Pakki Biryani (Pre-Cooked-Meat Method)

Name: Pakki Biryani (Pre-Cooked-Meat Method)
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Deccani (Hyderabadi)
Ingredients: 1 kg goat/chicken; yogurt, fried onion, ginger-garlic, whole + ground spices; 750 g aged basmati rice; saffron milk, kewra, rosewater, ghee, mint

The forgiving sibling of kacchi: meat cooked to near-done in a korma, then layered with parboiled rice and finished under dum. The classic Awadhi/Lucknowi register — milder, sweeter, aromatic with kewra and rosewater.

2 hr · Serves 6 · Takes some skill

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Ingredients

Korma

1 kggoat/chicken, zabiha
yogurt, fried onion, ginger-garlic, whole + ground spices

Rice

750 gaged basmati rice, parboiled 70%

Finish

saffron milk, kewra, rosewater, ghee, mint

Method

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Time: Prep 60 min · Cook 60 min · 120 min total
Difficulty: hard

1
Cook the meat to ~90% in a spiced yogurt korma.
40 min
2
Parboil basmati to 70%.
12 min
3
Layer korma and rice; saffron milk, kewra, rosewater, ghee, mint; seal and dum.
40 min