Minced Beef Biryani( Keema Biryani)

Ingredients

350 grams of Basmati Rice (washed well with a few changes of water and soaked for at least ½ hour - if needed)
400 grams of Minced Beef/Lamb (Keema)
1 large Onion thinly sliced (payaz)
tomato 1 large (tamatar) sliced
1" piece of Cinnamon Stick (Dal Cheeni)
5 Cloves (Loung)
Green Cardamom: 3-4(Choti Ilaichi)
Black Cardamom: 3 (bari ilaichi)
Black pepper: 3-4
salt 1 to 1/2 tsp (as u like)
Bay leaf: 1-2
coriander powder 1 tbsp (sookha dhaniya pissa howa)
Nutmeg powder:(jaifal) 1/2 tsp
A few strands of Saffron (Zafran) if u dont have u can use yellow food coloring
1 tsp. Red Chilli Powder (Pisi Lal Mirchain) (or to taste)
Plain Yogurt (dahi) 1/2 cup
1 tsp. Ginger Paste (Pisa Lehsan)
1 tsp. Ginger Paste (Pisi Adrak)
cilantro 1/2 bunch (sabaz dhanya adhi gathi)
Mint leave (podina adhi gathi)
1/4 cup of Milk (doodh)
2 tbsp. of Lime Juice (Nimbu Arkh)
100 grams of Clarified Butter (Ghee) or Cooking Oil

Method

Cook the rice in salted water until it is 3/4 done. Drain out the water and set aside. Mix the saffron(or yellow color) in milk and set aside.

Heat the clarified butter(ghee) in a wok(karhai) or deep pan; add the onion. Fry until it is golden brown. Add the all whole spices and allow to splutter. Mix in the minced meat, ginger paste and garlic paste and tomato fry for 10 to 15 minutes over medium heat. Once the beef is nicely fried and water has dried out and a fine aroma rises, mix in the plain yogurt and the red chilli powder,nutmeg,salt,coriander powder and continue to cook over low heat for another 3-4 minutes. Turn off the flame when oil leaves the mince and set aside.

Now in a big pot add first layer of of boiled rice in the bottom of the dish. Cover with a half portion of the prepared keema and sprinkle half of the saffron milk and half the quantity of the lime juice and half of mint leaves and cilantro.. Cover with another portion of rice and repeat the layers for the keema, lime juice and saffron and mint leaves and cilantro.and then then third final layer of rice.. Now put it on Dum on very low heat for 10 to 15 minutes... after 15 minutes turn off the heat and mix the biryani and serve the very delicious hot biryani with riata or plain yogurt .

Minced Beef Biryani( Keema Biryani)