Last Updated on August 5, 2017
I think everyone know that making briyani is a kind of art..Yes each step is really important in that, but with a little patience and practice you can become a briyani master. Specially ramzan briyani is one which sat in my to do list for ages. I finally thought to give it a try. I was so careful in each step and took my own time to prepare everything, since it was my first attempt. But the result was awesome..The briyani cameout with full of flavour and everyone loved it.
There are certain steps in making the perfect briyani..I have given everything perfectly here. I think this will help you a lot..Hope everyone will give this and try and enjoy your weekend guys..See you soon..
Ingredients:
For Cooking Rice:
Basmati Rice - 1 kg
Salt- 2 tblspn
For Cooking Lamb:
Mutton / Lamb - 1 kg with Bone
Salt - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp
Special Garam Masala Powder :
Cinnamon Stick - 1 Piece
Mace / Jathipathri- 3 piece
Coriander Seeds / Malli - 2 tblspn
Star Anise / Annachi mokku- 2
Cloves / Krambu - 6
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 2 tsp
For Masala:
Oil- ½ cup
Ghee - 3 tblspn
Onion -3 large sliced thinly
Ginger Garlic Paste - 3 tblspn
Briyani Leaf - 1 chopped
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn or to taste
Cumin Powder / Jeeraka Podi - 1 tsp
Green Chillies - 6 slit
Tomatoes - 5 large chopped finely
Curd - 1 cup
Salt to taste
For Topping:
Onions - 1 large Finely Sliced and Deep Fried
Cashews- ½ cup fried
Sultanas / Kishmish - ½ cup fried
Coriander Leaves / Cilantro - 1 cup finely chopped
Mint Leaves - 1 cup finely chopped
Saffron - a pinch soaked in ½ cup of warm milk
Ghee - 2 tblspn
Method:
STEP 1:
Make the special garam masala powder. Dry roast all the ingredients given in that list on a low flame till it gets toasted and nice aroma comes from it. Let it cool a bit, now powder this till it is fine. Set aside.
STEP 2:
Cook the Mutton. Take Cleaned mutton pieces in a pressure cooker. Add salt and turmeric powder to it. Cover it and cook for 6 whistle and simmer the flame for 15 mins. Switch off the flame and let the steam escape all by itself. Open the pressure cooker and set aside the well cooked mutton.
STEP 3:
Cook the rice. Soak the rice for 30 mins. Drain it and set aside. Boil lots of water in a huge pot. Add a good amount of salt to it. Let this come to a boil. Once it starts to boil, add the soaked rice and cook till it is ¾th cooked. The rice should be cooked, but should have a little bite in the center. It will take around 5-7 mins.Keep a close eye in this.
STEP 4:
Make the toppings. Heat some oil in a pan. Fry some cashews and sultanas till it is golden. Set aside. Deep fry some onions till it is golden. Remove and set aside. Soak Saffron in warm milk and set aside. Chop your herbs and set aside.
STEP 5:
Make the masala. Add ghee to the remaining oil in the kadai where the onions are fried. Add in the sliced onions and fry till light brown.
Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a couple of mins.
Add in the spice powders and the briyani leaf and mix well.
Now add in the green chilli and mix well.
Add tomatoes and toss well with the masala.
Cover and cook for 5 mins till the tomatoes turn mushy.
Add the curd and give a stir.
Add in the prepared special garam masala powder, salt and mix well.
Add the cooked mutton pieces along with all the juice and mix well.
Cook a high heat till the gravy gets thick.
STEP 6:
Assemble the briyani
Remove half the masala to a bowl. Spread the rest of the masala evenly in a huge pot.
Add half of the cooked rice, half of the chopped herbs, half of the fried nuts, half of the fried onions, half of the soaked saffron milk.
Now add half of the masala again on top. Followed by half of the cooked rice, half of the chopped herbs, half of the fried nuts, half of the fried onions, half of the soaked saffron milk.
Top with a couple of tblspn of ghee. Cover this with a tight fitting lid.
Place on a very low heat for 15-20 mins.
Turn off the heat and leave it for 15 mins.
