Name: Lamb Masala Breyani
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 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

Lamb Masala Breyani

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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)

Author: Jennifer Govender Bisnath
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

Find it online: https://www.curryrecipe.co.za/lamb-masala-breyani-recipe/