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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Methods of cooking biryani

Layering method (cooking in oven or stove):

In this method meat or vegetables is sandwiched between layers of basmati rice and cooked on steaming over coals (dum), after sealing the vessel with dough or with a air tight lid.

This way of cooking needs meticulous attention to time and temperature to avoid over or under-cooking the meat.

For example Hyderabadi biryani is made this way refer to wikipedia

Mixing Method (meat and rice cooked separately):

In this method the meat or vegetable curry (masala) is prepared separately from the rice. Then rice and curry (masala) are later mixed together and becomes biryani.

This way of cooking need attention to the thickness of the curry or masala to the rice ratio. If you have too much curry the biryani will be soggy. if too little will not be able to coat the rice completely.

Pressure cooker method:

In this method first the ingredients (meat or vegetables + ...) are sautéed to make curry (masala) and then rice is added along with water if needed and pressure cooked and served.

This way of cooking need attention to liquid to rice ratio for better result. Usually for cooking rice the ration is 1 cup of rice to 2 cups of water. In this case since meat has water (liquid) you have to account for it. If too much water then biryani will be soggy if little biryani will get burnt.

If you come across any other method please share with us so we update and keep this post live.

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Who does not love biryani? Do you?

We love biryani and we are sure many people love too. My family have always dream cooking it at home the perception was that its hard to cook and expensive as the Basmati rice or Sambar rice. Eat outside was not popular during that time. Now every street corner in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) has Biryani specialty restaurants.

My family especially my father and sister started cooking biryani by referring to a recipe book. :) neighbors won't share their recipes.

For few initial time the biryani turned out to be not that good. Finally we mastered it. Now my family (my sister) cook biryani with pressure cooker.

Many years later now we have many recipes in internet and many books published about Biryani. Biryani is made in many countries and made in many different way refer to wikipedia to know more.

Out of my experience with leaning to cook biryani we learned that reading other people recipes, cooking and reading will make us expert in preparing biryani and impressing friends and family. Out of this decided to develop IOS and Android biryani recipe apps with recipes from many people for your reference and trying our few recipes. below are the links

IOS App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tamil-nadu-biryani-recipes/id946784738?ls=1&mt=8
Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubysoftwarellc.biryanirecipesintamil

Our Website: http://www.indiantamilrecipe.com/non-vegetarian/biryani

For initial starters here is the top 25 favorite recipes from our app users. Download our apps and try them you won't be disappointed.