Indian Lamb Biryani

Ingredients

• 2 pounds leg of lamb boneless, fat trimmed off, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 5 tablespoons fresh ginger root peeled and roughly chopped, 5-inch by 2 inch piece or something comparable.
• 7 large garlic cloves roughly chopped, about 3 tablespoons
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3 ground black pepper grinds of fresh
• 2 cups basmati rice Indian is best
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 yellow onions or medium red, peeled, halved and thinly sliced
• 30 ounces tomato sauce
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper (depending on how hot you like it)
• 1 tablespoon paprika sweet, not hot
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 2 tablespoons ghee or butter
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 4 cardamom pods
• 2 bay leaves dried
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 red onion peeled, halved and thinly sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads heaping of, about 1 gram or .04 ounces
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2 cups plain yogurt
• 1 cucumber peeled, halved lengthwise, seeds scraped out with a spoon, and grated or finely chopped.
• 1/2 cup mint leaves chopped, plus some for garnish, if you like
• 1 garlic clove pressed or finely minced
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds toasted in a dry pan over high heat for a few seconds, until fragrant, if you're short on time, you can use ½ t…
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Nutrition

• Calories : 640 calories
• Carbohydrate : 75 grams
• Cholesterol : 95 milligrams
• Fat : 22 grams
• Fiber : 8 grams
• Protein : 38 grams
• SaturatedFat : 6 grams
• Sodium : 2330 milligrams
• Sugar : 17 grams