Keema Biryani



Ingredients : :
Basmati rice : 350 grm
Keema : 400 grm
Curd : 3 tbsp
Onion (chopped) :  1 large
Ginger-garlic paste : 1 tbsp
Ghee : 100 gm 
Milk : ½ cup
 Saffron : a few strands of
Cinnamon : 1" piece
Cardamoms : 4.-5 pcs
Cloves : 4-5 pcs
Red chilli powder : 1 tsp 
Chicken stock : 1 cup 
Lime juice : 2 tbsp


             


Method :
1.  Cook the rice in salted water till it is just half done. 
2.  Drain out the water and keep aside. Mix the saffron in milk and keep aside. 
3.  Mix the saffron in milk and keep aside.
4.  Heat the ghee in a kadhai and add the chopped onion. Fry till it is translucent.
5.  Add the whole spices and allow to splutter. 
6.  Mix in the minced meat and the ginger-garlic paste and fry for 6-7 minutes over a medium heat.
7.  Once the keema is nicely fried and a fine aroma rises, mix in the curd and the red chilli powder and 
    continue to cook over a low heat for another 3-4 minutes. 
8.  Put off the flame and keep aside.
9.  Take an oven-proof dish with a lid and place a portion of the half-cooked rice at the bottom of 
    the half-cooked rice at the bottom of the baking dish. 
10. Cover with a portion of the prepared keema and sprinkle half of the saffron milk and half the quantity of the lime juice. 
11. Cover with another portion of rice and repeat the layers for the keema, lime juice and saffron. 
12. Top with the remaining rice.
13. Pour the chicken stock over the layered biryani. 
14. Seal the top with the lid or with foil, and bake in an oven at low temperature for 15 minutes. 
15. Ready to serve.