Mutton Biryani:

Ingredients:

Mutton Biryani

2 kg Mutton

10-12 green chilies slit

1tbsp turmeric powder

2 tbsp oil

2 big glasses of Water

Salt as required

Mutton preparation:

1.       Wash mutton thoroughly, and in a pressure cooker, add mutton, turmeric powder, green chilies, salt required only for mutton, add 1 tbsp oil. Mix it and add water enough to cover the mutton pieces. Cover the lid and boil for 5-6 whistles, or till the mutton is tender.

 

Other ingredients for rice:

Onion paste:

3 medium sized onions chopped

Oil required for deep frying

1.       In a wok, heat oil for deep frying. Once it’s heated, fry all the onions till it turns brown.

2.       Once its fried, cool it and make a fine paste (can add little water while grinding)

 

3 green chilies slit

Ginger garlic paste – 4 small cups

Onions – 4 medium sized chopped

5 small cups curd

4 small cups pudina chopped

4 small cups coriander leaves

4 medium sized tomatoes chopped

Salt as required

Red chilli powder( for spicy)

Kashmiri red chilli powder(color)

Water – 11 ½ glasses

Basmati rice – 6 glasses (soak the rice for 30 minutes )

Cashews ( optional)

Lemon juice – 1/4^th glass

 

Spices

5 green cardamom

4 black cardamom

2 tbsp fennel seeds (saunf)

3 bay leaves

4 inch cinnamon stick

4 marati moggu

3 Jaypatri

5 lavanga (cloves)

2 tbsp ghee

 

Procedure:

1.       Heat the big vessel, and add 2 tbsp of ghee, once it’s hot, add all spices mentioned under spices and saute it for a minute.

2.        Add chopped onions, green chilies and fry till it’s transparent. (fry for long time, until its transparent)

3.       Add ginger garlic paste, chopped tomatoes and fry it till tomatoes are soft.

4.       Add fried onion paste, cashews, pudina and coriander leaves and fry for a minute.

5.       Add cooked mutton pieces and fry it for a minute.

6.       Add curd and mix it thoroughly. Add both red chilli powders and fry till oil separates.

7.       Once oil is seen, add water and let it boil.

8.       Add salt as required. Adjust spice by adding red chilli powder.

9.       Once it’s starts boiling, add soaked rice.

10.   Once the water is fully evaporated, add lemon juice and stir it once and cover the lid.

11.   Add weight on the covered lid.

12.   In low flame, leave it to steam for 15 mins or until the rice is cooked.

13.   Hot and yummy biryani is ready to serve.

Note:  if the mutton stock is available, we can use it instead of water while preparing rice.