Biriani

Categories: Tanzania | Chicken

Serves: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

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6 Chicken legs, skinned
-and cut up (keep the bones)
-or
2 lb Beef, boiled for 1 hour
1/2 c Plain yogurt
2 ts Ginger
2 ts Garlic
1 ts Salt
1 ts Black pepper
1/2 ts Turmeric

Instructions:
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4 tb Oil
1 Can tomato paste
1 lg Tomato, chopped
3 Green onions, chopped
1/2 md Green pepper, chopped
2 tb Lemon juice

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2 1/2 c Basmati rice, washed
7 c Water
2 tb Salt

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2 tb Oil
3 Cloves
1 Cinnamon stick
4 Peppercorns
1 ts Jeera seeds

Layer A Mix these together and cook, covered, in a medium pot until the
chicken is done.

Layer B Heat oil in a frying pan. Add above ingredients and fry for 1-2
minutes. Add mixture to the chicken and add 2 tsp garam masala and 1 cup
fried onions. Salt and 1 tsp chilli powder can be added also if desired.

Layer C Boil water. Add rice and salt and continue boiling until nearly,
but not quite, cooked. Strain and place in a Corningware pot.

Layer D In a frying pan heat oil. Add cloves, cinnamon, peppercorns, and
jeera seeds. When slightly brown pour over rice. Make a layered dish of
rice-meat-rice-meat.

Cover and place in Microwave oven for 10 minutes or conventional oven for
20 minutes at 375 F. Walt MM

Christine Toronto, Canada casmith@interlog.com
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #263

Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 23:36:59 -0400

From: Walt Gray

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