Easiest Way to Cook Tasty Keema Biryani

Keema Biryani. Keema biryani or keema pulao is a one-pot dish made up of spiced ground meat, long-grain basmati rice and aromatic spices. It's a weeknight favorite at our house as well as a dish we serve when we have last minute company. It's easy to make and impressive too!

Made with minced meat instead of meat chunks, it has the same unbeatable taste and flavor in every forkful of rice! If you love biryani (who doesn't), you're going to adore this keema biryani. Keema biryani is a fabulous dish made with fragrant minced lamb or goat cooked in aromatic spices and then cooked once more with scented basmati rice in dum preparation. You can cook Keema Biryani using 28 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Keema Biryani

1. You need 1 1/2 cups of basmati rice, soaked for 15–30 minutes.
2. Prepare 2 tablespoons of oil of choice.
3. It's of Whole Spices.
4. You need 5 of cardamom pods.
5. You need 4 of whole cloves.
6. You need 1 of bay leaf.
7. Prepare 1/2 of cinnamon stick.
8. It's 1/2 teaspoon of cumin seeds.
9. You need 1 pound of ground meat of choice.
10. You need 1 cup of caramelized onion.
11. Prepare 2 tablespoons of minced garlic.
12. You need 2 tablespoons of minced ginger.
13. You need 1/2 of – 1 Serrano pepper or green chilli, minced, adjust to taste.
14. Prepare of Ground Spices.
15. You need 3 teaspoons of coriander powder.
16. It's 2 teaspoons of Red chilli powder.
17. You need 2 teaspoons of salt.
18. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper.
19. It's 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala.
20. It's 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric.
21. You need 2 of tomatoes, diced.
22. You need 3 of medium potatoes, diced.
23. You need 1 cup of frozen green peas.
24. You need 3 cups of water.
25. It's 1/4 cup of cilantro leaves, chopped.
26. You need 1/4 cup of mint leaves, chopped.
27. You need 1/2 cup of Curd/Yoghurt.
28. You need 2 tablespoon of kewra water.

Heat oil in a deep non stick pan. Boil plenty of water in another deep non stick pan. To begin making the Keema Biryani, heat oil in a pan and add cinnamon, black cardamom, green cardamom, cloves, black peppercorns and cumin seeds to the oil in the pan and saute till you start getting the fragrance of the spices. Meanwhile boil water in a big saucepan and add the basmati rice into the boiling water.

Keema Biryani step by step

1. Soak the basmati rice in cold water for 15-30 minutes. Drain, rinse and set aside..
2. Heat a pot on medium heat, add the oil to the pot. Allow the oil a minute to heat up, add the ground meat, onions, garlic, ginger, Serrano pepper and cook until the meat is mostly browned..
3. Add the ground spices, mix well, then add the tomatoes, peas, potato and cook for 12 minutes, or until they have softened. Add in the curd and turn of the heat. Mix well and keep aside..
4. Heat oil in another pot, then add the whole spices to the pot and give them a stir. Once the spices begin to sizzle, add the drained rice to the pot saute it for 30 seconds. Add in the water and cook the rice. Once the rice is cooked drain the water and start layering the biryani..
5. For layering, take out half of the rice from the pot in a different vessel to the rest of the rice add all of your keema and potato mix, Sprinkle half the cilantro and mint on top of the keema. Add the rest of the rice on top..
6. Sprinkle Kewra water on the layered rice and close the lid. keep it on medium-low heat for 20 mins..
7. Sprinkle with remaining cilantro and mint and serve with cold Raita..
8. Please don't forget to tag @appetizing.adventure on Instagram with a picture if you try this recipe!.

One such variant is the keema biryani that uses minced meat instead of chunks of meat. The biryani is fairly to make if you've ever forayed into biryani making before. All you need are the required. A quick and easy, can't go wrong with it - kinda recipe for Keema Biryani with ground lamb and peas. This will soon become the go-to biryani recipe in your household.