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Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, vazhayilayil oru suriyani biriyani / kerala suriyanese style biryani wrapped in banana leaf. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Vazhayilayil Oru Suriyani Biriyani / Kerala Suriyanese Style Biryani Wrapped in Banana Leaf is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Vazhayilayil Oru Suriyani Biriyani / Kerala Suriyanese Style Biryani Wrapped in Banana Leaf is something which I have loved my whole life.

Repeat the process with the remaining mutton masala and rice on the next banana leaf. Biriyani is an Indian Subcontinent speciality; this variant from Salu Kitchen is Banana leaf wrapped Biriyani. Various meat options such as chicken, beef.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have vazhayilayil oru suriyani biriyani / kerala suriyanese style biryani wrapped in banana leaf using 29 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Vazhayilayil Oru Suriyani Biriyani / Kerala Suriyanese Style Biryani Wrapped in Banana Leaf:

1. Prepare For the rice:
2. Prepare 3 cups Basmati rice soaked in water for at least 2 hours
3. Get 6 cups Water
4. Take 2 Bay leaves
5. Take 3 pods Cardamom
6. Take 4 Cloves
7. Get 1″ stick Cinnamon
8. Take 4-5 tablespoon Butter
9. Prepare To taste Salt
10. Make ready 2 teaspoon Lemon juice –
11. Prepare For the mutton/chicken:
12. Make ready 1 kg Mutton/chicken cut into medium bite size pieces
13. Prepare 5 Onions thinly sliced
14. Take 8-10, Green chilies finely chopped
15. Prepare 1 tablespoon Ginger-garlic paste
16. Prepare 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
17. Make ready 3 teaspoon Chilli powder
18. Take 2 teaspoon Garam masala powder
19. Make ready 1 bunch, Coriander leaves finely chopped
20. Prepare 1 bunch Mint leaves finely chopped
21. Prepare 1/2 cup Coconut milk
22. Make ready 1/2 cup Yoghurt/curd
23. Get 3 tablespoon Ghee/clarified butter
24. Make ready To taste Salt
25. Take As needed Water
26. Get For garnish
27. Prepare 10-12 Cashew nuts
28. Take 10-12 Raisins
29. Make ready 1 Onions thinly sliced

Sprinkle biryani masala ,fried cashews, raisins, fried onions and chopped coriander leaves and mint leaves, sprinkle left over ghee and few drops of saffron milk over the rice as the final layering. Close with tight fitting heat resistant lid or close it with aluminium foil. Biryani is an art.you just need to practice once or twice. Biryani can be cooked in two key styles, one by layering raw rice and raw marinated meat together in a vessel and cooking it together.

Steps to make Vazhayilayil Oru Suriyani Biriyani / Kerala Suriyanese Style Biryani Wrapped in Banana Leaf:

1. Clean and wash the mutton pieces. Allow them to drain. Marinate the mutton with turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala powder, and salt. Keep it aside for at least 2 hours.
2. In a heavy bottomed vessel, melt butter and fry the bay leaves, cardamom pods, cloves, and cinnamon. Add the soaked rice and fry for 2-3 minutes until the rice becomes crisp, making sure not to brown the rice. Add 6 cups of boiling water, lemon juice, and salt and allow it to boil. Cover and cook for about 5-10 mins until the rice is half cooked and no water is left. Remove from flame and keep aside.
3. In a large pan, heat oil. Add the chopped onions and saute until it is golden brown. Add ginger-garlic paste & green chilies and saute until the raw smell goes away. Add the marinated mutton, mix well, and fry for 5-6 mins until the colour changes. Add the chopped coriander + mint leaves, yogurt, salt, & 1/2 cup of water and mix well. Cover with a lid and cook until the meat is 3/4 done.
4. Pour the coconut milk into the gravy and cook on low flame for another 10-15 mins until the meat is completely coated with the masala and the gravy becomes thick. Remove from flame.
5. In a small pan, melt ghee. Fry the cashew nuts and raisins and drain them on a paper towel. In the same pan, fry the sliced onions until dark brown and drain them on a paper towel. Keep it aside.
6. Clean 2-3 large banana leaves. Wilt it slightly by placing them on flame and flipping the sides to make them soft & pliable. Smear some ghee on the leaf.
7. Place a layer of the mutton masala with little gravy as the bottom layer and top it with a layer of rice. Garnish with cashewnuts, raisins and fried onions. Sprinkle ghee over the layer. Wrap the banana leaf as a parcel and tie it securely with banana fiber or thread. Repeat the process with the remaining mutton masala and rice on the next banana leaf.
8. Place the parcels in a steamer and steam cook the biryani for 10-15 mins. Remove from the steamer and keep it aside for another 5 mins. You could also bake the parcels in a preheated oven at 300 degrees for 10 mins. Serve with raita and pickle of your choice.

The other by cooking the components separately and then layering them together. Other than that there are flavour differences based on the region the biryani originates from. Kerala Style Biryani With Chicken Or Mutton. Close up traditional Indian biryani rice on banana leaf. Video "Indian biryani rice on banana leaf." can be used for personal and commercial purposes according to the conditions of the purchased Royalty-free license.

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