Beef Biryani Recipe (Pakistani Style)

Super excited to share this tasty beef biryani recipe that you can easily make at home to serve at lunch or dinner. It's the most popular Pakistani biryani prepared with the layering of beef korma and basmati rice. Family favorite and one of the best-selling street food that people love to eat!

About Recipe

It's an Eid special traditional beef biryani recipe prepared with beef korma and premium quality basmati rice, steamed together with herbs and spices to make it more delicious and tempting. It's the most famous Pakistani-style beef biryani that people love to eat all around the world.

"Beef biryani" can be prepared in a different style but we all love the flavor of "daig" biryani so I tried to give you the recipe of daig (caldron) style or baworchi (chef) style biryani that you can easily prepare at home in your kitchen. It's a simple, easy and authentic recipe that will add value to your dining and your family members will surely love it.

Recipe Video

To prepare this recipe, you can make it step by step just by watching the recipe video which is in Urdu / Hindi to facilitate the people from Central Asia.

So, let’s move into the kitchen and make this 'beef biryani recipe' with the professional touch.

Preparation time: 1.5 hours | Difficulty: Beginners | Recipe Language: Urdu/Hindi | Serving: 5-6 persons

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Ingredients

Beef - 1.5 - 2 Kg
Rice - 1.5 Kg
Yogurt - 1 Cup
Garam masala powder - 2 Tsp
Oil - 2 Tbsp
Whole Garam Masala:
Black pepper - 15-20
Cloves - 7-8
Cinnamon - 6 inches
Green Cardamom - 7-8
Bay leaves - 4-5
Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp
Salt to Taste
Ginger - garlic paste - 1 Tbsp
Red chili powder - 2 Tsp
Coriander powder - 1 Tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 Tsp
Black pepper powder - 1 Tsp
Tomatoes - 3 big (Chopped)
Black salt - ½ Tsp
Brown onion - ½ Cup (Crushed)
Biryani Essence - 7-8 drops
Yellow food color - 2 pinches
Milk - ½ cup
Saffron - 6-8 petals (optional)
Green Coriander - ½ cup (Chopped)
Green Chilies - As required

How to Make 

Preparation of Biryani Korma

1. In a bowl add beef, yogurt, and garam masala powder and mix well to marinate the beef.
   This step will penetrate flavor in beef.
2. Now take a pan and add 2 tbsp oil. Heat it up!
3. Add whole garam masala (green cardamom, cloves, black pepper, bay leaves, cinnamon, cumin seeds).
4. As the garam masala become aromatic and start frying. Add Ginger garlic paste and cook it for 2 minutes so the extra water evaporates.
5. Now add spices, salt, red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric. Cook it for about 3 minutes to finish spices rawness.
6. Add marinated beef and cook it for 5 minutes to make the beef tender.
7. Now add tomatoes and cook it for 7-8 minutes until the oil comes over the surface of the pan.
8. Sprinkle 1 tsp black pepper powder on beef gravy.
9. Also, sprinkle crushed 'brown onion' to make the gravy thicker and 'korma style'. This will add 'Daigh' flavor to 'Biryani'.
10. Now add 300 ml water and cover for 45 minutes to tenderize the beef.
11. As the meat tenderized, check it out and make the gravy thicker. As you can see in recipe video.

How to Boil Biryani Rice

1. To boil biryani rice, add 6 liters of waters in a big pan. (manage water quantity according to your rice).
2. Add whole garam masala in it like cumin seeds, bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper.
3. Add salt (according to requirement).
4. Boil the water for about 15 minutes on high heat.
5. Now add basmati rice in water and stir the pan with soft hand to avoid rice cluttering. (For good result; soak the rice before 10 minutes to boil in tap water).
6. Cook the rice 90% and rest will be done on 'dum'.
7. As the rice 90% done, drain out the excess water by keeping on stainer.
8. Now we are ready for biryani layering process.

Biryani Layering Method

1. To layer the biryani, first, add 'rice layer on pan'. Check the salt. You can adjust salt here and if you add then remember to mix it properly.
2. Now make 'Korma layer'. Pour the korma gravy masala on all the sides of rice first layer.
3. Add another layer of rice over the korma gravy. Adjust salt again.
4. Now in a bowl, add milk with food color and mix well. You can add saffron in this step but it's optional.
5. Pour the milk on every side of rice.
6. Add green masala and squeeze fresh lemon juice on top.
7. Pour few drops of biryani essence and keep it on dum for about 20 minutes.

After that our beef biryani recipes will be completed and yummy scrumptious biryani will be ready to serve. You can mix the biryani with a plate if it's in big quantity to avoid rice breaking.

Serve With

It's a good idea to make this beef biryani recipe at special events or family get together. If you are serving this biryani as the main course then pair up with:

Faq's

May I use Biryani Masala?

Yes, you can use store-bought or homemade biryani masala powder to make this biryani.

How to Choose Best Biryani Rice?

