Lamb in Biryani Gravy

One of my most popular recipes on this blog is Gravy for Biryani. It has the most peple visiting my blog.

Anyway, so today I made a lamb curry with this gravy and it is super delicious and I served it with pulao.

Lamb in Biryani Gravy (Lamb in gravy made of tomato and Coconut

Lamb in Biryani Gravy

Ingredients

1. 1 lb lamb cubed
2. 1 cup sliced onions
3. 2 medium tomatos cut into quarters
4. 1 tablespoons oil
5. 1 heaped teaspoon ginger garlic paste
6. 1 cup coconut milk

Ingredients for marinade

1. 1 teaspoon chili powder
2. 1/2-3/4 teaspoon salt
3. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin powder/coriander powder, garam masala
4. 1/2 cup plain yogurt

Ingredients for paste

1. 2-3 tablespoons desiccated coconut
2. 1 teaspoon khus khus (poppy seeds)
3. 1 teaspoon broken cashew 

Marinnade the lamb cubes with all the ingredients in the marinade for a minimum of 15 minutes. After that add the yogurt and mix and let rest for atleast 15 minutes.

Dry roast the ingredients for paste and let them cool. Grind it to a smooth paste . (I used coffee grinder)

In a pressure cooker heat the oil and fry the onions till translucent. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry for a minute or two . Add tomato quarters, and marinated lamb and fry for a few minutes . Cook with 1/2 cup water for 3-4 whistles. Cut the heat and let the steam escape. Open the cooker and add the ground paste and the coconut milk. Bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 minutes. Garnish with cilantro and serve with Peas Pulao or just Pulao

Gravy for Biryani

Whenever you order biryani in any of the Indian restaurants you get a side dish of GRAVY with it. I was never a big fan of this dish because it had too much oil and too much garam masala for my liking. But recently, there opened a new restaurant and I love the gravy they serve with the biryani. So I started searching for the gravy recipes and I made it. And I loved it soooooooo much along with everyone else. From now on, whenever I make biryani this is going to accompany it

                    This time around I made Mutton Biryani, gravy and Cucumber Raita. Here is the recipe

Gravy for Biryani (Tomato and Coconut based side dish)

Gravy for Biryani

Ingredients:

1. 1 tablespoon oil
2. 1 medium small onion ground to paste or sliced thin
3. 2 medium tomatoes, quartered (and if they are big, slice into halfs again)
4. 1 teaspoon salt
5. 1/2 teaspoon each of chilly powder, turmeric, cumin powder, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala
6. 1 teaspoon coriander powder 
7. 1/4 cup thick coconut milk
8. coriander for garnishing

Ingredients for paste

1. 2-3 tablespoons desiccated coconut
2. 1 teaspoon khus khus (poppy seeds)
3. 1 teaspoon broken cashew 

Dry roast the ingredients for paste and let them cool. Grind it to a smooth paste . (I used coffee grinder)

In a pan heat the oil and fry the onions till translucent. Add all the ingredients in number 5 and 6 and fry for a minute. Add tomato quarters, reduce heat and fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the ground paste and stir to combine. Add 2 cups water, bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the coconut milk, salt and coriander and stir to combine and simmer further for 3-4 minutes. Serve with your favorite rice dish like Mutton Biryani 

or Chicken Biryani or Ground Lamb Biryani