Ground beef and cracked wheat or bulgur wheat combined together in the form of biryani, delicious…
As you all know that I love one pot dishes. Especially, these days after I get back from work I only feel like making one pot dishes. I just have to mix everything together and a delicious dish will be ready in not time.
The other day, I tried making cracked wheat biryani. I had ground beef, so first I made ground beef masala and then combined it with cooked cracked wheat. I have to tell you, this one pot meal tasted delicious.
Ground Beef and Cracked Wheat Biryani- Bulgur Wheat Biryani
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Author: Thasneen
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4 People
Ingredients
For making Ground Beef Masala
To grind
- Garlic- 4 cloves
- Ginger- 2 inch slice
- Green chilies- 2 or 3
Other ingredients
- Ground beef- 1 lb or ½ Kg
- Oil- 2 tbsp
- Whole cardamom- 2
- Whole cloves- 2
- Whole cinnamon- 2 inch slice
- Bay leaves- 2
- Onion, chopped- 3
- Tomatoes, chopped- 2
- Garam masala- ¾ tsp
- Chili powder- ¾ tsp
- Turmeric powder- ⅛ tsp
- Coriander powder- 2 tsp
- Fennel powder- 1½ tsp
- Salt- to taste
- Cilantro, chopped- ¼ cup
- Mint leaves, chopped- 8 leaves
For making cracked wheat
- Cracked wheat or bulgur wheat- 2 cups
- Water- 2½ cups
- Salt- to taste
Other ingredients
- Ghee- 2 tbsp
- Fried onions- ½ cup (optional)
Instructions
Cooking cracked wheat
- Cook cracked wheat along with water in a rice cooker or over stove top. Add 2 cups cracked wheat and 2½ cups water seaosned with salt to a saucepan and cook covered for 15 to 20 minutes till water has dried up and cracked wheat has cooked well. Keep aside the cooked cracked wheat.
- In a food processor, grind: garlic, ginger and green chilies into a coarse paste. Keep aside.
- Place a large wide non-stick pan over medium heat, add oil.
- Add whole cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaves, saute for a second.
- Add ground ginger, garlic and chilies, saute till they turn golden brown.
- Add onions, season with salt and cook till onions turn golden in color.
- Add tomatoes, cook till they are mashed up.
- Add garam masala, chili powder, turmeric powder, fennel powder, coriander powder and salt, combine well.
- Add ground beef, combine well without any lumps.
- Cook covered till ground beef is no longer pink and has cooked well.
- Add cilantro and mint leaves.
- Cook till ground beef has turned light brown in color, tastes better when it's browned.
- Taste and add more salt or chili powder for spice if needed.
- Add the cooked cracked wheat in small amounts and combine well with the ground beef masala till you have added the entire cracked wheat.
- Drizzle ghee over the cracked wheat ground beef biryani.
- Garnish with fried onions and keep covered for 15 minutes.
- Before serving, combine everything together and serve on a plate.
- Serve along with raita- yogurt mixed with tomato, onion, cucumber and salt.
Notes
If you want more spice, increase the chili powder accordingly.
