So perfect, I'm just going to strain this
My Freekeh is parcooked, so now we
Ew, you want to eat that?
Epicurious is how Uncle Roger found my queen of flavour-Auntie Esther
It one of Uncle Roger's favourite YouTube channel because I use it like Tinder
I'm Stephen, and I'm a level 1 chef.
I'm Rinku, and I'm a level 2 chef
I'm Danielle Alex, creator of Diversity Kitchen
And I've been a professional chef for 15 years
She the pro
This recipe was developed over the weekend
Over weekend? most Indian recipe developed over thousands of year
But this guy just use Saturday and Sunday
I tried it on my girlfriend actually, so
I'm wishing her a speedy recovery
I'm joking, she survived
Why he bragging about making shit food
Soak the rice to loosen some of the starch
This makes the rice more fluffy
Let it soak for at least 30 minutes
Good
Freekeh grain, it kinda has
Wait, what?
Has a green hue, like a smoky flavour
What she using?
Freekeh grain kinda has a a green hue
Freekeh grain? for biryani?
Just use Basmati haiya
Biryani is dish we make to celebrate special occasion
Who want to celebrate by eating grain?
Using freekeh grain for basmati
Did she learn this shit from Jamie olive oil?
Mr. use soba for ramen
But she the professional chef and 1 minute in
Uncle Roger put my leg down from chair already, I so upset
How can you be so wrong?
What is this Diversity Kitchen?
When it come to rice, don't need diversity
White rice matter!
Freekeh grain kinda has a green hue
And it's a great source of fiber
Fiber?
You want fiber, you go eat leaf
You go be giraffe
Giraffe eat fiber everyday
Uncle Roger don't want that life
Water is boiling
I add salt to the water
That not enough salt
We left it on for 15 minutes
Drain the rice
Drain the rice?
I know, I know, I know what niece and nephew thinking
But this draining rice method, it actually okay for Biryani
I know, it pain Uncle Roger to say that also
In Biryani, you cook the rice until 80% done
And then you finish cooking the rice in pot, but only for Biryani
You don't drain rice for egg fried rice, okay?
Drain the rice before it gets all mushy
Seeing people drain rice, it very painful
But Uncle Roger accept this because different culture make rice differently
Just some culture is wrong
Next time we're gonna use a rice cooker, let's make everybody
But his rice still look too wet, I think not done enough
We're gonna start with the lamb prep
Ok, lamb
Two inch cubes
Common ingredient for Biryani
I'll start making the marinade for the shrimp
Oh, shrimp Biryani
Less common but okay
Some fennel seeds
Fennel, good
Coriander seed, good
Grind these first
It's smelling nice already
It like she's making her own garam masala
Cayenne pepper
Mace
Mace, good
And then my yogurt
Yogurt, good, marinated the meat
Plain unsweetened yogurt
It starts to tenderize the meat already
A little bit of salt
Ideally, I would leave this overnight, And just really let this marinate
Letting it rest for about an hour
The meat and the marinate, not bad
Uncle Roger like Rinku, the Indian niece so far
She look like she know what she doing
But her voice so high pitch and little bit creepy
I'll go start making the marinade for the shrimp
Her name Rinku, but her voice sound like in from the movie Ringu
If you don't eat my Biryani, you gonna die in 7 day
Now we're gonna go ahead and start prepping our vegetables
Vegetable...
We're attempting to cut one inch cubes
Could we do it? I don't know
Peel it first
it doesn't work out
I do not like the skins on.
Who is this guy? this guy no common sense
And he cook for his girlfriend?
I tried it on my girlfriend actually
Haiya, feel bad for his girlfriend now
She just getting diarrhea all day
I like to use these smaller little baby potatoes
Because I can leave them whole
For Biryani, Uncle Roger only use potato if you making vegetarian Biryani
If you got meat in your Biryani, then you don't need potato
Otherwise it too much shit in there, too much clutter
We need to Marie Kondo your Biryani
Throw out all the stuff that don't bring you joy
Like potato, just let the rice shine
Now the tomato, is there any skin I should peel on this
Before I move any further?
I'm gonna make this into cubes
I'll do the onions
Onion, good
I can already feel these onions are strong
So as you can see, I wanna do them nice and thin
We're gonna peel the carrots
Carrot? no
Again, carrot ok if you making vegetarian biryani
Stop putting vegetable in everything
Western people, you put carrot and see that? you putting pea also
Just stop!
No need vegetable, vegetable taste like sad
The reason I'm cutting it
Cutting so awkward
Because I think it's pretty
You forgot to peel skin again
American men are circumcised
So this guy can peel his stick skin, but he can't peel his carrot skin haiya
What the logic?
Can we just fire this Level 1 guy?
Newborn baby cook better than him
I'm gonna place some ghee into my pot
Ghee correct
Garam masala
Garam masala good
Chilli powder
Chilli powder, good
Clove
Good
Star anise
Indian bay leaf
Good, good
Cumin seeds
You want cumin powder, not cumin seeds
Turn this down a touch
All correct so far
Ginger, garlic paste, my lamb
Niece Danielle pre-cooking the meat first, okay
Add my rose water
Good
And my screwpine water
I'm gonna go ahead and let this simmer for about an hour
Until the lamb is nice and tender
Now I'm gonna make my saffron milk
Gonna add my rose water first
Rose water again?
