Kuska Recipe | Kuska Biryani Recipe | Plain Biryani Recipe

Kuska Biryani Recipe with step by step photos and a Short YouTube video. Also, if you Like my video, please share it and don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel. This Kuska Recipe is a kind of Biryani, specially made with Jeeraga Samba Rice, without the addition of vegetables and Dum cooked without any layering. It is very famous in Tamilnadu, especially in Muslim homes and the word ‘Kuska’ has said to be derived from the Urdu word ‘Khusk’ which means dry. This biryani cannot be found in the fancy menu of big hotels, only in a small mess or canteen. My Hubby who is a Non-Vegetarian, says in small hotels, they remove the mutton pieces from the biryani and give it as Kuska, so it is called as MT biryani or Plain Biryani Recipe. It perfectly pairs with Veg Salna, Veg Korma or Dalcha and onion Raitha.

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Kuska Biryani Recipe

Kuska Recipe | Kuska Biryani Recipe | Plain Biryani Recipe

Priya Santhamohan

Kuska Recipe / Kuska Biryani Recipe is a kind of Plain Biryani Recipe, specially made with Jeeraga Samba Rice, without the addition of vegetables.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Course Rice Varieties

Cuisine Indian

Servings 4 People

Calories

Ingredients

  

1 Cup = 250 ML, 1 tsp = 5 ML

• 2 Cup Jeeraga Samba Rice / சீரக சம்பா அரிசி
• 2 Onion / பெரிய வெங்காயம்
• 1 Small Tomato / தக்காளி
• 4 to 5 Green Chilli / பச்சைமிளகாய்
• 2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste / இஞ்சி பூண்டு விழுது Link for Ginger Garlic Paste
• 1.5 tsp Chilli Powder / மிளகாய்த்தூள்
• 1 Handful Mint + Coriander Leaves
• 2 Cups Water / தண்ணீர்
• 1.5 Cups Coconut Milk / தேங்காய் பால்
• Salt / உப்பு As Required

To Temper

• 1/4 Cup Ghee / நெய் Link for Homemade Ghee
• 1 tsp Fennel Seeds / சோம்பு
• 2 Cinnamon / பட்டை
• 4 Cardamom / ஏலக்காய்
• 5 Cloves / கிராம்பு
• 2 Bay Leaves / பிரிஞ்சி இலை
• Few Blackstone Flower / கல்பாசி

Instructions

 

• First, measure and keep all the ingredients ready. Then, chop onion, tomato and slit the green chilli.
• Rinse the rice well and soak it in water for a minimum time of 1/2 an hour. Prepare coconut milk or you can use ready made ones too. Also, clean the mint - coriander leaves. Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan and temper with the spices, listed in the table 'To Temper'.
• Add onions and saute till translucent. Then add ginger-garlic paste, green chilli, tomato and saute again.
• Now add chilli powder, mint - coriander leaves and saute for a while.
• Pour 2 cups of water and 1.5 cups of thick coconut milk.
• Add required salt and boil till bubble appears.
• Now add the rice and mix well. Simmer the flame completely, cover it with an aluminium foil or thick towel and cover again with the lid.
• After 10 to 12 minutes, the rice would have cooked. Drizzle over with little ghee and sprinkle some mint leaves. Give a standing time of 10 minutes and then gently fluff it up with a fork.

  Serve this Kuska Recipe with Dalcha.

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Notes

Tips for Kuska Biryani Recipe

1. Usually, Jeeraga Samba Rice is used to make this Kuska recipe, which lends a unique flavour. But you can use Basmati Rice or Sona masoori too.
2. Soaking rice for 30 mins is important, as it helps in even cooking and gives firm/separate grains.
3. Adjust green chilli and chilli powder as per spice level required for you.
4. Skip tomato, if you want a full white coloured Plain Biryani Recipe. Also, don't use tomato more, as the colour of the biryani changes.
5. If skipping tomato, squeeze 1 tbsp of lemon juice at last for a slightly tangy taste.
6. Coconut milk can be replaced with water. But coconut milk gives richness and more taste.
7. Also, don't use water and coconut milk more than mentioned, else the rice becomes mushy.
8. If you are calorie conscious, reduce the ghee quantity and go with oil.
9.  If you have a black stone flower in hand, never miss to add it, which lends a wonderful aroma to the whole dish.
10. Furthermore, do the Dum Method in very low flame, otherwise, the rice gets burnt at the bottom.
11. If you are not sure about the Dum Method, you can pressure the biryani for 3 whistles.

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Kuska Recipe

Method for Kuska Biryani Recipe

1. First, measure and keep all the ingredients ready. Then, chop onion, tomato and slit the green chilli.
   
   2. Rinse the rice well and soak it in water for a minimum time of 1/2 an hour. Prepare coconut milk or you can use ready-made ones too. Also, clean the mint – coriander leaves. Heat ghee in a heavy-bottomed pan and temper with the spices, listed in the table ‘To Temper‘.
   
   3. Add onions and saute till translucent. Then add ginger-garlic paste, green chilli, tomato and saute again.
   
   4. Now add chilli powder, mint – coriander leaves and saute for a while.
   
   5. Pour 2 cups of water and 1.5 cups of thick coconut milk.
   
   6. Add required salt and boil till bubble appears.
   
   7. Now add the rice and mix well. Simmer the flame completely, cover it with an aluminium foil or thick towel and cover again with the lid.
   
   8. After 10 to 12 minutes, the rice would have cooked. Drizzle over with little ghee and sprinkle some mint leaves. Give a standing time of 10 minutes and then gently fluff it up with a fork.
   
   Serve this Kuska Recipe with Dal Tadka.

Kuska Rice Recipe