Beef Biryani
Basmati rice with fragrant and delicious beef mince. This dish is made with warm spices, sultanas and colourful rice & is sure to be a weeknight winner. Whipped up in 30 minutes and finished with crunchy cashews. Just perfect.
Serves 4 - 6
Effort: Easy
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 25 mins
Gluten free
Ingredients
500g beef mince
1 packet of Indian rice kit - Not Without Spice
1 large onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 large zucchini, grated
1/2 cup sultanas
3 1/2 cups chicken stock
1/2 cup cashew nuts
Coriander to serve
Instructions
In a large skillet heat 2 tbsp of oil on a medium heat. Add the diced onion and gently fry until translucent before adding the minced garlic. Cook for a further 2-3 mins. Add half of the spice mix. Stir through the onions and cook until fragrant - about 2-3 mins.
At this point add the beef mince, breaking it down and stirring through the onion mixture. Cook until completely coloured.
Next add the grated zucchini and stir through.
Place all the rice from the packet into the skillet and the rest of the spice mix. Give it a good stir round making sure all the rice is coated in the spices.
Pour in the stock and bring to a boil, uncovered at a medium heat. Once boiling turn down to a medium/low.
Place the lid on slightly ajar allowing the steam to escape. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 15 mins stirring only once - if the liquid is evaporating too quickly, just add a small amount of water.
Turn the heat off and place the lid on for 5 minute. Remove the lid and fluff up the rice.
To serve scatter with cashew nuts and coriander.
Hints & tips
Mince - Beef mince is used in the recipe. Alternatively try using lamb mince or chicken mince, both would suit this dish well.
Coriander - I love coriander. For those of you who don’t use fresh parsley.
Heat - This dish is mild, add a little heat with 1 tsp cayenne pepper with the spice mix and rice at point 4.
Serving suggestion - This dish goes really well with this Bombay carrot salad & raita OR simply serve it with natural yoghurt and naan.
Portion size - This dish serves 4-6. It will half easily, use 1 onion, 1 garlic clove, 1 small zucchini, 250g mince, half the rice & spices (reserving the rest for another day), 1/4 cup sultanas & just under 2 cups of chicken stock. Follow the instruction as above & serve with cashews and coriander.
Storage - This dish will keep in the fridge for 3 days. Suitable for freezing. When you reheat rice, always check that it's steaming hot all the way through. Do not reheat rice more than once.
