Biryani recipe by Fatima Latib

Ingredients

• 3 & ½ cups basmati rice 🍚 boiled. Must be firm. About 7 minutes.
• Add:
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 3 cloves
• 3 cardamom
• ½ cup lemon juice + 3 tablespoons
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon fine cumin powder (jiro)
• 2 teaspoons fine coriander powder (dhana)
• 1 & ½ tablespoons ginger garlic paste
• 2 tablespoons chilli garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon najmas all purpose masala
• 1-2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoons fine red chilli powder
• 3-4 whole green chillies
• ½ teaspoon tumeric
• 1-2 teaspoons coarse red chillies
• ½ teaspoon saffron soaked in ¼ cup boiling water. (Add only ½ to meat mixture keep other ½ for rice)
• Add some Masoor (Back lentils) to meat
• Add ¾ of the fried onions to the meat
• ½ cup frozen peas