Mutton Biryani
Recipe Ingredients:
- Mutton - 1 kg
- Rice - 4 cups
- Water - 8 cups
- Onions - 5 large
- Tomatoes - 5 large
- Ginger garlic paste - 3 tbsp
- Mint leaves - 1 handful
- Biryani Masala - 1 tbsp
- Green Chillies - 5
- Peas - 1/2 cup (optional)
- Thick Curd - 1 cup
- Salt - to taste
- Onion - 1 large
- Tomato - 1 large
- Coriander leaves - 1 handful
- kisan canola cooking Oil - 4 to 5 tbsp
- Cinnamon stick - 2 one inch sticks, broken
- Clove - 5
- Bay leaf - 4
- Star anise - 3
- Mace -1
- Cardamom - 2
- To marinate the mutton
- Curd - 1 tbsp
- Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
- Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
- Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
- Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
- Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Recipe Method:
- Marinate the lamb pieces using the ingredients listed under 'marinade' for atleast 2 hours. Wash and soak the basmati rice.
- Slice the 5 onions and grind the 5 tomatoes to a paste. Also grind the ingredients listed under ' to grind' - 1 onion, 1 tomato and coriander and set aside.
- In a pressure pan, add oil. Once the oil heats up add the cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, cardamom, star anise, mace.
- Add the sliced onions and green chillies and saute till the onions change color. Add a pinch of salt to make the onions cook faster.
- Add the ground tomato paste and mix well. Allow the tomatoes to cook well.
- Add the ginger garlic paste. Mix well. Saute until the raw smell of ginger garlic paste leaves.
- Add the mint leaves.
- Add the biriyani masala powder. Mix everything well and allow to cook for a couple of minutes.
- Add the marinated mutton pieces and remaining salt. Mix well.
- Add the ground onion + tomatoes + coriander paste and mix well.
- Add the peas and curd. Mix well.
- Add 2 cups of water and pressure cook for 6-7 whistles. Mutton takes a long time to cook.
- Once done, open the cooker after the pressure releases by itself and check if the mutton is cooked well. Otherwise pressure cook again until mutton is cooked. Usually it gets cooked well by 6-7 whistles.
- Pressure cook for 3 whistles (simmer after 1 whistle) or if using electric cooker, let it cook till done.
- Open the lid and fluff it well with a fork.