Lamb Dum Biryani Recipe

🧄 Ingredients (Samagri):

For Marination:

• 500g lamb/Mutton (haddi wala)
• 1 cup dahi (curd)
• 2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tsp lal mirch powder
• 1 tsp haldi
• 1 tbsp dhania powder
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• Salt swaad anusar
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1/2 cup fried onions (birista)

For Rice:

• 2 cups basmati rice (30 mins soaked)
• 1 bay leaf (tej patta)
• 2–3 green cardamoms (chhoti elaichi)
• 1 black cardamom (badi elaichi)
• 4–5 cloves (laung)
• Salt swaad anusar

For Dum Process:

• 1/2 cup fried onions
• Few strands saffron (kesar) soaked in 2 tbsp warm milk
• 2 tbsp ghee
• Chopped coriander & mint (hara dhaniya & pudina)

🍲 Method (Vidhi):

1. Marination: Mutton ko ache se wash kar ke saare marination wale ingredients mein mix karo. Cover karke 4–5 ghante ya overnight fridge mein rakh do.

2. Rice Cooking: Ek patila mein paani garam karo, whole spices daalo aur namak daal kar rice ko 80% tak pakao. Phir chhan ke side rakh do.

3. Biryani Assemble karna: Ek heavy-bottom handi lo. Neeche thoda ghee lagao. Marinated mutton ka layer daalo. Uske upar aadha rice daalo. Fir birista, hara dhaniya, pudina, kesar wala doodh, aur thoda ghee daalo. Yehi process do layers mein repeat karo.

4. Dum dena: Handi ka lid tight band karo (aata laga ke seal kar sakte ho). Phir tawa garam karke handi ko tawa pe rakho. Slow flame par 40–45 minutes dum do.