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Swahili Biryani

Name: Swahili Biryani
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Tanzania
Ingredients: 3 cups basmati; 800g beef or chicken; 3 onions; 4 tomatoes; Garlic-ginger; Biryani masala; Saffron; Yogurt; Cilantro, mint

Tanga-style biryani layered separately — spiced meat sauce spooned over saffron rice, unlike a mixed pilau.

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1h 30m 6 servings Medium

Ingredients

3 cups basmati
800g beef or chicken
3 onions
4 tomatoes
Garlic-ginger
Biryani masala
Saffron
Yogurt
Cilantro, mint

Method

Step 1 of 520%

Fry onions golden; reserve half.

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1
Fry onions golden; reserve half.
2
Cook meat with garlic-ginger, masala, tomato and yogurt 40 min.
3
Boil rice with saffron 70% done; drain.
4
Layer rice over sauce; steam 15 min.
5
Serve rice topped with sauce and fried onions.