Lamb Masala Breyani
Thank you to Jennifer Govender Bisnath for sharing her recipe & step-by-step instructions to preparing her amazing Lamb Breyani.
Absolutely delicious and some really clever techniques, especially step 3 – 6 of the layering (setting of the breyani)
- Prep Time: 120
- Cook Time: 180
- Total Time: 5 hours
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Durban Curry
- Method: Moderate
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
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- Mutton masala breyani
- 3 cups rice, soaked for an hour, then washed and steamed with quarter tsp turmeric and salt for 10 minutes
- 4 potatoes, cleaned and cut and fried
- Half cup breyani dhall, washed and steamed with salt until soft
- 2 kg mutton
- 2 tomatoes, grated
- 2 tsp ginger and garlic paste
- 5 tsp breyani masala or your usual masala
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp garam masala
- Curry leaves
- Mint
- Thyme
- Salt
- Half cup plain yoghurt or maas
- Marinate mutton with all of the above (from tomatoes to yoghurt)
- Marinate for 1 to 2 hours
- Roast together 5 cloves, 5 elachi /cardamom,
- Bay leaves, 2 cinnamon sticks, 3 star aniseed,
- 1 tsp soomph seeds
- Fry 3 sliced onions in ghee
- Add roasted spices
- Add the meat
- Cook for 45 minutes
- The layering
- Before you start, make sure there’s not too much liquid in the curry
- Take half the rice and half the breyani dhall
- Mix into the curry
- Then mix the rest of the breyani dhall with rice
- Place this on top of the meat
- Place the potatoes on top
- Place few blobs of butter over
- Place few mint
- Cook in oven at 180 degrees for 1 hour, covered in foil
- If there’s still liquid after that, keep it for 15 more minutes
Instructions
- Marinate mutton with all of the above (from tomatoes to yoghurt)
- Marinate for 1 to 2 hours
- Roast together 5 cloves, 5 elachi /cardamom,
- Bay leaves, 2 cinnamon sticks, 3 star aniseed,
- 1 tsp soomph seeds
- Fry 3 sliced onions in ghee
- Add roasted spices
- Add the meat
- Cook for 45 minutes
The Layering
- The layering
- Before you start, make sure there’s not too much liquid in the curry
- Take half the rice and half the breyani dhall
- Mix into the curry
- Then mix the rest of the breyani dhall with rice
- Place this on top of the meat
- Place the potatoes on top
- Place few blobs of butter over
- Place few mint
- Cook in oven at 180 degrees for 1 hour, covered in foil
- If there’s still liquid after that, keep it for 15 more minutes
Notes
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Keywords: breyani, biriyani, lamb