EASY LAYERED LAMB BREYANI

2kg lamb cut into small pieces

3cups of rice parboiled

I cup breyani lentils parboiled

Wash meat and place in large dish

To this add:

1 cup yoghurt

1 tin crushed can tomatoes or fresh

Curry leaves

2Tbl sp crushed green chillies

Few bay leaves

1 Tblsp salt

3 Star anise

5 cardamom pods lightly roasted first

3 cinnamon sticks

1 Tbl sp roasted somph

1tsp saffron (heated and crushed)

1Tbl sp garam masala

1Tbs ginger/garlic

1 tsp turmeric

Slice 2 large onions & fry in 125g butter and 1/4 cup oil - place this in meat mixture

Marinade for about 2 hours

Peel 4 potatoes - cut into two and half boil

To layer breyani

Take a thick based pan

Grease bottom with butter

Place half lamb mixture

Place half lentils

Place all potatoe

Place 1/2 rice

Repeat lamb and lentils

Place rest of rice

Put pats of butter around rice

In the middle put a handful mint

Pour 1 - 2 cups of water with egg yellow food coloring

Cover with foil and place lid

Place in oven at 180 deg for 2 1/2 to 3 hours

You can check after two hours.

Enjoy!!

There are many ways of layered breyani

It takes practice to perfect it

This is a simple recipe especially for beginners

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