Chef  Raja Nadar, Chef de Cuisine, Hilton Al Habtoor City Hotel, Dubai, whips up a special jackfruit biryani for father’s day. Enjoy!

RAW JACKFRUIT BIRYANI TOPPED WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Ingredients

• 2 cups basmati rice
• 500 grams jackfruit raw(kathal)
• 2 tablespoons of ghee
• 2 onions, thinly sliced
• 2-inch ginger, finely chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 2 green chillies, slit
• 2 bay leaves (tejpatta)
• 2 cardamom (elaichi)pods/seeds
• 2 brown cardamom (badielaichi)
• 4 cloves (laung)
• 1 teaspoon whole blackpeppercorns
• 1 inch cinnamon stick (dalchini)
• 2-staranise
• 1 teaspoon mace (javitri)
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg powder
• 1-1/2 teaspoons red chilli powder
• 1 tablespoon coriander powder(dhania)
• 1 cup curd (dahi /yogurt)
• salt, to taste
• 1/4 cup mint leaves (pudina)
• few saffron strands, soaked in 1/2 cupmilk

For dough for dum cooking
1 cup whole wheatflour

For caramelized onions

• 3 onions
• 2 tablespoonsoil

For garnish

• 1 tablespoon of ghee
• 1/4 cup cashewnuts
• 1/4 cup sultanaraisins
• 1/4 cup mint leaves (pudina),chopped

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