LAMB BIRYANI RECIPE | Easy Leftover Roast Lamb Rice Dish — Cooking With Pops Ep. 53

lamb

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: beef

Chicken is leaner and beef is often less expensive.

basmati rice

🥗Healthier: brown rice

💰Cheaper: regular long-grain rice

Brown rice adds fiber while regular rice is budget-friendly.

yogurt

🥗Healthier: coconut yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Coconut yogurt is dairy-free and sour cream is often less costly.

saffron

🥗Healthier: turmeric

💰Cheaper: yellow food coloring

Turmeric provides color and flavor at a lower cost.

Cut one large onion into four sections, peel the skin, and chop into smaller pieces.

Peel and cut three medium-sized potatoes into four pieces each.

Cut a little over a pound of lamb from the leg of lamb into bite-sized pieces.

Prepare two mugs of basmati rice by rinsing it with hot water to remove starch, repeating this process two more times with warm and then cold water.

Add four mugs of beef broth to the rinsed rice and cook it on medium-high temperature with 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 cup of canola oil.

In a separate pan, heat 1 cup of corn oil on high heat and add the chopped onion, stirring until it becomes dark brown.

Add the chopped potatoes to the pan with the onions and continue frying until they are cooked and the onions are dark brown.

Reduce the temperature to medium, add some broth to the pan, and steam for about 5 to 7 minutes.

Add 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of black pepper, 1 teaspoon of cardamom, 1 tablespoon of chopped ginger, 1 tablespoon of garlic paste, 1 tablespoon of hot mustard, 1 tablespoon of coriander paste, 1 tablespoon of turmeric, 1 tablespoon of jaggery sauce, 1 tablespoon of coriander powder, 1 tablespoon of garam masala, and 1 tablespoon of cumin powder to the onion and potato mixture, blending well before adding the lamb.

Cook the lamb mixture on low heat for about 5 minutes, then remove the rice from the heat after it is 90% cooked.

Layer the partially cooked rice on top of the lamb mixture in the pan, cover, and cook on low heat for 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, turn off the stove and let it cool before plating the biryani.

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