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Bombay Biryani Masala

Bombay Biryani Masala

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Bombay Biryani Masala - Do you smell the aroma of (almost) uncountable spices marrying together to create one of the best Biryani‘s you’ve ever tasted?

With Zaiqa The Spice Store’s Bombay Biryani Masala, you will smell all of the above and more! Our Biryani Masala has heady, punchingly aromatic spices that have been blended together to give you seemingly magic fingers that make the best biryani with the least effort!

Ingredients - Red Chilli, Dhania, Zeera, Cloves, Cinnamon, Bay leaf, Haldi, other garam masala & dried plums

 

Recipes

​​​ Bombay Biryani Masala

Recipe 1 - Bombay Mutton Biryani

Ingredients

§  500 gms meat / mutton with bones

§  500 - 600 gms Basmati rice (washed and soaked for 30 minutes)

§  Whole garam masala (2 cloves, 2 cardamoms and 2 cinnamon sticks)

  • 1 tsp turmeric powder

§  5-6 onions (finely sliced)

§  4 medium tomatoes (chopped)

§  3 potatoes (peeled and halved)

§  2-3 tbsp ginger-garlic paste

  • 4-5 green chillies

§  1 cup curd (200 gms)

§  200 gms oil    

§  3 tbsp Zaiqa Bombay Biryani Masala

  • Salt to taste

 

Preparation

1.     Heat oil, add whole garam masala and fry onion slices till golden brown (7 mins). Add 2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste and sauté well.

2.     Add meat and sauté. Add tomatoes and fry until the oil separates; add curd, turmeric powder, Zaiqa Bombay Biryani and salt to taste.

3.     Add 5 chopped green chillies and fry for 15 minutes. Cook on low heat until the meat is tender or pressure cook until done.

4.     Separately par-boil rice till ¾ done. Strain well and keep aside. Fry the potatoes pieces and keep aside.

5.     In a thick-bottomed vessel, layer the half cooked rice and fried potatoes over mutton gravy. Close and simmer (dum) for 10 mins.

 

Parboiling Rice

Heat enough water to boil rice, add rice only after water is hot. Add the garam masala (1 clove, 1 cardamom, 1 inch cinnamon stick, ½ tsp shah zeera) and cook till ¾ done. Drain immediately.

Recipe 2 - Bombay Vegetable Biryani 

Ingredients

§  150 gms oil    

§  500 - 600 gms Basmati rice washed and soaked for 30 minutes

§  Whole garam masala ( 2 cloves, 2 cardamoms and 2 cinnamon sticks)

§  500 gms mixed vegetables (beans, carrot, cauliflower, peas and potato - sautéed for 3-5 mins in 2 tbsp butter or ghee)

§  5-6 onions (finely sliced)

§  4 medium tomatoes (chopped)

§  2-3 tbsp ginger-garlic paste

  • 4-5 green chillies

§  1 cup curd (200gms)

  • 1 tsp turmeric powder

§  2 tbsps Zaiqa Bombay Biryani Masala

  • Salt to taste

 

Preparation

1.     Heat oil, add whole garam masala and fry onion slices till golden brown (7 mins). Add ginger-garlic paste and sauté well.

2.     Add mixed vegetables and sauté. Add tomatoes and fry until the oil separates. Add yogurt, turmeric powder, Zaiqa Bombay Biryani and salt to taste. Add chopped green chillies and fry for 10-15 minutes. Cook on medium flame until the veggies are half done. Add chopped coriander and pudina leaves.

3.     Separately par-boil rice till ¾ done. Strain well and keep aside.

4.     Layer rice over vegetable gravy, cover and simmer (dum) for 10 mins.

 Parboiling Rice

Heat enough water to boil rice, add rice only after water is hot. Add the garam masala (1 clove, 1 cardamom, 1 inch cinnamon stick, ½ tsp shah zeera) and cook till ¾ done. Drain immediately.

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