The Laziza ready made masalas are really good. Particularly the Bombay Biryani flavour. If you can, marinate your meat the night before or at least 1-2 hours before cooking, with your spice mix, yoghurt and ginger,garlic,chilli paste. Make sure your onions are caramelised to achieve optimum flavour in your biryani masala as well. Wash your rice throughly and soak for at least half an hour in lukewarm water. Parboil your rice until it is 80% cooked. In the final layering step start with a layer of rice, alternating with a layer of masala and fresh coriander, fresh mint leaves all finely chopped and caramelised onions. Finishing with a layer of rice on top. Add a little yellow food colouring on top of the rice and a pinch of saffron, a few drops of Kewra water and some more fresh coriander leaves and mint leaves. Seal the pot tightly with some foil. Place the lid, then place your pot on top of a chappati griddle flat pan on low heat for 15-20 minutes to steam or give ‘dum’ as we say in South Asian cooking. Don’t remove the lid during this process. If you follow all these steps, in sha Allah you will achieve fluffy grains in your rice and a flavourful biryani 😊👍
thank you so much for such insightful tips! I will be sure to try this on my next attempt :D I remember that with all asians - don't remove the lid!! haha
@@liyanalife you are welcome. It took me a few attempts to perfect my biryani. It’s a delicious dish that requires a lot of preparation and different steps, but ultimately all the effort is worth it. I did forget to add that when you do parboil yojr rice add some whole spices like whole black peppercorns, fennel seeds, cardamom seeds, black cardamom seeds and a few bay leaves to the water to infuse the rice with flavour of these warm spices and make your rice fragrant. Also add a squeeze of lemon juice to the water too. Happy cooking! 🥣
Hi Noah 🎧 , that really did look very tasty , i myself love lots of lemon. Do you remember the restaurant you went to , and had your favourite biriany? Maybe you could ask for tips? I went to my lovely local restaurant and when i asked how you make the keema naan they allowed me to go in the kitchen and watch it was amazing. I am talking 20 years ago but still remember. It was the best in town and so very popular. It closed down last year after many years such a sad loss to our town. Anyway back to YOUR biriany like i said it looked really good and glad everyone liked it. Bye for now 🙋🏻♀️ ps Aldi frozen chopped onion is the way to go 😊
Wow I'm suprised they let you see them make the keema naan, that was really nice of them and such an experience. I actually am friendly with the staff in this restaurant but I'd doubt they'd show me, company secrets lol. Thanks! Liyana uses the frozen chopped onions, it is much easier on the eyes! I wanted to follow the receipt to the T 😂 so I chopped the onions but soon regretted that 😆
@@liyanalife Yes they allowed me to watch it was amazing ,like i said it was about 20 years ago so maybe that made a difference. Yes you did good using the fresh onion and not the frozen , my eyes get so sore when peeling onions though. Bye for now take care enjoyed the video
Aw well done Noah,,,but when you were saying my eyes my eyes 😢lol there's nothing worse,,I'm sure liyana and family thoroughly enjoyed it,,sorry but I don't know what a biryani is 🤦♀️so can't help in that department,,,but if you're anything like liyana you'll smash it practice make perfect 👍tc both of yous
@@liyanalife oh that sounds lovely Noah 😋 you have got such a happy upbeat positive nature,,well if you are anything like liyana your talent is endless.n you will do well 😉🤗 tc Noah and liyana and look forward to next video vf 💞🥰
