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Curry Chat => Lets Talk Curry => Topic started by: Peripatetic Phil on April 29, 2013, 09:28 PM
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Well, having cooked my lamb (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,11886.msg94532.html#msg94532) last night, and with home-made pulao rice remaining from my try at Anjum Anand's Rustic Rogan Josh (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,11868.msg94474/topicseen.html#msg94474), there was clearly only one thing to make this evening and that was lamb biryani. I carefully separated the pieces of lamb from the sauce and the whole masala using chopsticks, and built up my biryani in layers : lamb, rice, fried shallots, more lamb, more shallots, more rice. All in a brown earthenware casserole, and in to the oven for about an hour at 100oC (I pre-warmed the rice for two minutes in the microwave oven with some added boiling water to get the right texture). After about an hour everything was piping hot, I garnished it with a little chopped coriander and served with onion salad and lime pickle. It was delicious. Two criticisms : (1) it was greasy; I should have decanted off the oil and molten fat last night, but instead stirred it in -- mistake number 1. (2) parts of the lamb were too chewy; I should have been more selective with the lamb, but not wanting to waste any, all went in. Certainly a good biryani which I shall make again, nest time trying to remember to garnish with sliced boiled egg.
** Phil.
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Got a spare spoon for me to dig in with? All looks good. ;)
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Got a spare spoon for me to dig in with? All looks good. ;)
Yes. it was all laid up for you : where did you get to ?! :)
** Phil.
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Got a spare spoon for me to dig in with? All looks good. ;)
Yes. it was all laid up for you : where did you get to ?! :)
** Phil.
I was at home dying after trying proper made at home mustard! ;)
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I was at home dying after trying proper made at home mustard! ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
And about time too : using that nancy pre-made stuff indeed; what were you thinking of ?!
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Looks lovely. Could devour that in minutes. :D
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looks a very tasty dish that does Phil well done mate ( Ivan ) :)
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Phil = The Biryani King
Looks great Phil. I don't use lamb nearly often enough in my curries.
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Looks great Phil. I don't use lamb nearly often enough in my curries.
Nor me but after my last batch of mutton I shall be from now on.
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I had a second portion of the lamb biryani last night, simply heating it in a sealed plastic takeaway container (650ml) for one minute, and serving it dressed with a sliced boiled egg. It was better than the previous night's, which cannot be a result of aromatic overload on the previous night as it was oven-cooked while I worked in another room. I think that the spices have leached out of the meat over time and into the rice, and this is what has led to the even better flavour. I felt no need for either onion salad or lime pickle last night, and the sliced boiled egg was a perfect accompaniment. I shall probably have the final 1/3 this evening.
** Phil.