And then screwpine water
Your whole dish gonna..
You making Biryani, not perfume
No need so much rose water
A nice little stir
What
Don't stir with your finger
Uncle Roger don't want your COVID
I think she just started a new variant
We can move on to our Freekeh
No...
Part of this wonderful
Freekeh... no
That's very flavourful, to par cook our freekeh
To parcook our Freekeh
Don't parcook your Freekeh
How about par-throw it out?
How about that?
Pinch of salt
Add my Freekeh, we only parcook this, right
The Freekeh has now come to a boil
So perfect, I'm just going to strain this
My Freekeh is parcooked, so now we
Ew, you want to eat that?
Niece and nephew, you tell me you want to eat that shit?
Biryani is so beautiful, rice with meat, everything so beautiful
And you have this bullshit grain
Where it got appetizing?
This is like the shit you feed chicken
It look like hospital food
People in prison gonna ask to send this shit back
Uncle Roger so disappointed in niece Danielle
I hope the Indian niece do better
Cinnamon
Okay
Bay leaves are in
Please don't let me down
Wait what
I stir the rice for about a minute
Now you like stir frying the rice
Is she trying to make fried rice now? haiya
So I have half the rice at the bottom, creating the base layer
Here's another fun ingredient, ripe plums
Plums?
What
Plum in Biryani
Here's another fun ingredient, ripe plums
Plum?
Put ingredient in there because it correct
Don't put ingredient because it fun
You know what else is fun? Cocaine
But Uncle Roger don't put that shit in my fried rice
Unless I cooking for Nigella Lawson
Everybody messing up
The downside to using freekeh
The downside is that it wrong
Unlike basmati, is since basmati is white
You can really see the strands of the saffron
Because I'm using freekeh, it's not gonna have that
dynamic bright colour that kind of comes through
So you think the problem with freekeh is the colour?
Add in some more curry
Before we put half a teaspoon
So now we put another half a teaspoon
We're gonna mix it up
Ah, nephew Stephen, that look really nice risotto
Too bad, this video about Biryani
So I'm making a fairly stiff dough
Dough? This look promising
Water
Half the joy of cooking
She gonna make a seal for her pot
Is being able to get your hands dirty
This is an old, ancient trick
You want it
Good
long enough
That what all the auntie say
And it definitely long enough
Hello, aunties
So now I am creating the seal
Seal, good
Traditional method
Simulating Indian dum
Traps the steam and all the flavour
Seal shut
Now, I give this about 45 minutes
45 minute too long
Your rice already precooked
And then you stir fry the rice some more
And another 45-minute? haiya
Your rice gonna be porridge
See here the problem with making Biryani like this
The rice have to cook at same time as the prawn
It very tricky, very hard to get right, unless you super experienced
So biryani is done
Now, I'm letting it rest for about 10 minutes
While this is happening, this biryani gets a lot of garnishes
And what I like to do is just fluff it, mix it, right?
Somebody called the lifeguard, her biryani drowning
Onions on the bottom, we have carrots, and we have the lamb
That looks actually pretty good
It pretty good? stop lying to people
She the Amber Heard of cooking
Now for the moment of truth, I have pry this open
That's how tightly it sealed my pot
Look at that, I think it looks great
It look decent
The last thing that I add to this, is rose water
Rose water?
Subtle
That too much
Just a few drop enough, you pour the whole thing
What?
And then pistachios
Rice look a bit overcook, look a bit mushy, let me show you
See the rice all clumping together? See?
It sticking to her spoon
Told you it gonna overcook
And then pistachios
No, not pistachio
No almonds, this not dessert
Maybe cashew
We finish it with some of our caramelize onions
Fresh cilantro
Cilantro okay
And to serve the biryani, I have raita
Raita, good, correct
You cannot have biryani without raita
Correct
Only level 2 niece Rinku make biryani
The professional chef niece Danielle
Freekeh? like, I can't believe it
Freekeh haiya
Did you graduate from Jamie olive oil cooking school?
You make all the Indian ancesters crying now
O teri maa ki
Remember niece and nephew
This just comedy video, don't go attack anyone
Just laugh!
Uncle Roger currently in San Francisco in this shithole room
I on tour with my nephew Nigel doing stand up
Sorry for not many video, Uncle Roger just so busy, traveling everywhere
But the good thing is, I get to meet so many niece and nephew in real life fuiyoh
That the best part about touring
My next stop, I gonna go to Australia, go to Asia
Then I coming back to America again later
All the ticket link in description
Me and nephew Nigel, we going around making collab with other YouTuber
Nephew Nigel do lot of podcast with them
Recently, we have nephew Jimmy O Yang on
He very very good actor
And we also have nephew Kevin Kreider, he the Bling Empire guy with the abs
Uncle Roger like America, maybe one day I want to move here