Review of the Lamb Biryani Recipe
Hi, Ray here again.
The weekend is here again and it’s time to try another recipe from the great recipes on the Curry Focus website.
What I like most about the Curry Focus recipes is that they are very easy to follow. Non-cooks like me can make a great tasting curry without too much effort.
As I’ve previously said, I’m not a natural cook. I’ve spent years being fed and buying ready-made meals.
But that’s not what happens nowadays. I’ve started to know how ingredients interact with each other and how they contribute to the finished meal.
I can make a very basic curry without following a recipe but it really is a very basic curry.
But I do make a great curry when I follow the Curry Focus recipes.
There has been a lot of interest in Biryani recipes on the website so this week I decided to renew my acquaintance with this rice dish and decided to make a Lamb Biryani.
Once again, I had most of the ingredients and all I had to buy was the lamb and yogurt.
I got up early on Sunday morning, put the lamb into the yogurt to marinate, and then went back to bed for a well deserved couple of hours rest.
The cooking time arrived in the early evening. I’ve been asked how I know how long it’s going to take to make the meal, seeing that I’ve usually never cooked the dish before.
Well, it’s fairly easy to work out. I just add up the minutes in the recipe, then add 15 minutes for the initial preparation and then 10 minutes for getting things ready, such as heating up the oil or getting a curry up to simmering temperature.
So for the Biryani recipe, it’s 61 minutes cooking time plus 15 minutes preparation time plus 10 minutes – a total of 86 minutes. It takes a few minutes to serve up the meal so the Biryani probably took 90 minutes.
I know that the lamb marinated for a few hours but I can’t include that time in the cooking time, can I?
Back to the cooking. I followed the recipe, step by step, and about 90 minutes later the lamb biryani was served up to the waiting diners.
I was a bit anxious about the biryani drying out in the casserole phase but everything turned out fine. I checked the biryani 10 minutes, stirred it well to stop it sticking to the casserole, and it cooked just great.
The biryani had a lovely delicate flavor with very tender lamb and was well received by the diners, with “tasty” being the most frequent comment. The biryani had a medium heat rating and scored a good 6.5 out of 10.
I have to admit that I’m not a huge fan of biryani but one of the guests was such a fan and said that it was great. Why not give the recipe a try and see for yourself?
