This is my first recipe for you all.
My Polish family and friends had the opportunity to try it when I was in Poland and they just loved it ... especially my Mom :-)
Recipe is from my Mauritian mother-in-law, the best chef in Mauritius :)
My Polish family and friends had the opportunity to try it when I was in Poland and they just loved it ... especially my Mom :-)
Recipe is from my Mauritian mother-in-law, the best chef in Mauritius :)
MAURITIAN BIRYANI or like I call it ''one pot dish'' is cooked with Basmati rice and other equally important components i.e. meat with bones (poultry, lamb, beef or even fish) and vegetables, plus the magic mix of indian spices.
Let's start this journey ... I am providing you with a list of ingredients for the whole pot (for two people for 2 days) but of course you can change the quantity as you like.
INGREDIENTSLet's start this journey ... I am providing you with a list of ingredients for the whole pot (for two people for 2 days) but of course you can change the quantity as you like.
- 1 chicken (remove skin and cut into pieces about 5 cm big
- 5 medium-sized potatoes (peel and cut into quarters)
- 5 carrots (peel and cut into thick slices)
- a handful of green beans (slice in half)
- 3 large onions (cut in half and fine chopped)
- 1 or 2 bunches of mint leaves (in Poland, they are small bunches and I like a lot of green so you can use up to 3 bunches)
- 1 or 2 bunches of coriander (same comment as above)
- 1-2 tbsp ginger garlic paste (paste recipe I'll give in a separate post) or 2-3 crushed cloves of garlic mixed with a piece of ginger (ratio 3:1)
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon of turmeric
- few curry leaves / thyme (if available)
- 2-4 chilli (slice into halves - the best are those small green, you can use dry as well)
- salt to taste
- pinch of saffron or turmeric to color the rice
- 4 cups rice (more or less)
- For flavouring, add some cardamon, cinnamon stick, star anise and cloves
- Heat a tablespoon
of oil in a large frying pan. Fry chicken pieces for a few moments until
golden brown (don't overcook it). Transfer to a bowl and set aside to
cool. The rest of the oil should remain in the pan.
- In the remaining
oil, fry until golden brown onions (onion like a lot of oil so you can add
a bit more). Add the fried onions to chicken.
- On the remaining
oil throw potatoes, fry for a few minutes until golden brown. Transfer to
a separate bowl.
- The same with
carrots and french beans. All vegetables put into one bowl.
- Into the bowl
with chicken and onions add garlic, ginger, salt to taste, chilli,
turmeric, cumin, curry leaves and stir so that each piece of chicken
is well marinated.
- To the bowl with
the vegetables add only salt to taste and mix well. You can add a little
bit of fresh thyme and curry leaves if u like.
- Rinse rice at least
3 times to get rid of the starch. Pass the rice to the pot, cover with
plenty of water, add saffron or turmeric (if you don't have saffron
be careful with turmeric is bitter in taste, add just as little
as possible to color the water). Leave the rice in water for 30
min. Then put the pan on medium fire for no longer than 6-7 minutes (do
not let it boil). Drain and keep the yellow water in a glass as you
may need to add a few drops in the biryani.
- Now you need a
large pot. How to make the layers:
·
First goes meat and veggies (can be mixed or
one on top of another).
·
The second layer is the finely chopped
coriander and mint, evenly distributed on meat and veg
·
The third layer is the rice (needs to cover
previous layers)
·
Now into the rice stick the spices like
cardamom, cinnamon sticks and star anise (as much as u like, I like a
loooooooot)
- Cover biryani and put on medium fire for 15 mins. Take off the lid, reduce the heat and cook another 45 min.
Dish is ready after about an hour if vegetables and rice are soft and meat tender and brownish.
At the end you should check that your biryani doesn't have any water at the bottom. If you find water and the meat and veg are ready, you need to reduce the remaining water by simply cooking on big fire until dry. You need to control this process as you can very quickly burn to much.
After cooking, you should mix (by slowly stirring) all the ingredients together. Biryani has to be rather dry. We serve biryani with tomato chutney (blend 2-3 tomatoes, some fresh coriander, garlic clove, salt and one chilli).
Ready! Enjoy!
PO POLSKU
To pierwszy przepis jaki postanowilam tutaj umiescic. Moja
rodzina i kilku znajomych mialo okazje to jesc kiedy bywalam w Polsce i wrecz
za tym przepadaja ... szczegolnie Mamuska.
Mauritian Biryani czyli potrawa z gara, ktorej podsawowoym skladnikiem jest ryz
basmati. Oprocz przypraw drugim waznym skladnikiem jest mieso (drob,
jagniecina, wolowina oraz warzywa).
