- Soak the rice for 30 minutes. In a heavy bottomed pan, heat ghee and add cinnamon, cloves and star anise and bay leaf. Fry till aromatic. Add the rice and fry for 3-4 minutes. Add the water and salt and cook the rice until 80% done. Set aside.
- In the same pan, heat ghee again and add the whole spices for the gravy. Once the spices turn fragrant, add the chopped onions along with the ginger garlic paste and fry till the rawness goes away.
- Add yogurt/curd and whisk well until combined. Cook on very slow heat.
- In a separate, smaller pan, heat some oil and fry thinly cut onion slices until crisp and brown. Drain excess oil on a towel and set aside.
- Once the yogurt mix is bubbling, add the vegetables and spices to the mix and prepare a semi-thick gravy.
- Assemble the biryani in a thick bottomed vessel, starting with the rice. Layer the bottom of the pan with a tbsp. of ghee and add the rice. Ladle some gravy on top and garnish with mint leaves and fried onions.
- Repeat the layers – rice, gravy, garnish – until done. Top off with the saffron water and biryani masala.
- Cook on very low heat, covered. You can also use dough to seal the mouth of the vessel to ensure authentic cooking. Serve with some chilled raita.
A one pot mélange a trois bursting with flavors and happiness! Try this Hyderabadi Dum Biryani at home and get set to win hearts and appreciation – all at once!
Hyderabadi dum biryani
By Foodism Team
Nov, 7th
793
Servings
2 persons
Cook Time
1 hr
Ingredients
19
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Ingredients
- Water 6 cup
- Bay leaf 2 units
- Cinnamon stick 3 units
- Cloves 5-6 units
- Star anise 1 units
- Ghee 6 tablespoons
- Salt as per taste
- Basamati rice, washed and soaked 1 1/2 cup
- Oil 2 tablespoons
- Jeera 1 teaspoons
- Onion finely chopped 1/2 cup
- Ginger garlic paste 1 teaspoons
- Mixed vegetables of your choice 2 cup
- Curd, whisked 1 cup
- Kashmiri red chilli powder 1 teaspoons
- Turmeric 1/2 teaspoons
- Biryani masala powder 2 teaspoons
- Coriander mint paste 2 teaspoons
- Mint chopped 1/4 cup
- Fried onions 1/2 cup
- Saffron water 1/4 cup
