Ingredients

  • 1 kg basmati rice
  • 5 tablespoons ghee
  • 14 kg yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons rose water
  • 12 tablespoon orange food coloring
  • 3 tablespoons saffron
  • 8 tablespoons sugar
  • 40 g pistachios
  • 200 g raisins
  • 40 g almonds
  • 5 g cardamom powder
  • 10 g cinnamon
  • 1 kg onion
  • 1 kg potato
  • 35 prawns (size 16/20)
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 6 green chilies
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 20 g ginger
  • 2 large onions
  • 10 cloves
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seed
  • 12 kg tomatoes
  • 10 g chopped coriander leaves
  • 2 teaspoons red chili powder
  • 100 g sugar
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs
  • salt

Method

  • Parboil rice and drain.
  • Add ghee, curd and sugar and mix well.
  • Soak saffron and orange colour separately in water.
  • In order to get 3 colours of rice, divide the rice into 3 portions.
  • Add saffron into one and orange colour into the second one.
  • Leave the third as white rice.
  • Grind all the masalas together.
  • Brown the onions.
  • Add the ground masala.
  • Add the prawns.
  • Cover with water for a minute.
  • Add all the remaining ingredients.
  • In a large well greased vessel, add half the orange rice followed by the prawn masala, then the saffron rice and fried potatoes and onions.
  • Sprinkle some cardamom powder.
  • Use up all the rice making layers from them.
  • On top, sprinkle some white rice alongwith a tbsp.
  • of ghee and cover.
  • Let it simmer on slow flame.
  • Garnish with nuts and boiled eggs before serving.
  • Enjoy this memorable biryani to the fullest!