Cooking With My Son _ Episode 2 _ Pressure Cooker Mutton Biryani _ Biryani Recipe _ Lunch Recipes

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Hello , everyone .

Welcome to home cooking with me , Superman .

And now today I'm very , very excited because we're doing a very special episode , which is the student special .

And I have two young boys with me here and I'm going to let them introduce themselves .

Hi , I'm gonna be going to university in the US , everyone .

I'm and I go to university .

So both of them are heading off to other respective colleges this year and they want to learn one special recipe from me .

Uh Can you tell which recipe that is or which dish that is ?

And I'm very , very excited to be sharing this special recipe with them .

Uh And so this is a great dish because um when you go off to college or for all the college students and their dorms , they , if they want to make something really nice for themselves , I'm gonna teach them this .

So let's get started .

So the first step is to marinate the meat .

So I have about 1.5 kg of mutton here .

This is nice fresh meat .

So you first you have to actually wash the meat with whatever it is .

Chicken mutton , make sure it's nice and clean and it's washed and now we're gonna marinate this , shall we start with the spices ?

Yeah .

So the first we'll add two teaspoons of salt .

Yeah .

So I add two teaspoons of salt .

Yeah .

One more piece .

Right .

And one teaspoon of turmeric powder and two tablespoons of red chili powder because we want a little spicy because we need to get that spice into the meat .

There's a lot of meat there .

So two tablespoons will be enough .

But if you have less meat , you can cut it down a bit and add maybe one or two teaspoons .

So this is good for about 6 to 7 people .

I'm sure they all and now we're gonna add the juice of one lemon uh medium sized lemons .

So just add that and two tablespoons of curd at the center .

Yeah , that's fine .

That's fine .

That's fine .

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Ok .

So I'm gonna do the mixing now .

All right .

So we'll just mix everything together .

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Yeah .

So do you know why we marinate the meat uh for the biryani or even for any curry that you wanna make marinating will add a lot of flavor to the meat and also tenderize it .

So that's why we marinate it and of course the lemon juice and curd acts as a tenderizer .

How long does it take to take the process ?

Just mix it till everything is well combined to all the pieces are coated with the masala .

So just make sure this will probably take about a minute or so .

So can you see all the pieces are now completely coated in a masala ?

Yeah .

Ok .

Alright , so that's done .

We'll just let this sit now ideally it would be nice to marinate for about 2 to 3 hours or maybe more but of course uh for students uh , it's about 45 minutes to an hour is good .

So you can marinate the meat and then start all your other prep work like cutting the onions and the tomatoes and everything and then you can come back to the meat .

Ok .

So we'll leave this aside and uh we'll get the other things prepped .

So the next step is to make a masala paste .

Uh So I have all the ingredients for the masala paste .

Uh Should we add uh one at a time ?

So we'll first go with the garlic and the ginger .

So there are about five cloves , large cloves of garlic .

Yeah .

And then I can add the ginger .

That's a big piece of ginger .

I've just cut it into small pieces .

Ok .

Now we'll add the green chilies .

We adding about 5 to 6 , but I usually I add more , but I'm adding a little less and then a little bit of mint and a bit of coriander .

Yeah .

So that will be enough .

So we'll just close that water .

Yeah .

Actually we can add the water .

Just add a little bit , a little more , a little more .

Yeah , that'll be enough .

And then we will grind if you want to just turn that on , you get turned off .

Let me check .

Ok .

That's good .

So we'll just add a little more water and grind it one more time .

Yeah , that's enough .

That's enough .

That's a lot of water .

Ok .

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That's good .

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That's , that's the heat and the chilies , that's enough .

That's fine .

So here we have the uh paste that's ready .

It's a very basic paste .

No .

Try drinking that .

It's , it's gonna be spicy with its juice .

OK ?

So the paste is ready .

We'll keep that aside and we'll go on to the next step .

Yeah .

OK .

So we're gonna do the pressure cooker mutton Biryani .

So it's not a dumb biryani .

It's a pressure cooker style .

And uh this is my recipe .

That's what I'm teaching there .

Should we get started ?

Yeah .

So first we'll add the g it's about two tablespoons .

So we will actually make it very nice and rich and the taste , it taste better .

So now we can also add some oil .

Yeah , you got to open that and then , so for the , but a little more OK , that's about a table food .

OK .

Let me close that .

Yeah .

OK .

So let the oil and heat up a little bit and then uh we'll add the whole spices .

So can you tell me about the spices ?

What do we have here ?

Can both of you tell me uh we have some , some bay leaf around three leaves of bay leaf .

Uh some cinnamon .

OK .

That's fine .

That's fine .

We add some uh some and some star .

Yes .

Yeah .

All right .

So now we're gonna add the onions , just add all of them .

It's about four large onions that have been sliced .

It will take about 15 minutes to brown .

The onions .

Yeah .

Once the onions are brown , then we'll add the tomatoes .

So we need to saute the onions till they're nice and brown .

Nice , rich brown color .

OK .

Oh , I do wanna , why is it that we have to wait for the brown ?

Because that's what will add flavor to the biryani because if the onions are raw and they're not cooked well , then it won't taste good .

That's what this is going to be the basic masala for the biryani .

So that's why you have to brown the onions .

OK .

