal) curry and a pilau rice.
I layer it in a large ovenproof pan eg le creuset by putting a layer of meat curry on the bottom then add a layer of dhal followed by a layer of rice. Repeat process then on top of last layer of rice I sprinkle a few drops of rosewater and some pre-soaked saffron threads  and then bake in a moderate oven for 40 minutes and serve with raita and naan bread or parathas.
I use I kilo of chicken, beef or lamb. I mug, not cup of lentils for the dhal and 2 mugs of rice. I add  4 chopped potatos to the meat curry and  bunch of spinach to the dhal.  It fills a large le creuset pot. Half of this is more than enough for 4 large serves with leftovers.

Not a recipe but can post my recipe when I am back in Perth.

Hope this isn't confusing. 

[tarasis]

Hey Rob, nice to see you back posting - where have you been for the past 8 months

Hi Judy *waves* um sadly not here. I believe I owe you an email reply too. Short version was I spent nearly a month in hospital, was recovering for 6 weeks, fell behind in a lot of things and yeah here we are suddenly in September. Yikes.

Nice to see you too btw.

[judydawn]

Well I certainly hope you are fit and healthy again and life is back on track Rob - welcome back.

[tarasis]

I'm too used to Facebook. I want to Like your reply

Thanks. Healthier though I've been for a while though I've put on 10kg since I left hospital, and about 5.5-7.5kg above my normal weight. Which I'm not so pleased about.