Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Turkey Biryani

Ingredients
1 lb. turkey (cut in medium pieces)
cardamom to taste
cinnamon to taste
5 tbsp. clarified butter
cloves to taste
1 tsp. all spice powder
1 tbsp. garlic (paste)
1 tbsp. ginger (paste)
5 onion
salt to taste
5 tomato
1/2 cup yoghurt
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
10 green chilies
2 tsps. red chili powder
2 1/2 cups rice (basmati)
2 tsps. coriander powder

Method
Marinate turkey with yoghurt, chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and
salt. Set aside for atleast 4 hours.Add 3 tablespoons of oil to the frying pan. Add ginger
garlic paste when oil is hot and fry till golden brown.

Now add cut onions, green chillies and fry till onion is transparent. Add tomatoes and fry
well. Add mint and coriander leaves and set aside to cool. Once cooled, blend all this in a
blender till the mixture becomes finely grinded.

Add ghee and oil to a frying pan, when heated add cloves, cardamom and cinnamon. Fry
till brown. Now add salt, the blended and the marinated mixtures and mix well. You can
also add mint and coriander leaves while cooking.

If you are using pressure cooker let the mixture with turkey cook for 2 whistles. Otherwise
for frying pan cook the mixture for 30-40 minutes, till the meat is half cooked. Meanwhile
wash the basmati rice well and drain the water. Once the meat is ready, add water and
basmati rice.

Rice to water ratio should be 1:2(the water includes the gravy from cooking the meat).
Add salt to the mixture. Let the rice cook. Once done serve hot with curd raita

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