Biriyani with beef

AUTHOR
Antoine Long
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 400 g lean shoulder of beef
  • 6 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 4 Onions
  • 8 Garlic cloves
  • 1 walnut-sized piece of ginger
  • 1 TEASPOON mixed cumin
  • 1 TEASPOON Cinnamon
  • 250 g Tomatoes
  • 2 stem(s) Coriander and mint
  • 200 g Basmati rice
  • 300 g Potatoes
  • 5 Cardamom Capsules
  • 1 TEASPOON Turmeric
  • 1 TEASPOON Vegetable broth
  • 7-10 Tbsp Mint

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the meat, dab dry and dice. Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a casserole dish. Brown the meat thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper. Deglaze with 300 ml water, bring to the boil. Cover and stew for about 30 minutes.

  2. 2

    For the spice paste peel and chop 2 onions, garlic and ginger. Crush or puree with cumin and cinnamon in a mortar. Wash and dice the tomatoes. Wash and chop the coriander and mint.

  3. 3

    Cook the rice in boiling salted water for about 5 minutes. Pour off. Peel, wash and finely dice potatoes. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Brown the potatoes for about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

  4. 4

    Take it off the stove.

  5. 5

    Peel 2 onions and cut into rings. Fry them crisply in 1 tablespoon of hot oil. Stir the spice paste, tomatoes, coriander and mint into the meat. Mix potatoes, half onion rings, cardamom and rice.

  6. 6

    Spread on the meat. Sprinkle with turmeric and remaining onion rings.

  7. 7

    Dissolve the stock in 200 ml of hot water and pour over it. Cover and bake in a hot oven (electric range: 225 °C/circulating air: 200 °C/gas: level 4) for approx. 15 minutes. Turn down the temperature (electric oven: 200 °C/circulating air: 175 °C/gas: level 3) and continue baking for approx. 25 minutes.

  8. 8

    Serve, garnish with mint. Drink tip: beer, e.g. lager.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
540 kcal
CARBS
56 g
FATS
21 g
PROTEINS
28 g

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