Beef and Chickpea Biryani: Works very well with lamb as well (Feeds 4-6) This really isn’t a ‘Back Pocket’ recipe, it’s quite involved, but it’s one of my favourite dishes, and It also is a great way to use up leftover mixed grill Turkish/Lebanese Kebab meat. (chicken & lamb shishes, or donner/Kofti - dice them up into small chunks and fry them in a little oil before adding them back in place of the cooked beef.) Ingredients: 2x 500g packs of diced beef braising steak (or shoulder) 2x large onions 6x gloves of garlic or 3 tbls of garlic puree 150ml non-dairy ( unsweetened ) milk, or full fat cow’s kind 1 heaped tsp of tumeric (or safron if you’re feeling very posh) 2 tsp cumin (or seeds) 1 tsp coriander or (seeds) ½ tsp cinnamon (or about the same size stick) 12 cardamom pods worth of seeds (take them out the pods!) 2tsp of salt (adjust to taste) 2/4 nutmeg (it’s going to be ground, so chop it down) 140ml sunflower oil (not olive this time) 200ml dairy free unswe...
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