The Best Biryani

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 5 lbs goat meat or 5 lbs chicken
• 4 tablespoons canola oil
• 3 medium onions
• 2 teaspoons garlic paste
• 2 teaspoons ginger paste
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 1/4 cup yogurt
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 10 whole cloves
• 8 green cardamom pods
• 4 black cardamom pods
• 10 black peppercorns
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 2 teaspoons coriander powder
• 2 teaspoons garam masala
• 2 teaspoons curry powder
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 teaspoons salt
• 2 bay leaves
• 10 dried plums
• 4 fresh green chilies
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro
• 1 pinch saffron
• 9 cups basmati rice
• 15 cups water

Recipe

• 1 soak rice for half an hour.
• 2 cook in rice cooker with 15 cups of water. cook rice until almost done.
• 3 fry onions in oil until golden brown.
• 4 add ginger and garlic.
• 5 add chili powder, cloves, cardamom, pepper corn, cumin, curry, graham masala, coriander, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, dried plums, and salt.
• 6 add yogurt.
• 7 add tomatoes and cook until dry.
• 8 add meat.
• 9 add green chiles.
• 10 cook until meat is done and add water if needed.
• 11 add cilantro.
• 12 mix saffron with hot water.
• 13 layer rice and meat mixture and sprinkle with saffron mixture.
• 14 put in oven at 350°f for 20 minutes.