Ouzi Biryani recipe | Tilda

Ingredients

• For the Meat
• 3 tbsp oil
• 2 onions, sliced
• 1 cinnamon stick / 1 bay leaf / 5 cardamom pods
• 1 kg Lamb meat, cut into small pieces
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 tbsp minced ginger
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 3 tbsp fresh coriander
• 1 tbsp mint
• ½ cup yogurt
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 tbsp each: cumin, coriander, turmeric, curry powder
• ½ tsp red chili powder
• Salt
• 1 cup water
• For the Rice
• 600g Basmati Rice
• 1 cinnamon stick / cardamom / bay leaf / cloves
• For Layering
• Coriander + mint + fried onion
• 1 cup saffron water
• Butter
• Green chili
• For the Ouzi (Pastry Layer)
• Puff pastry
• ¼ cup water mixed with 1 tbsp milk