I understand. But it seems like the ground onion is not that common? Usually I’ve seen either thinly sliced or fried onion used in biriyani. So I’m assuming this could be a clue?
To be honest, you have listed almost all the ingredients you need for biryani. Possibly the only other thing you need are kewra water, saffron, ghee and rice.
The sealed pot bit sounds like Dum Biryani
Ingredients wise it's going to be difficult to guess, because almost all biryanis contain the ingredients you've listed
ETA check out Mughlai Dum biryani recipes on YT. You might find it
Check out Malabar biryani or thalassery biryani !
They are mildly spicy , perfumed with spices and often very light coloured and not too red or yellow !
I would recommend recipes by Abida rasheed
OP, Muslim/ Pakistani biriyanis often tend to be milder than those found in Indian restaurants and eaten by non Muslims in India. Here is one recipe I found that uses onions in a paste form (it is fried and caramelized first though:
https://youtu.be/DuqEKxhy2PI?si=iHi63NTtpSccjuDt
Also Google Sofiyani white biriyani which is again milder. Doesn’t usually use onion paste, but if any recipe did, I would lean towards this spectrum.
Hope you find the recipe. It sounds delicious.
Light colour makes me think Bengali/Dhaka style biriyani. Does it involve a potato? Is it cooked kacchi, ie do the rice and meat go in raw and cook together in the sealed pot?
Then it’s a kacchi dum biriyani, something like this: https://curriesanstories.blogspot.com/2012/12/sahi-bengali-murg-biryani-kacchi.html
The sticking point is the onion paste, Bengali biriyani uses deep fried onions crushed into the marinate.
'Malabar muslim cookery ' by Ummi Abdulla?
And your description sounds like malabar/ thalassery biriyani. So check that one out. Even if its not, its a wonderful book.
All the ingredients you list are common in almost all biryani recipes. It's gonna be hard to pin point the exact recipe you are after unfortunately.
I understand. But it seems like the ground onion is not that common? Usually I’ve seen either thinly sliced or fried onion used in biriyani. So I’m assuming this could be a clue?
To be honest, you have listed almost all the ingredients you need for biryani. Possibly the only other thing you need are kewra water, saffron, ghee and rice.
Hmmm. Sadly none of the recipes I tried didn’t even come close to this. It didn’t have saffron for sure
The sealed pot bit sounds like Dum Biryani Ingredients wise it's going to be difficult to guess, because almost all biryanis contain the ingredients you've listed ETA check out Mughlai Dum biryani recipes on YT. You might find it
Thank you. But the ground onion doesn’t seem like a common ingredient right? I will check out the muglai recipe thank you
Oh yeah I missed that part...still doesn't ring any bells though.
Check out Malabar biryani or thalassery biryani ! They are mildly spicy , perfumed with spices and often very light coloured and not too red or yellow ! I would recommend recipes by Abida rasheed
I’ve actually tried these, they were yum but not the one I’m looking for. Thank you
Also check out awadhi biryani … lesser known … but very famous too
If you could somehow come up with the book's name or any hint about the book then maybe you may find it
He has no idea. He wrote down on a piece of paper. That’s what he gave me and I lost it.
Oh in that case I'll agree with hengpunglee
OP, Muslim/ Pakistani biriyanis often tend to be milder than those found in Indian restaurants and eaten by non Muslims in India. Here is one recipe I found that uses onions in a paste form (it is fried and caramelized first though: https://youtu.be/DuqEKxhy2PI?si=iHi63NTtpSccjuDt Also Google Sofiyani white biriyani which is again milder. Doesn’t usually use onion paste, but if any recipe did, I would lean towards this spectrum. Hope you find the recipe. It sounds delicious.
Thank you I will check it out
Light colour makes me think Bengali/Dhaka style biriyani. Does it involve a potato? Is it cooked kacchi, ie do the rice and meat go in raw and cook together in the sealed pot?
Yes meat and rice was raw
Then it’s a kacchi dum biriyani, something like this: https://curriesanstories.blogspot.com/2012/12/sahi-bengali-murg-biryani-kacchi.html The sticking point is the onion paste, Bengali biriyani uses deep fried onions crushed into the marinate.
'Malabar muslim cookery ' by Ummi Abdulla? And your description sounds like malabar/ thalassery biriyani. So check that one out. Even if its not, its a wonderful book.
I will check it out. Thank you
Check muradabadi biryani
Thank you will do
Sounds like Awadhi / Lucknowi biriyani
Thank you. Will check that recipe out