Donne Biryani
Iconic leaf-cup biryani served in arecanut leaf bowls. Bangalore/East Karnataka specialty with fragrant short-grain rice and tender mutton.
Ingredients
Garnish
- Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)
Main
- rice — 340 g (ground)
- Turmeric Powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
- coriander powder — 1 tsp (ground)
- Mutton — 100 g (chopped)
- salt (optional) (whole)
- Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 1 tsp (ground)
Tempering
- Coconut Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
Method
- Wash the rice and soak it for 20 minutes, then drain.
- Clean the mutton pieces and marinate with turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt for at least 20 minutes.
- Heat coconut oil in a heavy-bottomed pot and add the marinated mutton. Sear on high heat for a few minutes till the pieces change colour.
- Add a little water, cover and cook the mutton on low flame till it turns tender, stirring occasionally and adding water as needed.
- Once the mutton is nearly cooked and the masala thickens around it, add the soaked and drained rice and mix gently to coat with the mutton masala.
- Add hot water in the right ratio for the rice, cover the pot tightly and cook on low flame till the rice is done and the water is absorbed.
- Let it rest covered for 5 minutes so the rice and mutton flavours settle without becoming mushy.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot in the traditional donne leaf cup style with raita.
Common questions
- What is ಡೋನೇ ಬಿರಯಾನೀ in English?
- ಡೋನೇ ಬಿರಯಾನೀ is written Donne Biryani in English.
- How many calories in one plate of Donne Biryani?
- 424 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 85 min — 40 min prep, 45 min cooking.