Comments on: Instant Pot Keema Biryani | Ground Beef Biryani Recipe

By: CQ

CQ — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:58:51 +0000

I saw someone else asked this question, but didn't see an answer. For the spices in the beginning, do/can you use the Garam Masala in place of those first 5 spices and, if so, do you do the same thing with those as with the 5 (add ghee and then the spices and cook for 30 seconds)?

By: Thomas Spickard

Thomas Spickard — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 03:32:37 +0000

Unfortunately, I got the dreaded "burn notice" on this one - first Instant Pot recipe in quite a while where that's been the case. Not sure what happened, as I followed the recipe. Seems like other people have had more success with this than I did. I will say that the dish had evidently cooked sufficiently before I got the burn notice and the result did taste good, but I probably wouldn't make it again due to the burning issue.

By: Oscarito

Oscarito — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 23:48:46 +0000

In reply to Kiley.

The instructions were perfect, this was so easy to make and cooked perfectly. Thank you 🙂

By: Mina

Mina — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 18:03:45 +0000

It’s delicious! I added a bay leaf in with the whole spices and cooked with some maggi chicken stock instead of water and salt. Not very spicy for my taste so next time I’ll add a little chili powder with the onion- but it should be perfect for my husband and 2 year old. Serving with boiled eggs and raita and an easy salad. Thanks!

By: Jill Parde

Jill Parde — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:04:22 +0000

A friend made this for us and it tastes amazing! I’m going to attempt to make it. Would substituting butter for the ghee make a difference?

By: Anjum

Anjum — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 14:30:20 +0000

In reply to DebK. Hi, any suggestions on best way to add potatoes to this? Looking forward to trying this!

By: Kiley

Kiley — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 23:49:29 +0000

I have made this multiple times and love it! I serve it with tatziki. I have used either beef or lamb with great results, but had one failed attempt with ground turkey. It was worth a shot! It is a little bit of a pain to pick out the whole spices at the end, but the flavor is worth using them instead of a ground blend.

By: kara korzen

kara korzen — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 12:13:22 +0000

I made this yesterday! So easy and delicious!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 23:51:57 +0000

Fantastic. I was looking for a new biriyani idea and came across this pulao. I used the whole spices, which we generally prefer. The only change I made was to use ground lamb instead of beef. Served it with raita and sliced onion and cucumber. It was a very big hit and will be part of the regular rotation now. So fast and easy and delivers big results for little effort!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 08 May 2020 01:16:01 +0000

Husband told me he missed Indian food since restaurants are still closed and I ran across this recipe. So delicious and simple to prepare! It will be a regular in our household now!