You can use basmati or jasmine rice to make biryani. Basmati is the long grain aromatic rice that creates a perfect taste in biryani.

Why Biryani Rice Get Sticky or Mushy?

It happens when rice is cooked more than 100%. I personally prepare to cook 80% rice during the boil and the rest of the 20% on steam. Avoid steam for a long time. After steaming, let it get settled for 10 to 15 minutes to take out. Make sure the curry is not watery when layering and the boiled rice are fully drained.

How to Make Spicy Biryani?

You can make it spicier by adding green chilies and increase the amount of red chili powder.

How to Make Tasty Biryani?

Make sure to make biryani korma fully cooked that separates oil in the pan. Meat needs to be tender and soft. Rice should be soaked before 30 minutes of boiling. Use freshly crushed brown onion in curry and topped while layering. This will surely give you the taste of daig wali biryan. Must try this and let me know if you have the same flavor.

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Beef Biryani Recipe

Easy "beef biryani" recipe for foodies to make at home watching step by step video direction. It's a best biryani recipe Pakistani style. Try on Eid, Ramadan recommended for Muslims

Prep Time10 mins

Active Time40 mins

Total Time50 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Arabic, Pakistani

Keyword: beef biryani, beef biryani recipe

Yield: 3 Persons

Calories: 389kcal

Author: Hinz

Materials

• 1.5 Kg Beef
• 1.5 Kg Rice
• 1 Cup Yogurt – 1 Cup
• 2 Tsp Garam masala powder – 2 Tsp
• 2 Tbsp Oil – 2 Tbsp
• Whole Garam Masala:
• Black pepper – 15-20
• Cloves - 7
• Cinnamon – 6 inches
• Green Cardamom – 7-8
• Bay leaves – 4-5
• Cumin Seeds
• Salt to Taste
• 1 Tbsp Ginger garlic paste
• 2 Tsp Red chili powder
• 1 Tsp Coriander powder
• 1 Tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 Tsp Black pepper powder
• 3 Tomatoes Chopped (big)
• ½ Tsp Black salt
• ½ Cup Brown onion Crushed
• 8 Drops Biryani Essence
• 2 Pinches Yellow food color
• ½ Cup Milk
• 8 Petals Saffron optional
• ½ Cup Green Coriander Chopped
• Green Chilies As required

Instructions

• How to Make Biryani Korma
• In a bowl add beef, yogurt, and garam masala powder and mix well to marinate the beef.
• This step will penetrate flavor in beef.
• Now take a pan and add 2 tbsp oil. Heat it up!
• Add whole garam masala (green cardamom, cloves, black pepper, bay leaves, cinnamon, cumin seeds).
• As the garam masala become aromatic and start frying. Add Ginger garlic paste and cook it for 2 minutes so the extra water evaporates.
• Now add spices, salt, red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric. Cook it for about 3 minutes to finish spices rawness.
• Add marinated beef and cook it for 5 minutes to make the beef tender.
• Now add tomatoes and cook it for 7-8 minutes until the oil comes over the surface of the pan.
• Sprinkle 1 tsp black pepper powder on beef gravy.
• Also, sprinkle crushed ‘brown onion’ to make the gravy thicker and ‘korma style’. This will add ‘Daigh’ flavor to ‘Biryani’.
• Now add 300 ml water and cover for 45 minutes to tenderize the beef.
• As the meat tenderized, check it out and make the gravy thicker. As you can see in recipe video.
• How to Boil Biryani Rice
• To boil biryani rice, add 6 liters of waters in a big pan. (manage water quantity according to your rice).
• Add whole garam masala in it like cumin seeds, bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper.
• Add salt (according to requirement).
• Boil the water for about 15 minutes on high heat.
• Now add basmati rice in water and stir the pan with soft hand to avoid rice cluttering. (For good result; soak the rice before 10 minutes to boil in tap water).
• Cook the rice 90% and rest will be done on ‘dum’.
• As the rice 90% done, drain out the excess water by keeping on stainer.
• Now we are ready for biryani layering process.
• Biryani Layering Method
• To layer the biryani, first, add ‘rice layer on pan’. Check the salt. You can adjust salt here and if you add then remember to mix it properly.
• Now make ‘Korma layer’. Pour the korma gravy masala on all the sides of rice first layer.
• Add another layer of rice over the korma gravy. Adjust salt again.
• Now in a bowl, add milk with food color and mix well. You can add saffron in this step but it’s optional.
• Pour the milk on every side of rice.
• Add green masala and squeeze fresh lemon juice on top.
• Pour few drops of biryani essence and keep it on dum for about 20 minutes.

Notes

• Make Biryani with Basmati rice
• Don't overcook the rice during boil (80% boil the rice)
• Never steam for a long time.
• Beef curry needs to be nonwatery and fully cooked. Oil needs to be separated in curry.
• Before making layers, make sure the beef is completed soft and tender. 
• Use brown onion and lemon in layering as it will make the biryani more delicious and tempting. 

Nutrition

Serving: 500g | Calories: 389kcal