MUTTON BIRIYANI

Ingredients

½ kg mutton

½ kg rice (basmati or seeraga samba)

3 onions

2 tomatoes

4 green chillies

1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

4 tsp yogurt

2 tsp red chillie powder

¼ tsp turmeric powder

1 bunch mint leaves

1 bunch coriander leaves

1 lemon

2 tbsp Oil

3 pieces of 1 inch cinnamon

4 cloves

4 cardamoms

Salt to taste

Rice-500gms

Method

1. Pour oil in pressure cooker and season it with cloves, cinnamon and cardamoms.

2. Add onions and chilly together and fry until the onion turns slightly brown.

3. Add tomato and sauté it for 2 minutes.

4. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté for 2 more minutes.

5. Now add mint leaves and coriander leaves and sauté again for another 2 minutes along with salt, chillie powder and turmeric powder. 

6. Now add the mutton pieces and fry until the masala turns dark brown in colour.

7. Add yogurt and fry again for a minute.

8. Now, pour water [double measurement of rice] and pressure cook until the mutton is done.

9. Drain the water from the soaked rice and keep aside [Rice must be soaked atleast for 15 minutes].

10. Open the lid of the pressure cooked and check if the mutton is done. If not pressure cook the mutton until the mutton is completely done.

11. Now, add the drained rice and slowly stir without breaking the rice.

12. When most of the water gets absorbed in the rice close the lid and pressure cook in high flame for 1 minute. After a minute, simmer the flame for 5 to 8 minutes.

13. Serve hot with onion and cucumber raita.