How to make simple but delicious beef biryani.

Biryani has always been a dish that I have always wanted to know how to make for years now, the first time I made biryani I was pretty low on supplies, he he he. I didn’t have any meaty product so I ended up making vegetable biryani…yes, vegetable biryani. It turned out so well I had to try the beef and chicken biryani. In my opinion, biryani needs certain moods and determination to make. You can’t just make it without wanting to make it, I mean…. This is biryani we’re talking about. And finally, it’s hard to get it wrong if you follow the steps. So, let’s get to it.

Ingredients:

1. Pre-cooked rice (2 cups)
2. 1 kg beef/ ½ kg beef
3. 4 large onions(diced)
4. 4 large tomatoes(blended)
5. 1 tablespoon garlic paste
6. 1 teaspoon ginger paste
7. A cup of yoghurt (you can use maziwa lala)
8. Salt to taste
9. Pilau masala (or garam)
10. 2 tablespoons curry powder
11. 2 tablespoons royco powder
12. 1 royco cube
13. 5 large potatoes quartered
14. Oil
15. Orange food colour
16. Dhania
17. Tomatoe paste
18. paprika

Let’s marinate the beef;

Set the beef in a large bowl, add in some salt, the pilau masala, the cup of yoghurt, curry powder, paprika  

Recipe:

1. Get some frying oil in a pan, as soon as the oil is hot drop in the onions and let them get crispy and golden brown and set them aside
2. Deep fry the potato quarters but not fully fried
3.  On a separate pot/sufuria, put some oil that you used to fry the onions and potatoes, add the garlic and ginger paste and fry for 2 mins.
4. Add in the marinated beef and cover for about 30 mins, make sure the oil is enough and cook under low heat.
5. Add the royco in some small amount of water, stir and pour it inside the stew, stir till the stew is thick.
6. Add the fried potatoes and ¾ of the fried onions and stir gently.
7. Add in chopped dhania and the royco cubes, cover for about 3 mins then stir.
8. Let the stew sit for a while.
9. In a small dish put some oil and mix in the food colour
10. In a separate sufuria, start layering the rice, put a not so thin layer of rice and drizzle in the coloured oil. Add some of the stew and repeat the process until your rice and stew is finished.
11. On top, add the remaining fried onions
12. Cover and let it steam together for around 10 mins.
13. Serve while hot and enjoy with some kachumbari….. better yet some guacamole……… what a dish. ENJOY!!!!!