Delicious Coastal Beef Biriani Recipe

Biriani is a delicious dish consisting of rice and meat mostly found in the Coastal part of Kenya. ‘Sherehe si Sherehe bila biriani’ is a commonly said phrase the Coastal people say regarding their celebrations.

Delicious Coastal Beef Biriani Recipe
Delicious Coastal Beef Biriani Recipe

A visit to that part of the country is not complete without enjoying a plate of well-cooked biriani. Below is a highly recommended procedure you should try.

Ingredients

Two large onions

Five large tomatoes

Tomato paste

Dhania

Bell peppers

Ginger

Turmeric

Garlic

Spices

Irish potatoes

Natural/plain yogurt

Meat

Orange food color

Enough Cooking oil

Two large Carrots

Rice

Method of preparation

Cut the meat into big chunks and boil for a little while.

Peel the potatoes and leave them in whole sizes

Dip the whole potatoes in water mixed with orange food color

Deep fry the dipped potatoes in hot oil.  

Finely chop your onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, and dhania

Grate the carrots

Divide your chopped onions into two batches

Sauté one batch of onions till they get a golden-brown coating and place them aside

Place the cooking pot on the jiko and add oil and the other batch of chopped onions

Let the onions turn golden brown, then add crushed garlic and ginger then stir

Add your other preferred spices

Then add your chopped bell peppers, dhania and stir the mixture

Add the grated carrots

Blend the tomatoes and add them to the mixture in the cooking pan

Add the tomato paste and enough salt to taste

Allow the mixture to simmer for some time and stir

Add the boiled meat and cover the pot and let it boil

Uncover the pot, pour in the natural/plain yogurt to soften the meat, then cover and let it cook

Open the pot and add the fried colored potatoes together with the first batch of fried onions

Bring the mixture to boil, then taste to check if it is well cooked, then place the pot with the stew aside

Boil your rice till soft, switch of the heat source

Pour a little amount of food color mixed with water into the rice, then allow it to cool

Mix the rice for the food color to spread evenly

Serve the rice with the beef biriani stew

You can spice up the dish with kachumbari, vegetable salad, or stir-fry