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Dum aloo biryani recipe

Dum aloo biryani recipe

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Dum Aloo Biryani recipe is a delicious Indian dish that combines the richness of dum aloo with a flavourful biryani.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course rice
Cuisine Indian
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

FOR FRYING POTATOES

  • 14 Baby potatoes
  • Oil as needed

FOR MARINATION

  • 1/4 cup coriander
  • 1/4 cup mint leaves
  • 4-5 cloves garlic
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 1 green chilli
  • 1 cup curd
  • 1 tsp kasuri methi
  • 1/2 tsp coriander powder
  • 1/2 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
  • 2 tbsp biryani masala (or garam masala)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Juice of 1 medium lemon

FOR COOKING RICE

  • 1 cup rice (washed & soaked for 20-25 minutes)
  • 5-6 cup water
  • 2 green cardamoms
  • 10-12 black pepper corns
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 4 cloves
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 1/2 tsp salt

FOR GRAVY

  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 3 tbsp desi ghee
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/2 tsp Shahi jeera
  • 2 green cardamoms
  • 1 black cardamom
  • 1 inch cinnamon stick
  • 4 cloves
  • 1 inch
  • 1 star anise
  • Small piece of mace
  • Small piece of nutmeg
  • Pinch of hing
  • 2 medium onion cut lengthwise
  • 1 tsp salt

FOR LAYERING

  • 1/4 cup onion barista/fried onion
  • 1/4 cup mint & coriander leaves
  • 1/4 cup saffron soaked milk
  • 1 tsp briyani masala or garam masala

Instructions
 

FRYING POTATOES

  • Take baby potatoes and peel them. If you don't get baby potatoes, take big sized potatoes and cut them into halves.
  • Wash the potatoes and put them in air fryer basket. Brush oil over them. If you don't have air fryer, you can roast potatoes in pan as well by tossing them in oil till golden brown.
  • Air fry @200°C for 20-25 minutes or until potatoes turn brown.

PREPRATION OF MARINATION

  • Till the time potatoes are getting fried, prepare the marination by adding coriander, mint, ginger, garlic, green chili and curd in a grinder jar.
  • Grind to a fine paste.
  • Transfer the paste in a bowl.
  • Add kasuri methi, coriander powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, biryani masala (or garam masala), salt and lemon juice. Mix well.
  • By now, potatoes are also fried. Add them to this marination.
  • Leave them for 30 minutes.

COOKING OF RICE

  • Add water, bay leaves, green cardamoms, black pepper corns, cloves, oil and salt in a pan.
  • When water begins to boil, add rice in it which were soaked for 20 minutes.
  • Cook rice till they are half cooked. Do not cook the rice completely.
  • Immediately pass the rice through a sieve and keep aside.

FOR GRAVY

  • Take a handi or wide pan and add oil & desi ghee in it.
  • Add bay leaves, shahi jeera, green cardamoms, black cardamom, cinnamon stick, cloves, star anise, mace, nutmeg and hing.
  • Let shahi jeera splutter.
  • Then add onions and salt.
  • Cook them until they turn brown.
  • Now add the potatoes alongwith all the marination.
  • Cook till oil begins to separate.

LAYERING OF BIRYANI

  • Bring the heat to lowest.
  • Spread half of the onion barista, coriander, mint and saffron soaked milk over the layer of potatoes.
  • Then spread rice.
  • Over the top, spread rest of the onion barista, coriander, mint and saffron soaked milk.
  • Cover the mouth of handi or pan with paper foil.
  • Put a lid on.
  • Cook for 20 minutes on lowest heat.
  • Dum aloo biryani is ready. Enjoy
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