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 tablespoon 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 teaspoon 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.