Eid-ul-Azha Special
Ingredients:-
- Half kg —— Basmati rice
- 1 kg —— Lamb or beef on the bone
- 100 gms —— Vegetable oil
- 2 liters —— Water
- 2 large —— Carrots
- 100 gms —— Black seedless raisins
- Zeera ( Cumin )
- Dalchini ( cinnamon )
- Ilaichi ( Cardamom )
- salt & pepper
Method:-
- Brown 1 medium diced onion in oil. Add lamb or beef cut into 1” cubes & brown lightly.
- Add 2 cups of water, 1 tsp (or to taste) each of salt, dalchini, ground zeera & ground ilaichi.
- Cover & simmer (about an hour) until meat is tender.
- Remove meat from the juice & set juice aside.
- Cut 3 carrots into match stick size pieces. Sauté carrots & 1 tsp sugar in about quarter cub of oil.
- Cook until they are lightly browned. Remove from oil.
- Add 1 cup of raisins to the oil & cook until they swell up.
- Boil the meat juice & add 2 cups basmati rice.1.5 tsp salt & enough boiling water to come 2 inches over the rice.
- Cook until the water is absorbed & the rice is tender (not mushy).
- Mix the meat, carrots, raisings & rice together.
- Place in a large oven-proof casserole, cover & bake at 300 degrees of for half to an hour.