Open the lid and fluff the rice so that everything is mixed well.
Serve with raita or any gravy.
NOTES:
1)Be careful while cooking rice, rice should be ¾ th cooked, it will take very less time so keep a eye on it.
2)You can put the entire pot over a tawa on low heat if you feel that the rice will stick to the pot.
3)Make the gravy thick so that it doesn't make the rice soggy.
CHECK OUT THIS QUICK VIDEO:
STEP 1: Make the Spice Powder
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| These are the spices needed for the masala powder |
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| Dry roast all these spices in a low flame |
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| toast till they are nutty |
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| take them in a spice grinder |
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| and make into a powder |
STEP 2: Cook the Mutton / Lamb
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| take your mutton in a pressure cooker with some salt and turmeric powder |
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| cover them and cook |
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| till the mutton is cooked |
STEP 3: Cook the Rice
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| boil lots of water and add the rice in |
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| cook till they are 3/ 4 th done |
Step 4: Prepare the Topping
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| Now fry some cashews and raisan in oil |
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| fry the onions too |
Step 5: Make the Masala
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| Add ghee to the same oil |
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| and saute some onions |
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| add in ginger garlic paste |
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| add some briyani leaf |
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| now add the spice powders in |
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| and mix well |
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| add green chillies |
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| and tomatoes |
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| saute them well |
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| cover and cook |
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| till they turn mushy |
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| transfer this to a huge pot |
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| add curd in |
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| and the ground spice powder |
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| mix well |
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| add salt to this |
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| add the cooked mutton along with any water in it |
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| and cook on a very high heat till the masala is reduced |
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| remove half of the masala to a bowl |
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| spread the remaining evenly in the bottom of the pot |
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| add half of the rice |
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| top with lots of cilantro and mint leaves |
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| add half of the fried nuts and kishmish |
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| add half of the fried onions |
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| pour half of the saffron milk |
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| now top with the remaining half of the masala |
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| add all the remaining rice |
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| and some herbs |
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| and your nuts |
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| and all the fried onions |
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| pour the rest of the saffron milk |
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| add a spoon of ghee |
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| cover the pan with a tight lid |
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| and put over a very low heat |
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| when it is cooked , mix well |
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| and serve |
LoLy
WOW,looks really good ♥♥
divya
Tempting preparation...Lovely clicks..
divya
Tempting preparation...Lovely clicks..
Vidhya Viju Govind
Amazing.....this photo documented recipe shd b a sure shot success!!great work...just curious...do u have d recipe for the brinjal curry that is usually served with this biriyani?i tried once a recipe i found online...but not do good results.
Vidhya Viju Govind
hi arthi...amazing post...love the way u documented every step.just wanna know if u have the brinjal curry that is usually served with this biriyani.i wrote a comment minutes ago n it disappeared...
Neha
Super tempting looking biryani....
Anonymous
Dear Aarthi
i am a FAN of your cooking blog...
@ this is THE ONE of MY FAV food blog...
however in hyderabad...we don't add tomatoes to biryani..adding tomatoes is andhra style...
All the best...
chitra
congrats aarthi u did a great job. briyani looks very yummy.step by step picture is very useful.thanks dear. going to try tomorrow.
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Biriyani looks nice, my parents n my brother n sister will enjoy with biriyani... but am veg... so couldnt taste it... n my native too famous for biriyani.. did u heard about venu and thalapakattu biriyani....am in dindigul...
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Unknown
Wow! U r v v organised! And u ve got lots of patience to organize this n take pics n show us! Thank u ! I will try this one day!
surya
Hi Aarthi! I tried this biriyani today and it came very well... My hubby liked a lot... :)Thanks for your recipe!
Jiah
This is perfection! I’d be nervous to even try….
Samantha
End result looks delicious absolutely yummy!!!
Sam
Yum, going on the menu this week. Thanks for sharing!
Pradnya
Hi, could you give more details about the biryani leaf? I have never heard of it before.
