Beef Biryani

Name: Beef Biryani
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 3 Cups rice; 6 Cups water; Salt & oil; 1/4 tsp Yellow & Orange food colour dissolved in water; 3 large Onions, diced; 250 ml Oil; Salt to taste; 6 Cloves Garlic & 1/2 tbsp Ginger; Full Pilau spice / 1/2 tbsp Pilau Masala; 600 g beef (cut into cubes); 3 tomatoes; 1 small bell pepper; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 300 ml Maziwa Mala; 6 medium potatoes (peeled and split into half); 1/2 tsp Food colour; 1/2 tsp Curry powder (optional)

Wanjeri Manga @Eves_Kitchen

I learnt how to make Biryani when Pilau became too monotonous. It's quite simple and straightforward.

Wanjeri Manga @Eves_Kitchen

I learnt how to make Biryani when Pilau became too monotonous. It's quite simple and straightforward.

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Ingredients

1 hr

6 people

For the Rice
3 Cupsrice
6 Cupswater
Salt & oil
1/4 tspYellow & Orange food colour dissolved in water
For the Stew (Rojo la Biryani)
3large Onions, diced
250 mlOil
Salt to taste
6 ClovesGarlic & 1/2 tbsp Ginger
Full Pilau spice / 1/2 tbsp Pilau Masala
600 gbeef (cut into cubes)
3tomatoes
1small bell pepper
1 tbsptomato paste
300 mlMaziwa Mala
6medium potatoes (peeled and split into half)
1/2 tspFood colour
1/2 tspCurry powder (optional)

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Steps

1 hr

1

Add the oil to pan, add the onions and deep fry them till golden brown. Remove the onions and set aside.
2

Add food colour to the potatoes. Mix well and deep fry in the same oil used to fry the onions until the potatoes have a crust on the outside. Remove and set aside.
3

Add 4 table spoons of the oil used to fry onions and potatoes in another pan. Add the ginger and garlic and cook for 2 mins. Add the pilau spices or pilau masala and cook for another 2 mins.
4

Add the meat and stir. Add the curry powder (optional) & salt.
5

Add the tomatoes, bell peppers and tomato paste stir. Add the Mala and stir.
6

Add the onions and potatoes and cover. Slow Cook for 25 - 30 mins
7

Turn down the heat and retain cover.
8

To cook the rice, boil 6 Cups of water. Add salt and a bit of oil. Add the rice and cover. When the water is almost drying out, add the dissolved food colour at various spots. Cover and let the water dry out completely. Using a fork, fluff the rice.
9

Serve the Biryani by putting the rice at the bottom of the plate and the Rojo on top. Garnish as desired.