Keema Biryani Recipe

Keema Biryani Recipe (NON-VEG RECIPE)

Keema Biryani or Mutton Keema Biryani is a subtly spiced Biryani that combines perfectly cooked, flavorful minced meat with Indian spices and Long grain, aromatic Biryani rice. Keema biryani or keema pulao is a one-pot dish made up of spiced ground meat, long-grain basmati rice, and aromatic spices. It’s a weeknight favorite at our house as well as a dish we serve when we have last-minute company. It’s easy to make and impressive too!

Ingredients:

• 500 gm basmati rice

• 200 gm yogurt (curd)

• 1 teaspoon garlic paste

• 2 green cardamom

• 4 clove

• 10 peppercorns

• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds

• 2 teaspoon biryani masala powder

• 1/2 handful coriander leaves

• 1-kilogram minced lamb

• 1 teaspoon ginger paste

• 1/4 cup refined oil

• 2-star anise

• 2 bay leaf

• salt as required

• 1 teaspoon red chili powder

• 1/2 handful mint leaves

• ml water

Recipe:

• Step 1 Boil water in a pan

  Heat oil in a pan with a thick bottom and simultaneously boil approximately 2 liters of water in a vessel.

• Step 2 Saute onions with whole spices and then cook keema in it

  Add onions to the oil, saute till translucent, gradually add cumin seeds, peppercorns, green cardamom, cloves, and ginger-garlic paste, and 2 tsp of chili powder. Saute for 2 minutes, add minced meat, curd, and salt to taste. Continue to saute till all the water gets soaked up and keema is 3/4 portion down.

• Step 3 Boil rice with whole spices

  Once the water starts to boil, add bay leaves, green cardamom, star anise, and salt to taste. Then add washed rice, when rice is 60 percent done, drain the water using the sieve.

• Step 4 Spread the cooked keema on rice layer with fried onions, cook for 15-20 minutes and the Keema Biryani is ready

  Spread a layer of half of the rice in a big vessel. Put keema, some coriander and mint leaves, some masala and green chili achar on top. Add the remaining rice to the top, add a little desi ghee and brown onions on top for the amazing fragrance, cover it with a lid and let it cook for 20 minutes on low flame. Serve with cucumber raita and enjoy.

Keema Biryani, the name itself makes all the nonvegetarians crave for this biryani. Minced chicken combined with aromatic rice is all you want for a good weekend dinner with your friends and family. Pair this delicious Keema Biryani with your choice of raita and impress your family. You can also make this for your house parties as a part of your meal or can take it for your potluck parties.