Ingredients

2 kg Lamb (big pieces)

6 Potatoes

6 Eggs (optional)

1 bunch Coriander

1 bunch Mint

4 Onions

2 tablespoons Crushed Chillies

2 tablespoons Shah Jeera

1 tablespoon Fennel

Cinnamon , Cloves , Cardamon

Sour Milk

1 and half cup Lentils (boiled)

375g Tomatoe puree

Salt

500g Butter

Food Colour

Saffron

Preparation

  1. Marinate meat together with all other ingredients marked with an *.
  2. Fry onions in butter and add ¾ fried onions to marinade, keep remainder of onions for setting of breyani.
  3. Allow to marinate for 6-12 hours.
  4. Soak Rice for about 2 hours and then give it a quick boil with salt and cinnamon.
  5. Put 350g butter in a large pot, on high heat on stove, add marinade to heated pot, allow to cook for about 10 minutes.
  6. Add food colour to potatoes and fry in butter.
  7. Add potatoes and boiled lentils to heated marinade.
  8. Place boiled eggs & then add rice on top of marinade.
  9. Place remainder onions over rice.
  10. Lastly, place 4 cubes of butter on top of rice/onions in pot.
  11. Cover pot with foil & then cover with pot lid, place pot in oven (375 deg) for 2-3 hours.