Aarthi
@Pradnya It is also called as pandan leaf
Rasheeda Riaz
hey ur blog is awesome... checked out your hyderabadi biriyani...tempting will try soon..
check out my version of semiya biriyani in http://rasheedariazz.blogspot.in/
Anonymous
Nice receipes... If possible pl collect chicken and mutton receipes,oratti,aattu roti, paalada from edalakudy,nagercoil muslim specials which is quiet delicious and mouth watery dishes....which i had at a muslim marriage at kottar ....
Baskaran
An amazing post!! Biriyani looks yummy seems to be excessively loaded with masalas as it appears,purely my personal opnion though
Anonymous
Looks absolutely delicious...but wonder Is it the usual dry briyani leaf that you used for this recipe? From the pictures it looks like spring onions...so kinda confused..
Anonymous
Looks absolutely delicious....quick question... i usually find briyani leaf as a dry and big curry leaf...but the one that i see in this receipe pictures looks like spring onions....could you let me know what exactly it is?
Aarthi
@AnonymousThe leaf is pandan leaf. You can use bay leaf if you have for that.
dr.deepu
Gud pictorial presentn...nice job..
Anonymous
Thanks a tonnnnnn for posting this recipe!!!! I did tried this n it tastes just wow!!!!!
Anonymous
Hi aarthi pls tell me what is jathipathri
Aarthi
@AnonymousIt is called as mace,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace
Mehul Teli
That is some really amazing Hyderabadi Dum Biryani Aarthi. Loved it to the core. And the images look fab.. Cheers...
kalai vani
Plz tell the vessel you used for making this biriyani if possible plz give the link
Aarthi
@kalai vaniIt is prestige non stick pan, got it from my super market
Anonymous
im crazy abt edalakudy ramzan nonbu kanji and also mutton kulambu and chicken kulambu mutton kulambu looks little semi yellow in colour .... pl update nagercoil special also ........
Anonymous
Hey am from Hyderabad and we do not use tomatoes in the biryani...its a strict NO...and we at the end we do not mix the rice too...While serving we just make sure we serve the rice from the bottom so that the mutton comes along...just a small suggestion from a True Blue Hyderabadi foodie...:-)
Anonymous
Hey aarthi... i tried it.. It was good.. Thank u for the recipe 🙂 ..👍
Anonymous
Nice recipe... i liked the taste :)... Thank u for sharing...
Priya
Thank you very much Aarti. It really tasted so authentic and everyone loved it at home. I followed according to your steps and it worked! Lots oflove from Singapore
Niyatee Ravipat
Hi aarthi,
I like biryanis without tomatoes, so was wondering if I could adapt the hyderabadi chicken dum biryani recipe to mutton by pressure cooking the mutton first?
or is it better to use this recipe itself without tomatoes?
Aarthi
@Niyatee Ravipatthis recipe taste great. but if you want you can try that as well. cook the mutton first
Anonymous
Nice recipe but this is NOT hyderabadi biryani!!!
Anonymous
My first successfull biriyani 🙂 Thanks sweetie . u r awesome...
Sakshi Sahansi
Is there any substitute for mace in the masala powder?
Aarthi
@Sakshi Sahansiyou can skip it
Pratyusha
I tried it with Keema instead of mutton. Turned out really well. Thank you Aarthi. Wish I could post the pics too.
I tried ur Prawn Biriyani as well, that's tastes great too. 😊
Nishanth Premhar
How much of the prepared masala powder should we add? All or a certain quantity????
Aarthi
@Nishanth Premharall should be used
Anonymous
hi how many people does the recipe serve for. please let me know
Roopa
Tried your recipe it is heavenly, thank you so much. Planning to do for a lunch party for 30 persons(15 male, 15 female) can u suggest me how much i should use
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Anonymous
Aarti where do u get the briyani leaf
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Sherry
Came out awesome 👌🏼
Thank u🙏🏽🙏🏽🥰🥰
nofixedstars
i made this and it was brilliant! so good, in fact, that i have since made it to take to a party, and twice more at home by family request. i have made it using lamb shanks which i braised as i have no pressure cooker, and both with and without tomato. either way, it is delicious, and your instructions were super.
Arun Subramani
100th time in you site and wont stop... amazing... amazing..amazing.... You must be really passionate