Cuisines Pakistani

Keema Biryani

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Ingredients

  • Keema 1/2 kg
  • Oil/ghee 1/2 cup
  • Onions 3 medium
  • Garlic 2 tbsp
  • Ginger 1 tbsp
  • Tomatoes 3 tbsps
  • Yogurt 1/4 cup
  • Salt 3 tsp
  • Red chilies 1 tsp
  • Garam masala 2 tsp
  • Extra flavor
  • (2 green cardamoms and javitri 2 pc, ground in a grinder)
  • 3 cloves for dam
  • Rice 3 cups
  • Boil the rice in water with
  • 6 green cardamom
  • 6 green chilies
  • 3 tsp salt

Method

  1. Chop onions in a chopper put them in a pan with oil.
  2. Let them get soft and lightly browned.
  3. Add keema and fry for a while, till color changes.
  4. Add garlic & ginger fry for 2 minutes.
  5. Add tomato paste fry 2 minutes.
  6. Add salt, chilies and yogurt fry till oil separates.
  7. Add garam masala and the extra flavoring of cardamoms and javitri, fry a little and set aside.
  8. Meanwhile put water on for rice, boil rice with green cardamom, green chilies and 3 tsp salt, till almost done.
  9. Drain them. Add little oil and 3 cloves in a spacious pan.
  10. Layer rice and keema alternately. Add little yellow food color on one side of the rice. Cover and let it steam over low heat till the rice is done.
  11. Serve with kachumber salad and raita.