So now we both want to handle this and sort it till it's nice and brown .

I'll just wait .

You wanna go first step on this .

I don't like that sound .

That's why I go like what you down here .

So now you can see the onions .

They've browned beautifully .

What do you think the color is good ?

It's nice and brown .

Now we're gonna add the masala paste else gonna give a quick mix .

And now we can add the tomatoes .

Don't add all the tomatoes .

Uh , these are about four large tomatoes .

So this will take about five minutes for the tomatoes to cook .

At this point .

You can add about a teaspoon of salt .

You can just add one teaspoon of salt .

Yeah , one second .

Continue to saute the tomatoes .

So the tomatoes have become nice and soft and mushy .

Now is a good time to add the marinated meat .

So , has it been about an hour ?

Approximately an hour ?

Right ?

So this is good .

So let's just add it .

So what do you think so far ?

We've just been , you know , doing all these steps .

Do you think it's not so difficult to try it ?

Maybe on your own ?

Ok .

So you would need a , a nice pressure cooker for this .

You can also do it in an electric cooker .

So if you have an electric cooker , you can also do it in that .

So while the meat is cooking , let's soak the rice .

I've actually washed the rice already and now we're going to just pour water and soak it for about 30 minutes .

So it's very , very important to soak the rice when you make Biryani , at least for 30 minutes and make sure you wash it a few times before you soak it .

Ok .

Yeah , that's , that's good enough .

So we'll just leave this for about 30 minutes .

Meanwhile , we'll let the meat cook .

So we'll just leave that there .

Ok .

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Friends .

Yeah .

So I just become a little taller .

So should we add the mint leaves in the corn ?

Ok .

We need to add the corn and the powder .

So , should we just add that now ?

Yeah , we had to , we had to go out .

Ok .

How many did you add two ?

Ok .

That's good .

So this is like a small bunch of mint leaves and a small bunch of coriander leaves .

So the Korean and mint adds a lot of flavor to the biryani .

So it's very , very essential that you have these two for the taste .

OK ?

Yeah , so make sure you wash the leaves nice and clean .

This is all washed and then just mix it all in .

So now we're gonna pressure cook the meat and we're gonna add about four cups of diluted coconut milk .

So why are we adding coconut milk ?

Because it's gonna add a lot of flavor to the Biryani .

And if you don't want coconut milk , you can also make it without coconut milk .

Just water is fine .

So I've taken four cups because I've taken four cups of rice .

This is roughly about 800 g .

So I'm gonna add one is to one ratio .

So if you add too much of water , you'll be over cooking the rice .

So when you make Biryani , the ratio of rice and water is the same .

So for one cup of rice , you add one cup of water .

Ok .

Do you want to taste this now ?

So in case if you wanna season it before you cook the meat , this is a good time to check .

Thanks .

What do you think ?

You think we need to add some salt ?

Maybe a little bit .

Yeah , a little bit of salt .

Ok .

So how much do you think we should add a teaspoon or more ?

One teaspoon ?

1.5 ?

Yeah , I think .

Yeah , 1.5 .

Let you do it .

Yeah .

So let's just close that .

So this will take about 20 minutes to cook .

So we'll just place the weight and we'll cook it for about 20 minutes on medium .

So it's been about 20 minutes .

Let's open and check .

Wow , the meat is cooked beautifully .

Can you just look at that ?

That's perfect .

And uh , I've cooked it for about four whistles on medium flame .

So you can see the meat is cooked perfectly right .

It's nice .

It's very nice and tender .

So now we're gonna add the rice just slowly .

Yeah .

So the rice has been soaking for about 30 minutes .

Now .

It's a little more than 30 minutes .

So once you've added the rice , make sure you keep the flame on low , gently .

Mix it .

You don't wanna break the rice .

So just gently mix it .

Close the cooker , we're gonna slow cook this , keep the flame on low .

And once the steam comes out , just place the weight So we'll just wait for that .

It'll take about five minutes once you place the weight , just cook for 10 minutes on low flame .

Yeah .

So shall we check if it's good ?

Ok .

So how many minutes did we leave it after placing the weight ?

Yeah .

Not 15 minutes wrong .

Eight minutes , eight minutes , 8 to 10 minutes .

So , don't leave it too long .

Then it will become too soggy .

You don't want that .

So you can see the rice is cooked perfectly and the key is to soaking the rice .

Wow , how does that look ?

Really ?

OK .

Both of them are very hungry right now and they can't wait to dig into this .

Of course , making Biryani definitely takes time and uh but the key is to be patient and learn the right way to cook .

So I'm gonna transfer this .

Oh You go in your car .

Shout out to Jun Hook , Sam N and so keen for what if they trade very only but they can do their career and COVID-19 messed up this whole school here .

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You know , now we're enjoying this on your behalf .

Maybe if you come , you might get a chance to try those .

It was a lot of fun actually .

I'm so sure from Yes .

Oh So I had a lot of fun sharing this recipe with both of you .

I hope you guys did too and you will try this when you guys are in college .

OK ?

So have fun .

Wish you all the very best to both of you and , uh , all the moms who really wanted to , uh , try this Biryani and who wanted me to share the recipe with you .

I'm so sorry , I couldn't do it , but this is for all of you , um , enjoy .