thalassery beef biriyani

Biriyani rice - 1/2 kg Beef - ½ kg  Onion(big) - 2 nos(thinly sliced lengthwise) Chilly powder – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Pepper powder – 1 tsp Green chillies -  8 nos Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsbp Garam masala powder - 1 tsp Garam masala (whole) - A few Ghee – 1/4 cup Coconut oil – 1/4 cup Coriander mint leaves - A few Lemon juice - of 1 lemon Salt - As reqd Fried onions – 4 tbsp

Fried cashewnuts -1 tbsp Fried raisins – 1-2 tsp Preparation Marinate beef with chilly powder, turmeric powder , pepper powder and salt . Keep it aside for 10 mnts. Boil rice in salty boiling water, add garam masala (whole) and lemon juice and drain it when half done. Saute onion with oil in a pressure cooker till brown.Add green chilly, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala powder and salt as required and saute well.  Then add the marinated beef and  cook until the beef done well. Finaly add some chopped coriander and mint leaves. Grease a vessel with little ghee.Spread 1/2 of the beef masala and place 1/2 of rice over it. Pour 2 tbspn of ghee on top of it and sprinkle some fried onion , nuts raisins and a pinch of garam masala . Spread the remaining masala and top it with rice followed by ghee and fried onion , nuts ,raisins and garam masala. Close it with a air tight lid and put biryani in dum for 10 - 15 min .Garnish with coriander and mint leaves and serve beef biryani hot with putheena chammanthi and pickle .