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Kheema-Keema Biryani Recipe |Ground Goat Biryani

A must try! Minced lamb-goat or any meat cooked in range of aromatic spices,and heavenly flavor of basmati rice cooked together in dum is called Kheema-Keema Biryani.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 4 -6
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Calories:

Ingredients
  

  • For Kheema Masala :
  • Goat or Lamb Kheema ground meat : 1.1 lb /500 grms (can replace with chicken kheema or any meat keema)
  • Fried Onion : 1 cup Onions : 4 large onion (peeled, finely sliced and fried until crisp (or) you may use store bought ready fried onion.
  • Ginger : 1" piece finely chopped
  • Garlic : 4 cloves finely chopped
  • Dill Leaves : 2-3 tbsp
  • Fresh Fenugreek Leaves : 1 cup
  • Red Chilli Powder : 1 tbsp
  • Turmeric Powder : 1/2 tsp
  • Yogurt : 1 cup
  • Green Chillies : 4-5 slit lengthwise
  • Ginger Pieces : 1" piece cut into thin strips
  • Fresh Mint Leaves : 1 cup
  • Corainder Leaves : 1/2 cup
  • Garam Masala Powder : 2 ½ tsp
  • Ghee or Oil : 3 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
  • For Rice :
  • Basmati Rice : 2½ cup
  • Cloves : 5-6
  • Cinnamon Stick : 1 inch
  • Star anise : 1
  • Black Cardamoms : 2
  • Green Cardamoms : 4-5
  • Bay Leaves : 2
  • Black Pepper Corn : 5-6
  • Caraway Seeds /Shah Jeera /Kala Jeera : ½ tsp
  • Ghee or Olive Oil or ½ oil and ½ ghee : 1 tbsp
  • Lime Juice : 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste

Method
 

  1. Soak the rice for 20 mins and drain keep it aside.
  2. In a thick bottom vessel; Heat required water; add all whole garam masala ingredienst listed above "For Rice".
  3. Add the ghee or olive oil or 1/2 ghee or 1/2 oil (whichever you prefer), salt to taste and mix well.
  4. Add drained rice and 1/2 tsp lemon juice and cook at high; heat till the water starts boil and cover the lid.
  5. Now reduce the heat to low and cook till for 5-8 mins depending upon the rice variety your using, so cook accordingly.You have to par cook the rice- 3/4 cooked and rest will get cooked during dum. (Note : Do not over boil the rice.To check if the rice is done you can take a grain of rice out and press in between your thumb and forefinger. If the grain breaks into 3 parts, it means your rice is cooked just right.) Optional - remove the whole masala from the rice if you don't prefer.
  6. When 3/4th rice cooked; remove from the fire and keep it aside.
  7. Heat a ghee/oil in the frying pan and add finely chopped ginger - garlic and satue till fragrant.
  8. Place a mutton mince/kheema in a blow and add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water and mix well.
  9. Now add the mutton mince/kheema to the frying pan.
  10. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powders and salt to taste; mix well.
  11. Chop the dill leaves and add to the frying pan mix it along with kheema-mutton mince.
  12. Add the fenugreek leaves and half the fried onion, 1 tsp of garam masala, yogurt, 1 tsp of ghee, slit green chillies and ginger strips and mint leaves. Combine everything together well and bring it to boil.
  13. Strain the 3/4 cooked rice with perforated spoon and arrange half of it in a layer over kheema /mutton mince mixture.
  14. Sprinkle 1/2 of garam masala, 1/2 of fried onion, few chopped mint leaves. few chopped corainder leaves. Layer the remanining rice over it and repeat the process; sprinkle remaining garam masala, remaining fried onion, rest of the mint leaves and rest of the coarinder leaves.
  15. Drizzle 1 tbsp of ghee all around. Cover and cook on dum for 6-8 mins on direct flame. Oncce done remove from fire and let it rest unopened on cooking vessel/pot for another 5-10 mins.
  16. Serve hot with Raita, Pickle or Boiled egg and Pappadam on the side and Enjoy!

Notes

Mutton/Goat may be substituted with chicken or beef or pork as you wish.
I prefer to use fresh fried onions instead of store bought as it gives a great taste to dish.
Always sprinkle corainder and mint leaves as final layer over the rice, which makes the biryani taste more flavorful.