Palak - Duck Biriyani

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice – ½ kg (3 cups)
Duck meat (preferably boneless) – 1 kg
Water – 9 cups
Fresh Palak Chopped – 1 Bunch
Lemon Juice – 4tsp
Chopped Onion – 3nos
Ginger/Garlic/Chilly Paste – 4tsp
Chopped Tomato – 2nos
Cilantro leaves – For garnish
Mint leaves – 1/4tsp
Pepper powder – 1tsp
Ghee – 1 1/4tsp
Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
Meat Masala – 4tsp
Cooking oil – 1 cup
Cinnamon - 1 inch
Bay leaf - 1
Cloves - 3
Cardamom – 2
Fennel seeds – 1tsp
Cashew nuts – 10-12nos
Salt – to taste


Procedure

1. Wash and soak the rice for 30 minutes

2. Wash and marinate the duck meat in lemon juice for 30 minutes

3. Cook the duck meat adding water, salt, pepper powder and 2tsp meat masala and keep it aside. Keep aside the stalk for cooking rice

4. Heat ¼ cup ghee in a heavy bottomed vessel and fry the cashew nuts and keep aside

5. Pour the remaining ghee to the same vessel and heat the spices
6. Add the rice and mix well for four minutes

7. Now add the duck stalk (Six cups) and cook closed in simmer mode for twelve minutes

8. In a heavy bottomed vessel, heat oil and add chopped onions and fry till it becomes golden brown

9. Now add Ginger/Garlic/Chilly Paste

10. When all these ingredients are finely blended, add tomatoes

11. Add the remaining meat masala along with chilly powder and corriander powder
12. Cook closed for five minutes in simmer mode

13. Add the Palak and mix well

14. Add the cooked meat and required salt, Cook closed for five minutes

15. Transfer rice to a large tray vessel

16. Add one layer of masala, then a layer of rice. Repeat this accordingly

17. Garnish with cashew nuts, cilantros and mint leaves

18. Serve hot with onion raitha