Biriani

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Title: BIRIANI
Categories: Tanzania, Chicken
Yield: 4 servings

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6 Chicken legs, skinned
-and cut up (keep the bones)
-or
2 lb Beef, boiled for 1 hour
1/2 c Plain yogurt
2 ts Ginger
2 ts Garlic
1 ts Salt
1 ts Black pepper
1/2 ts Turmeric

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4 tb Oil
1 Can tomato paste
1 lg Tomato, chopped
3 Green onions, chopped
1/2 md Green pepper, chopped
2 tb Lemon juice

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2 1/2 c Basmati rice, washed
7 c Water
2 tb Salt

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2 tb Oil
3 Cloves
1 Cinnamon stick
4 Peppercorns
1 ts Jeera seeds

Layer A Mix these together and cook, covered, in a medium pot until
the chicken is done.

Layer B Heat oil in a frying pan. Add above ingredients and fry for
1-2 minutes. Add mixture to the chicken and add 2 tsp garam masala
and 1 cup fried onions. Salt and 1 tsp chilli powder can be added
also if desired.

Layer C Boil water. Add rice and salt and continue boiling until
nearly, but not quite, cooked. Strain and place in a Corningware pot.

Layer D In a frying pan heat oil. Add cloves, cinnamon, peppercorns,
and jeera seeds. When slightly brown pour over rice. Make a layered
dish of rice-meat-rice-meat.

Cover and place in Microwave oven for 10 minutes or conventional oven
for 20 minutes at 375 F. Walt MM

Christine Toronto, Canada casmith@interlog.com

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