Ground beef biryani that can be made ahead of time and tastes delicious…
Here’s a perfect one pot meal and it’s biryani made with ground beef. Give it a try!
Preparation Pictures
Cooking onion
Cooking ground beef
After adding basmati rice
Cooked ground beef biryani
After garnishing
Ground Beef Biryani
Prep time
Cook time
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Author: Thasneen
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 5 People
Ingredients
To Grind
- Ginger- 2 inch slice
- Garlic- 3 cloves
- Green chilies- 2
- Whole cardamom- 2
- Whole cloves- 2
- Whole cinnamon- 2 inch slice
While making Biryani
- Coconut Oil or vegetable oil - 4 tbsp
- Bay leaves- 2
- Whole cardamom- 2
- Whole cloves- 2
- Onion, sliced thin and long- 5
- Tomatoes, chopped- 2
- Ground beef- 1 lb or ½ kg
- Chili powder- 1½ tsp
- Turmeric powder- ¼ tsp
- Coriander powder- 2 tsp
- Fennel powder- 2 tsp
- Ground cumin- ½ tsp
- Salt- to taste
- Basmati rice, washed and soaked in water for 15 minutes- 2 cups
- Ghee- 2 tbsp
- Cilantro, chopped- ¼ cup
- Fresh Mint leaves, chopped- 6 leaves
- Water- 4 cups
To Garnish
- Saffron strands- 2 pinches soaked in 1 tbsp water
- Fried onion- 1 onion fried in oil
- Ghee roasted almonds or Cashew nuts- ½ cup
- Cilantro, chopped- 2 handfuls
Instructions
Prep work
- In a blender or food processor, coarsely grind ginger, garlic, green chilies, whole cardamom, whole cloves and whole cinnamon. Keep aside.
- Rinse basmati rice taken in a sieve under running water and soak the rice in water for 15 minutes.
- Slice 1 onion thin and long, fry in oil till golden brown. Transfer to a paper towel and keep aside.
- Roast ½ cup of almonds or cashew nuts in 1 tbsp ghee till golden in color, keep aside.
- Soak 2 pinches of saffron strands in 1 tbsp water for 5 minutes.
Cooking Biryani
- Place a large non-stick pan over medium heat, add coconut or vegetable oil.
- Add bay leaves, whole cardamom and whole cloves, saute for a few seconds.
- Add sliced onions, season with salt and cook till translucent.
- Add the coarsely ground ginger/garlic/green chili/cardamom/cloves mixture. Combine well and cook till onions turn golden in color.
- Add tomatoes, cook for a few minutes.
- Add ground beef, combine well using a wooden spoon and break any lumps.
- Add chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, fennel powder, ground cumin and salt. Combine well and cook covered till the ground beef has cooked well- about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Open the lid, saute till ground beef turns light brown.
- Add the soaked basmati rice (after draining the water) to the cooked ground beef. Season with salt.
- Add ghee to the rice and add cilantro and mint leaves.
- Add 4 cups water. Combine everything well and cook covered for 20 minutes till the rice has cooked and the water has dried off.
- Open the lid, have a taste and add more salt if needed.
- Drizzle the soaked saffron strands over the ground beef biryani.
- Top the biryani with fried onion, roasted almonds or cashew nuts and cilantro.
- Keep covered and let stand for 15 minutes.
- Just before serving, combine the ground beef biryani and serve the biryani with raita, pickle, pappadam etc.
