From amanda@gate.net Tue Dec 12 12:43:39 2000 Date: 8 Dec 2000 12:54:42 -0700 From: Amanda Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes Subject: Chicken Biriyani Followup-To: rec.food.cooking, rec.food.recipes Request From: Strawberry Girl Subject: Chicken Biriyani This is an authentic recipe, not one from a book. I got it from a woman I used to baby sit for who was from Tanzania by way of India. She used to make it just for me (lucky me!!) It is absolutely amazing. BIRIANI 6 chicken legs, skinned and cut up (keep the bones) or 2 lbs beef, boiled for 1 hour 1/2 cup plain yogurt 2 tsp ginger 2 tsp garlic 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 1/2 tsp turmeric 3-4 Tbsp oil 1 can tomato paste 1 large tomato, chopped 3 green onions, chopped 1/2 medium green pepper, chopped 2 Tbsp lemon juice 2 tsp garam masala (optional) 1 cup fried onions. (optional) salt 1 tsp chilli powder (optional) 2 1/2 cups basmati rice, washed 7 cups water 2 Tbsp salt 2 Tbsp oil 3 cloves 1 cinnamon stick 4 peppercorns 1 tsp jeera seeds (cumin) Mix chicken legs, or beef, with yogurt, ginger, garlic, salt, black pepper and turmeric. Cook, covered, in a medium pot until the chicken is done. Heat oil in a frying pan. Add tomato paste, chopped tomato, green onions, green pepper and lemon juice Add mixture to the chicken and add garam masala (optional) and fried onions (optional). Salt and 1 tsp chilli powder can be added also if desired. Boil water. Add rice and salt and continue boiling until nearly, but not quite, cooked. Strain and place in a Corningware pot. In a frying pan heat oil. Add cloves, cinnamon, peppercorns, and jeera seeds. When slightly brown pour over rice. Make a layered dish of rice-meat-rice-meat. Cover and place in Microwave oven for 10 minutes or conventional oven for 20 minutes at 375 F. Christine Toronto, Canada casmith@interlog.com -- ~~Rec.food.recipes is moderated; only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting. Please read the FAQ posted each week. Please send recipes, requests, questions or comments to recipes@rt66.com Please allow several days for your submission to appear.