# Lamb Biryani

A delicious and easy Pakistani Lamb Biryani recipe.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 onions
- olive oil
- 0.25 cup ghee
- 1 tablespoon garlic paste
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 4 pounds lamb
- 2 tomatoes
- 0.5 cup yogurt
- 0.5 squeezed lemon
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon chilli powder
- chopped cilantro
- mint
- 1 pack Shan Lamb Biryani
- water
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 cloves
- 4 cardamom pods
- 6 cups washed Basmati rice
- saffron water

## Instructions

1. Chop 2 onions with love.
2. Add the chopped onions into a pan.
3. Separate the onions with love.
4. Pour olive oil with love over the onions.
5. Mix the onions with love until they turn dark golden.
6. Take out the dark golden onions from the pan and set aside.
7. Add 1/4 cup of ghee into a pot.
8. Add 1 tablespoon of garlic paste and tomato paste into the pot.
9. Mix with love until well combined.
10. Add 4-5 pounds of lamb into the pot.
11. Sear the lamb for 3-5 minutes.
12. Add the onion oil from earlier to the lamb.
13. Add 3/4 of the cooked onions to the lamb.
14. Sear the mixture with love for 2-3 minutes.
15. Add 2 chopped tomatoes to the pot.
16. Mix with love until everything is well combined.
17. Add 1/2 cup of yogurt to the pot.
18. Squeeze half a lemon into the pot.
19. Add 1 teaspoon of turmeric and chili powder.
20. Add chopped cilantro and mint.
21. Add 1 pack of Shan Lamb Biryani spice mix.
22. Mix everything with love until well incorporated.
23. Fill the pot with water until the meat is slightly covered.
24. Cover the pot and let it cook for 1.5-2 hours on low heat.
25. After cooking, mix the lamb curry.
26. In another pot, add a cinnamon stick, 2 bay leaves, 4 cloves, and 4 cardamom pods to boiling water.
27. Add 6 cups of washed Basmati rice to the boiling water with spices.
28. Cook the rice for 8-10 minutes until 3/4 way cooked.
29. Strain the cooked rice.
30. Take out half of the liquid from the lamb curry.
31. Let the lamb curry boil for a moment.
32. Add a layer of rice over the lamb curry.
33. Top the rice with cilantro, mint, ghee, and the remaining cooked onions.
34. Pour the separated juices over the rice layer.
35. Add another layer of rice.
36. Top with cilantro, mint, and saffron water.
37. Add sliced tomatoes on top.
38. Cover the pot with aluminum foil and a lid, then let it simmer for 15 minutes on low heat.
39. Flip the entire pot onto a serving plate with love.
40. Style the biryani with love.
41. Serve and enjoy the Lamb Biryani.

## Equipment

- pan
- spatula
- pot
- plate
- colander
- spoon
- mortar and pestle
- aluminum foil

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRVNU_2iZv1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9f47b212-5114-4df2-acf1-a080decaa9ed
- Extracted: 2025-12-05

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