To do dziela...podaje skladniki na caly gar (dla mnie i meza na 2 dni)
oczywiscie mozecie zmieniac proporcje jak tylko Wam sie podoba
SKLADNIKI
1 kurczak
(zdejmujemy skore i tasakiem kroimy na kawalki ok 5cm jak leci bez wielkiej
troski)
5 ziemniakow
sredniej wielkosci (obranych i pokrojonych na cwiartki)
5 marchewek
(obranych i pokrojonych w grube plastry)
garsc fasolki
zielonej (pokrojonej na pol)
3 duze cebule
(pokrojone na pol i poszatkowane)
1 lub 2
peczki miety (w Polsce sa one male a ja lubie duzo zielonego dlatego moga byc
nawet 3)
1 lub 2
peczki kolendry (-II-)
1-2 lyzeczki
pasty czosnkowo-imbirowej (przepis na paste podam w osobnym przepisie) lub
zgniecione 2-3 zabki czosnku zmieszane z kawalkiem imbiru (proporcja 2:1)
1 lyzeczka
mielonego kminku
1 lyzeczka
kurkumy
galazka lisci
curry (jesli dostepne)
2-4 papryczki
chilli (pokrojone na plasterki, najlepsze to te male zielone)
sol do smaku
szczypta
szafranu lub kurkumy do zabarwienia ryzu.
4 kubeczki
ryzu (tutaj opcjonalnie)
po kilka
sztuk: kardamon, cynamon, gwiazdki anyzowe, gozdziki
Wiem, ze lista jest dluga ale naprawde warto...TO DO DZIELA !!!
1. Lyzke oliwy rozgrzej na duzej patelni. Na rozgrzana oliwe wrzuc
osuszone kawalki kurczaka. Podsmaz tylko kilka chwil na duzym ogniu az do
zrumienienia (w srodku musi byc nadal surowe). Przeloz do miski i odstaw do
ostygniecia. Reszta oliwy powinna pozostac na patelni.
2. Na
pozostalej oliwie podsmaz na zloty kolor cebule (cebula lubi duzo oliwy wiec
mozecie dodac ciut wiecej). Podsmazona cebule dodaj do kurczaka.
3. Na
pozostala oliwe wrzuc ziemniaki, podsmaz przez kilka chwil az do zrumienienia.
Przeloz na osobna miske.
4. Marchew
przygotuj jak ziemniaki i wrzuc do tej samej miski.
5. Fasolke
jak wyzej
6. Do miski z
kurczakiem i cebula dodaj czosnek, imbir, sol (na ''oko''), chilli, kurkume,
kminek, liscie curry i wymieszaj tak aby kazdy kawalek kurczaka oblepil sie
przyprawami.
7. Do miski z
warzywami dodaj tylko sol (na ''oko) i wymieszaj.
8.
Odpowiednia dla nas ilosc ryzu wyplucz przynajmniej 3 razy az pozbedziesz sie
skrobii. Ryz przeloz do garnka, zalej duzo iloscia wody, wrzuc szafran lub
kurkume (taka ilosc aby zabarwila mocno wode na zolto). Zostaw
ryz w wodzie na 30 min. Potem wstaw na sredni ogien na nie dluzej niz 6-7 minut
(nie gotuj). Odcedz i zatrzymaj zolta wode w szklance (gdyby biryani potrzebowalo
podlania).
9. Teraz
potrzebujemu duzy garnek np brytfanke (lub cos bardziej w stylu woka niz garnka
do zupy). Teraz ukladamy warstwy.
* Jako pierwsze idzie miesko i warzywka (moga byc wymieszane lub jedno na
drugim).
* Druga
warstwa to posiekana drobno kolendra i mieta, rowno rozlozona na miesku i
warzywkach
* Trzecia
warstwa to ryz (musi byc go tyle aby przykryl miete i kolendre)
Teraz w ryz
wciskamy przyprawy jak kardamon, cynamon w laskach i anyz (ilosc dowolna ale ja
lubie duuuuuzooooo).
Przykrywamy nasze biryani i wstawiamy na sredni gaz na 15 min. Po tym czasie
zdejmujemy pokrywke, zmniejszamy ogien na maly i gotujemy 45 min.
Ja lubie gdy warzywa i mieso sa lekko przypalone na spodzie. Jesli zaczyna sie
to dziac zbyt wczesnie wtedy uzyj zoltej wody od ryzu do podlania.
Potrawa jest
gotowa po ok godzinie jesli warzywa i ryz sa miekkie.
Pod koniec
gotownia mozesz lyzka drewniana podwazyc lekko warstwy i zobaczyc czy na dnie
znajduje sie woda. Jesli jest jej za duzo a biryani jest juz miekkie, wstaw na
duzy ogien i pod Twoim okiem gotuj az do suchosci.
Po ugotowaniu
nalezy wszystkie skladniki razem wymieszac. Biryani musi byc raczej suche.
Gotowe !!! Enjoy !!!
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