Bakrid Special Recipes: Bakrid is on 29th June. People spend this special day celebrating with their family, friends and close people with joy. People who celebrate Bakra Eid also prepare different dishes for the family function. Prepare Sheer Khurma and Awadhi Mutton Biryani easily for Eid-ul-Adha. Read on for the easy recipe.
Awadhi Mutton Biryani
This dish was made in India during the Mughal period and is now a favorite of mutton eaters. The aroma of this majestic Mutton Biryani cooked in the royal Awadhi style is perfect for your Bakrid meal.
To prepare this recipe…
- Fry all the spices (cinnamon, cloves, cumin, fennel, coriander, black pepper, fennel, mace, black cardamom and cardamom) in a pan.
- After roasting them, grind them finely.
- Add ginger-garlic paste, turmeric and chilli powder for marination.
- Add cashew paste, garam masala and curd as well.
- Cover it with a lid and keep it in the fridge for an hour.
- After the meat has come to room temperature, season the meat with salt.
- Now grease the handi with a little ghee and oil and put the marinated meat in the handi.
- Stir and cook the meat for a few minutes.
- Cover with lid and simmer for half an hour.
- Layer the mutton with the cooked rice, and pour some saffron mixed milk over it.
- Add some salt, garam masala, fried onions and ghee over it.
- Cover the handi with a lid and put something heavy on it.
- Make sure the flame is low.
- Cook for about half an hour and serve hot.
Sheer Khurma
Sheer Khurma is a traditional dish made on Bakrid. This is a new version of Vermicelli Halwa prepared for the celebration of Eid. ‘Sheer’ is a Persian word used for milk and ‘Khurma’ is a word used for dates.
To prepare the Sheer Khurma Recipe….
- First of all, put some ghee on a hot griddle.
- Then add almonds, pistachios and raisins to it and fry well.
- Then take another pan, put some ghee in it and fry the vermicelli.
- Then keep a vessel full of milk until it becomes thick and add sugar as per your choice.
- Now add some dates and saffron along with dry fruits and vermicelli.
- Cook till it thickens and add cardamom as well.
- You can keep it in the fridge for a few hours and serve chilled.