# Hyderabadi Zafrani Biryani

- Servings: 1 servings
- Total time: 2 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 mutton
- 1000 kg rice
- 1 curd
- 1 ginger garlic
- 1 cardamom powder
- 1 herbs and spices
- 1 pure ghee
- 1 saffron
- 1 rock salt

## Instructions

1. Add mutton to the handi.
2. Soak rice for one hour and then mix it with curd.
3. Add ginger garlic paste to the marinated mutton.
4. Add cardamom powder, herbs, spices and pure ghee to the marinated mutton.
5. Add saffron.
6. Boil rice separately.
7. Add rock salt to the boiling rice.
8. Add the first layer of rice (half uncooked) to the handi.
9. Add the second layer of rice (60% cooked).
10. Seal the handi tightly with a cloth.
11. Add burning coal on top of the sealed handi to avoid moisture and maintain high temperature.
12. Cook for half an hour.

## Equipment

- Handi

## Tips

- The rice is added in 3 parts: first half uncooked rice, then after 5 minutes some cooked rice and finally the rest of cooked rice.
- The most important step is sealing the vessel tightly to avoid moisture during cooking. Burning coal is added on top to maintain high temperature and prevent moisture.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/mo613FSQUFM?si=MVWo8_1ZpklEX0qq
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/efaba2cd-431e-405e-b4a9-1ca1d49c57b7
- Extracted: 2025-02-04

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