Lamb Masala Breyani

Prep

2 hr

Cook

3 hr

Total

5 hr

Yield

6

Category

Durban Curry

Difficulty

Moderate

Cuisine

Indian

Lamb Masala Breyani

Thank you to Jennifer Govender Bisnath for sharing her recipe & step-by-step instructions to preparing her amazing Lamb Breyani.

Absolutely delicious and some really clever techniques, especially step 3 – 6 of the layering (setting of the breyani)

Ingredients

• Mutton masala breyani
• 3 cups rice, soaked for an hour, then washed and steamed with quarter tsp turmeric and salt for 10 minutes
• 4 potatoes, cleaned and cut and fried
• Half cup breyani dhall, washed and steamed with salt until soft
• 2 kg mutton
• 2 tomatoes, grated
• 2 tsp ginger and garlic paste
• 5 tsp breyani masala or your usual masala
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp garam masala
• Curry leaves
• Mint
• Thyme
• Salt
• Half cup plain yoghurt or maas
• Marinate mutton with all of the above (from tomatoes to yoghurt)
• Marinate for 1 to 2 hours
• Roast together 5 cloves, 5 elachi /cardamom,
• Bay leaves, 2 cinnamon sticks, 3 star aniseed,
• 1 tsp soomph seeds
• Fry 3 sliced onions in ghee
• Add roasted spices
• Add the meat
• Cook for 45 minutes
• The layering
• Before you start, make sure there’s not too much liquid in the curry
• Take half the rice and half the breyani dhall
• Mix into the curry
• Then mix the rest of the breyani dhall with rice
• Place this on top of the meat
• Place the potatoes on top
• Place few blobs of butter over
• Place few mint
• Cook in oven at 180 degrees for 1 hour, covered in foil
• If there’s still liquid after that, keep it for 15 more minutes

Instructions

• Marinate mutton with all of the above (from tomatoes to yoghurt)
• Marinate for 1 to 2 hours
• Roast together 5 cloves, 5 elachi /cardamom,
• Bay leaves, 2 cinnamon sticks, 3 star aniseed,
• 1 tsp soomph seeds
• Fry 3 sliced onions in ghee
• Add roasted spices
• Add the meat
• Cook for 45 minutes

The Layering

• The layering
• Before you start, make sure there’s not too much liquid in the curry
• Take half the rice and half the breyani dhall
• Mix into the curry
• Then mix the rest of the breyani dhall with rice
• Place this on top of the meat
• Place the potatoes on top
• Place few blobs of butter over
• Place few mint
• Cook in oven at 180 degrees for 1 hour, covered in foil
• If there’s still liquid after that, keep it for 15 more minutes

Notes

Find it online: https://www.curryrecipe.co.za/lamb-masala-breyani-recipe/