Meat Biriyani - Oven baked

Ingredients:

Dry Ingredients:

Cumin seeds

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3 pinches

Cloves

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5

Cardamoms

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3

Cinnamon sticks

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2

Bay leaves

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3

Turmeric Power

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2 pinches

Biriyani Rice

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As per people

Salt and Biriyani mix

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Optional

Wet Ingredients:

RED Onions

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2 - 3 sliced not chopped or dices

Tomato

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1 - 2 diced

Ginger

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1 table spoon - finely chopped

Garlic

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1 table spoon - finely chopped

Green Chilies

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3 - 5 table spoon or your spice level - finely chopped

Mint

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Hand full

Curry leave

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5

Lemon/Lime

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Half

Meat

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As much as you want - chicken, Goat, Lamb, Pork, Beef (cut in small pieces) or shrimp

Oil

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Half cup

Method:

Heat oil (half a cup) in a stock pot on medium flame, and before it starts to smoke add the dry ingredients. Let the cloves start to pop. Then add chopped up garlic, ginger, green Chillies and curry leaves.  Keep stirring.

Let it cook for 3 - 5 Mins... then add the onions.. fry the onion on low heat until it becomes translucent. Add 3 pinches of salt. Keep stirring…

Now add the tomatoes and Mint.  Let it cook for 10 mins on low to med heat and keep stirring.

Now add meat... keep stirring and don't let it brown at the bottom of the pot. Add salt as per taste....  cook for 10 mins... Add Biriyani mix (optional) and keep stirring. 

1 cup of rice = 2 cups of water.  After adding the meat you will see meat juice appearing, without adding water. Count that in as well, before adding water. 1.5 cups rice for 2 people.

Turn on the OVEN to 350 degrees and pre-heat....

Now you can add rice; if you add 3 cups of rice (3 cups of rice = 6 cups of water)... keep stirring and add 4.5 to 5 cups of water and also add salt (As per your taste).  Let it come to a boil. 

Now Squeeze in Lemon/Lime without the pit... stir and add salt per your taste... and pour it in an Oven safe dish.

Cover with Aluminum foil tightly and place the dish in the oven.  Oven temp and time - 350 Degrees for 1 hour. 

After 45 mins. Remove and check to see if the rice/meat is cooked and stir it up... if cooked well remove the foil, and keep the dish back in the over for 15 mins. more.

Now its ready....

for Pachedi / Raita...

Method:

Slice the onions and let it sit in cold water for few mins, and then drain. Add it to the Yogurt.
Chop tomato, green chilies and coriander.
Add it to the onion and yogurt. 
Add salt for taste...