As it happens, though, on Sunday night we had a biryani, which, for the purposes of this post, I will consider a curry.
It was one of Paul's requests, but unfortunately he didn't like it very much. I used Kavey's mum's recipe for Lucknowi biryani, reducing the quantity of rice to 300g to fit Paul's aim for more meat and less rice. It still made four generous portions! With the fresh mint and coriander, the hint of rosewater and the pieces of lemon (I used a small lime) it ends up smelling quite unlike any other curry I have made - much more like a North African dish. I thought it was lovely. I think Paul had in mind your regular curry house "biryani" of mutton curry stirred through rice. Oh well. I enjoyed not having to fight him for the leftovers.
6 comments:
It sounds delicious! I don't know why I don't make biryanis, as his lordship prefers dryer dishes rather than something with a lot of sauce.
I didn't know it was Curry week either, and I missed Chocolate week too!
Suelle - this would be perfect then! If he is anything like Weazel though, he won't like the bits pf lemon.
Yes what curry houses serve as biryani bares no resemblance at all! Glad you enjoyed it, at least!
Whoa, this biryani looks incredible! I love that you used more meat and less rice - it sounds delicious!
I rarely make curries, probably because I'm cooking for one most of the time. This looks excellent...had no idea it was curry week!
(Made one of your recipes last night...your sweet potato/corn fritters. Yum.)
cashews! this is automatically awesome!
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