Biryani

I made biryani last weekend (to serve for the finale of The Next Food Network Star--I couldn't help it, I got sucked in--Yeah for Aarti). It was a bit of work (mostly lots of steps) but I thought it turned out great. I used a recipe from Madhur Jaffrey a friend had photocopied for me sometime ago.

Sauteing the onions


I can't remember if this is before or after going into the oven


Finished product:


My next biryani will be with lamb. Anyone have favorite biryani recipes?

I buy the box of Shan Bombay Biryani spices, less than a dollar on Devon ave, and use that. I've experimented with the recipe on the box-- I use very little ghee (recipe calls for over a cup, I believe), and use the full amount of rice called for (the lesser amount in the range produces a biryani that blows the top of my head off). The recipe calls for chicken. This makes a very delicious biryani, and enough to feed a crowd, or to have plenty of leftovers.

I use an old recipe from Food & Wine that I really like. http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=651905

Judy H wrote:I buy the box of Shan Bombay Biryani spices, less than a dollar on Devon ave, and use that. I've experimented with the recipe on the box-- I use very little ghee (recipe calls for over a cup, I believe), and use the full amount of rice called for (the lesser amount in the range produces a biryani that blows the top of my head off). The recipe calls for chicken. This makes a very delicious biryani, and enough to feed a crowd, or to have plenty of leftovers.

I'll have to buy a pack to take a look at the ingredients. I'm pretty invested in making the paste from scratch (I have to justify all my kitchen gadgets and the spices I buy at Patel bros.)

anneb wrote:I use an old recipe from Food & Wine that I really like. http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=651905

Thanks anneb (and welcome to LTHforum). That recipe looks great (I've had pretty good luck with other recipes on Food and Wine). I think I'll be using that for my next batch.

Hi,

Any more ideas on a reliable biryani recipe? My hope is make it from goat.

Regards,

For what it's worth, Khan is doing biryani as a special on the wkends. Goat on Sat, chix on Sun. Preferred it over the go-to frontier rice w/chix.

Khan's goat biryani is excellent. Although they open at noon on Saturdays, the biryani itself, which is started around 11, isn't ready until around 1:30-2:00 in the afternoon. At that time, it is remarkably tender and very fresh.

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

Any more ideas on a reliable biryani recipe? My hope is make it from goat.

Regards,

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life ... 871958.cms

I buy Swad brand (from Patel Bros) whole garam masala & grind it myself in a coffee grinder for the ground masala, but you can use the packaged ground biryani masala instead & skip the whole spices. Just adjust the salt accordingly (the Swad masala has no salt, the Shan brand masala has tons).

There's a typo in the recipe, it mentions red chili paste in the marinade, but lists powder in the ingredients - just use whatever you have available to taste. The curd needs to be full fat.

Jazzfood wrote:For what it's worth, Khan is doing biryani as a special on the wkends. Goat on Sat, chix on Sun. Preferred it over the go-to frontier rice w/chix.

Thanks for the tip Alan!

Khan BBQ Saturday special goat biryani, fragrant fluffy rice, loads of tender rich bone-in goat just below the surface.