Super fast custom Biryani

Not all the "required" biryani spices are included, but this was very tasty. This is a highly customised dish and I'll probably get a lot of backlash by calling it biryani - but hay, the end result was very biryani-like and very tasty.

You need:

• Beef cubes (or mutton if you prefer)
• Tomatoes
• Garlic
• Cloves
• Salt
• Black pepper
• Mr Dash mixed spices (I think the All Spices mix would work as well)
• Coconut oil
• A cup of rice.

Chop up the tomatoes into cubes and heat in a pot with low heat.

Add the salt and black pepper as well as the garlic.

Chop up the meat into relatively nice chunks, not too small, not too big.

Add the seasoning (Mr Dash) as well as the cloves to the tomato base as the last step before adding the meat. Not too many cloves, about half a teaspoon will be enough.

At this point, it's OK to cook the rice. I cooked the rice separately to get it "mostly cooked before adding it to the meat.

Under low heat, add the meat to the seasoned tomato base. Increase the heat to allow the meat to slightly sear. This should only be for about 5 to 10 minutes.

Then reduce the heat and allow it to cook very, very, very slowly.

It took me 1 hour to cook the dish. At about 50 minutes, I added the rice.

Of course, the dish can be made a little bit more complex by adding vegetables, or even cooking the rice with the meat and using a broth.