Kofta Biryani

Ingredients :

1. Cooked chick peas - 200 gms
2. Mozzarella cheese - ½ pack
3. Basmati rice -2 cups
4. Bread - 2 slices
5. Green chili - 1
6. Salt to taste
7. Ginger – 1”
8. Tomato - 2
9. Onion paste - 1 tbsp
10. ½ onion cut in to small pieces
11. Cumin powder - ½ tsp
12. Chili powder -1 tsp
13. Garlic - 2 cloves
14. Oil & ghee - 3 tbsp
15. Saffron soaked in milk - ½ cup
16. Biryani masala - 1 tsp
17. Milk cream - 2 tbsp

Method :

• Make a paste of chickpeas. Add crushed ginger, green chili and salt.
• Now add mozzarella cheese & two pieces of bread to the mixture and make dough.
• Make small balls and bake it in oven at 350ºC for 30 minutes.
• Heat a pan and add oil. Fry onions add tomato, cumin seeds, garlic-ginger paste, chili powder, turmeric powder and biryani masala.
• Preparation Time Serves 60 minutes 6
• Fry the masala till the oil separates; then add water, bring it to boil.
• At the end add the baked koftas, cook for another few minutes and put off the flame.
• Add cream to the kofta.
• Prepare basmati rice separately.
• Now in a baking dish grease it with ghee, add a few bay leaf, spread one layer of rice, add one layer of kofta with gravy and then add another layer of rice.
• At the top add saffron soaked in milk and then sprinkle ghee over the rice.
• Cover with an aluminium foil; put it in the oven at warm for half an hour.
• Serve immediately.