Special lamb biryani recipe | Good Food

Ingredients

• 500g lamb neck or shoulder, chopped into small chunks
• 3 tbsp Indian spice mix plus a pinch (see below)
• 100g yogurt plus extra to serve
• ½ lemon juiced
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 large onions halved and sliced
• 300g basmati rice
• 4 garlic cloves crushed
• thumb-sized piece ginger peeled and finely chopped
• 4 plum tomatoes chopped or 200g can chopped tomatoes
• good pinch saffron
• 100g butter
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 6 cardamom pods
• 4 bay or 6 curry leaves
• 2 star anise
• 320g sheet ready-rolled puff pastry
• 1 egg beaten
• 2 tsp nigella seeds
• handful chopped coriander or mint
• 1 red onion halved and thinly sliced
• 2 tbsp coriander seeds
• 2 tbsp cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp sweet paprika
• 2 tsp mild chilli powder (kashmiri chilli powder if you can find it)
• 2 tsp fenugreek seeds
• 3 whole cloves
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 10 cardamom pods seeds removed and pods discarded