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Kolkata Biryani

কলকাতা বিরিয়ানি/kol-KAH-tah beer-YAH-nee/
Also known as: Calcutta Biryani, Kolkata Mutton Biryani, Biryani with Potato
Kolkata Biryani
About this dish

A mildly spiced, fragrant biryani with meat, whole potatoes and boiled eggs.

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Ingredients
🐑750g mutton or chicken
🍚500g basmati rice, soaked
🥔4 medium potatoes, halved
🥚4 hard-boiled eggs
🥛200g yoghurt
🌿Mace, nutmeg, cardamom and a little biryani masala
🌸Saffron, kewra water, rose water and ghee
Method
Serves 4
1
Marinate the meat in yoghurt and spices for 2 hours, then cook until tender.
2
Fry the potatoes in ghee, then simmer them in the meat sauce so they absorb the flavour.
3
Par-boil the rice with whole spices.
4
Layer rice, meat, potatoes and eggs, then add saffron milk, kewra and ghee.
5
Seal and cook on dum for 25–30 minutes before serving.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Kolkata biryani grew from the Awadhi style after the last Nawab of Awadh was exiled to Kolkata in 1856; the potato is its famous trademark.

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