Cape Malay lamb breyani
Cape Malay or South African
Fayruza Abrahams · taste.co.za · 2025 · 1 serving
Against 319 biryani recipes
More mint and coriander than 85% of recipes and more meat, fish or egg than 75%.
How it compares
Against the typical pot: the median of 319 biryani recipes, per 100 g of uncooked rice.
- More mint and coriander than 85% of recipes: 4% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 5.5 times as much.
- More meat, fish or egg than 75% of recipes: 200% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 133%.
- Fewer onions than 79% of recipes: 30% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 59%, about half as much.
- More spices than 80% of recipes: 7.6% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 4.6%.
Ingredients (29)
- 4 T vegetable oil≈ 54 g
- 1 large white onions, finely sliced≈ 150 g
- 1 kg lamb pieces1000 g
- 1 cup plain yoghurt≈ 245 g
- 1 T salt≈ 18 g
- 2 medium tomatoes, chopped≈ 240 g
- 3 t garlic-and-ginger paste≈ 16 g
- 2 t garam masala≈ 5 g
- 2 t breyani masala≈ 5 g
- 2 t leaf masala≈ 5 g
- 1 t Kashmiri chilli≈ 2.7 g
- ½ t ground mace≈ 1.3 g
- 1 t ground turmeric≈ 3 g
- 6 cardamon pods, crackedn/a
- 4 cinnamon sticks≈ 12 g
- 4 clovesn/a
- 4 bay leaves≈ 0.8 g
- 3 star anise≈ 3 g
- 3 black cardamon pods, crackedn/a
- ½ cup lemon juice≈ 119 g
- 2 t sugar≈ 8 g
- 1 cup fresh mint≈ 20 g
- ½ bunch coriandern/a
- 500 g basmati rice, washed and soaked500 g
- 1 litre boiling water≈ 1002 g
- 1 lemon, sliced≈ 45 g
- 2 T ghee≈ 27 g
- 1 large pinch of saffron steeped in ¼ cup warm milk≈ 0.4 g
- 2 t rose-water≈ 10 g
uncooked rice 500 gin all 3492 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Grams per 100 g of uncooked rice
Grams per 100 g of uncooked rice, and where that falls among all 319 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Meat, fish or egg200% · 78th percentile · median 133%
- Yogurt49% · 74th percentile · median 29%
- Onions30% · 21st percentile · median 59%
- Ghee or oil16% · 60th percentile · median 14%
- Mint and coriander4% · 86th percentile · median 0.7%
- Spices7.6% · 81st percentile · median 4.6%
- Potatoes0% · 40th percentile · median 0%
- Salt3.6% · 84th percentile · median 0%
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