Biryani Masala - By VahChef @ VahRehVah.com

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Now , my Biryani mafia here is how you can make Biryani masala at home and keep the ready mixture for use instead of buying the powders every time this is an authentic stuff , you can make little variations and you can enjoy this real thing .

So first thing when we talk about biryani , you know , there are various kinds of biryani , the vegetable biryani , meat , biryani , the biryani for lamb chicken , beef , fish , shrimp , for biryani .

There is something we need to add a little extra to make it a little more flavorful .

See while we go , we are going to reshoot a couple of the videos because I want to answer a lot of the questions which I was unable to answer during my first productions with a lot of questions coming from you that is helping me also to be a better teacher of cooking to make this biryani masala .

You need clubs , black cardamom , Javi tree , bay leaf , green , cardamom cinnamon sticks , peppercorns , cri me leaves .

I've got some fried onions .

I've got cumin powder , coriander powder , black cumin dried plants which are also called prunes .

I've got some an agana seeds .

I've got some turmeric .

I've got some chili powder .

I've also got some soft seeds to use fennel seeds when you are making biryani with fish .

If you're making fish , biryani , which are , is showing pretty soon you can use dill leaves that gives a very nice flavor .

If you have noticed each of the ingredients have a purpose , like for example , an Adana , the reason why I'm adding an Adana seeds is it acts as a meat tenderizer , especially if you're using this Biryani masala for marinating the meats like chicken lamb or beef .

You can use an Hanna seeds that will act as a kind of a tenderizer .

So for now , I'm going to teach you basic masala .

So I'm going to remove our fellow seeds away from here to make this Biryani masala .

I've taken around count around 10 piece of clos around the four piece of black cardamom and another 34 piece of mace that is Javi three OK .

And other small 10 peppercorns .

I've got a 10 piece of green cardamom and just four piece of cinnamon sticks , some bay leaf , one teaspoon of uh an seeds , one teaspoon of leaves around uh two tablespoons of fried onion , half a teaspoon of black cumin seeds , two tablespoons of coriander powder , one tablespoon of cumin powder , quarter teaspoon , very little of turmeric powder and half a teaspoon of red chili powder .

Since these are powders , I'm not going to add into this mixing container .

These dried fruits also gives a nice taste to your biryani .

If you want to add , just add it .

I'm going to make a powder of all these ingredients .

Add it here , OK .

Now to this mixture , add quarter teaspoon of turmeric , black cumin seeds , one tablespoon of red chili powder , one tablespoon of cumin powder and two tablespoons of coriander powder , dried fruits , OK ?

And then mix all this ingredients .

One of the main mistakes a lot of people are doing while making the biryani is the amount of this biryani masala to use .

So do your friends to make a very good biryani .

You want the entire attention to go on the meat , not on too much of masala .

So what you do just add three tablespoons of this powder for around one kg of meat .

If you want to increase the hotness of the biryani , add more green chili to the biryani rather than red chili powder or pepper powder .

That way your biryani will look really nice and beautiful and taste extremely good .

And when you're making Biryani , you could also use a few whole spices like cardamom Klauss or cinnamon .

If you want to add , you can use whole clouds .

If you add the fresh home made masala , you don't even need to add that and it tastes extremely good .

And then you can store this mixture in an airtight container and you can use it for a month or two months and it will still taste extremely good .

I hope you have enjoyed learning to make this Biryani masala .

Tell me if it beats the Biryani powder , you get it in the stores .

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2008 will be your year because I will be choosing many of those recipes from viewer posted recipes and preparing them live on the show .

And while you continue to contribute your recipes and tips , you all have a great , awesome fun film and a prosperous New Year .

2008 .