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Gosht Seviyan Biryani

Gosht Seviyan Biryani is a lost recipe of India. Chef Pankaj Bhadouria shares the recipe of this Lucknowi delicacy.

Serves3

Cooking Time60 Min

Preparation Time10-15 Min

DifficultyMEDIUM

Ingredients

  • For Gosht Seviyan Biryani

    • 650 gms mutton

    • 1 cup curd

    • 1/2 cup sliced onions

    • 1 tbsp garlic paste

    • 1 tbsp ginger paste

    • 2 black cardamoms

    • 5 green cardamoms

    • 5-6 cloves

    • 1 cinnamon stick

    • water as required

    • salt to taste

    • 4-5 tbsp desi ghee

    • 1 cup sliced onions

    • 1 tbsp ginger paste

    • 1 tbsp garlic paste

    • 2-3 split green chillies

    • 500 gms vermicelli

    • 1 tbsp garam masala powder

    • 8-10 mint leaves

    • 1-2 tbsp saffron water

    • 1 tsp screw pine water

    • fried onion for garnish

    • mint leaves for garnish

PREPARATION

  1. 1

    In a pressure cooker, add mutton, curd, sliced onions, garlic paste, ginger paste, black cardamom, green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon stick, water, salt and mix.
  2. 2

    Pressure cook the mutton on high flame for the first whistle. Then turn the flame to low for 40 mins or until the mutton cooks.
  3. 3

    Once the cooker cools down separate the yakhni and mutton pieces.
  4. 4

    Heat ghee in a pot, add sliced onions and saute till golden brown.
  5. 5

    Add garlic paste, ginger paste, slit green chillies, vermicelli and saute again.
  6. 6

    Once seviyan turns red, add in the mutton and saute for 2 min. Add garam masala powder and mix again.
  7. 7

    Filter the yakhni and add to the pot. Cover the pot and let the seviyan cook.
  8. 8

    Add mint leaves, saffron soaked in screw-pine water. Cover this for 10 mins.
  9. 9

    Fluff up the biryani and serve hot garnished with fried onions and mint leaves.

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