Biriyani Recipe Ingredients

meat - 2lbs onions - 1 large tomato - 1 large green chillies - 4(add moe if you like it spicy) ginger garlic paste - 2Tb spoons tumeric - 1 tsp Khus Khus( gasagasalu) - 2 Tb spoons Cashew nuts - about 10 -15, 1/4 cup sompu ( not jeera) - 1 Tb spoon MDH Hyderabadi Biriyani - 1 packet 1 bunch fresh coriander 1 bunch fresh mint Lemon juice - 4 Tb spoons saffron threads - 5-6 Basmati rice - 4 cups coconut milk or regular milk - 1/4 cup Bay leaves - 4 salt - 2 Tb spoons Ghee - 4 Tb spoons Oil - 4 Tb spoons Chilli powder - 1 Tb spoon( add more if liked spicy)

Procedure
1. Measure 4 cups of Basmati rice, wash and soak rice with the saffron threads and bay leaves.

2. Soak Khus Khus, Sompu + Cashew in coconut milk or milk. 3. Open MDH biriyani packet and grid into fine powder. Take 3/4 of this powder and mix well into the meat,along with salt(1 Tb spoon) , chilli powder,tumeric and lemon juice. 4. Cut onion and chilli length wise, and fry in well heated ghee & oil.When about golden brown add ginger garlic paste. Add chopped coriader + mint, fry well and add tomato chopped. 5.Add meat now and cook well, if mutton, pressure cook for 2-3 whistles. Don't pressure cook for chicken. 6. Grind Khus Khus,Sompu,cashew mixture into fine paste. 7. Release whistle from pressure cooker and add the khus khus paste into the meat mixture and cook until it is not very runny but a thickher gravy. Turn off and keep aside.

Two methods to cook rice. First Method

Boil a lot of water in a big stock pot. The water has to bubble boil.Add the rest of MDH powder(the remaining1/4) to this bubble boiling water and the remaining salt as well. Now strain the soaked rice with saffron threads and bay leaves. Put the strained soaked rice into this hot bubble boiling water.By 8-10 minutes ice will be 3/4 cooked. Remove from heat and strain all the water. Layer rice and cooked meat portion in an double layered aluminium foil. seal tight with foil. Bake at 400 F for 45 minutes.

Second method -- electric rice cooker method.

Strain out soaked rice. Place in electric rice cooker dish. Measure 8 1/2 cups water and add to rice, plus emaining salt. Turn the electric rice cooker ON.