Ingredients:

1/2 kg beef, cut into pieces

2 1/2 cup basmati rice

1/2 cup ghee

2 onions, sliced

1 1/2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste

3 green chillies, finely chopped

3 cinnamon

2 green cardamom

2 black cardamom

4 cloves

1 star anise

1 tsp cumin seeds

3/4 tsp pepper corns

1 big tomato, chopped

1 tsp chilli flakes

2 tsp garam masala

3/4 tsp fennel powder

1/2 tbsp coriander powder

3/4 cup less sour yogurt

salt to taste

1/2 cup coriander leaves, chopped

3-4 green chillies, slit

3 3/4 cup beef stock + water

Preparation:

1. Wash and soak the basmati rice in water for 1/2 hour.
2. In a pressure cooker, add cleaned beef, salt and 2 cups of water and cook for 6-7 whistles or till well cooked.
3. Heat ghee in a thick bottomed pan and sliced onions and fry till golden and crispy and keep it aside.
4. In the same pan with ghee, add ginger-garlic paste and chopped green chillies and saute.
5. Add cinnamon, green cardamoms, black cardamoms, cloves, star anise, cumin seeds and black pepper corns and saute well.
6. Add chopped tomato and salt and saute well till soft.
7. Add chilli flakes, garam masala, fennel powder and coriander powder and saute well.
8. Add 3/4 of fried onions ( crushed with hand ) and mix well.
9. Add yogurt to this and mix well.
10. Then add cooked beef pieces and mix well and cook covered for 5 minutes.
11. Now add beef stock and water ( total 3 3/4 cup (beef stock + water) for 2 1/2 cup rice ), mix well and cover with a lid and allow to boil well.
12. Add drained rice and coriander leaves into this and mix well and cook covered at high flame.
13. When it boils, mix well and cook covered at low flame till well cooked.
14. Then gently mix and add remaining fried onions, coriander leaves and slit 3-4 green chillies and keep it covered for 5 minutes at low flame.
15. Switch off the flame and serve with raita, pickle etc...

Recipe Source: Kannur Kitchen (YouTube)