Easy Mutton Biryani

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Easy Mutton Biryani

Easy Mutton Biryani

Easy Mutton Biryani is a dish that nobody can ever resist. This biryani recipe has layers of mutton and saffron-milk infused rice cooked 'dum' style. It has a host of spices and herbs such as star anise, bay leaves, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, jaiphal, javitri along with chillies, rose water, kewda and saffron cooked with succulent mutton pieces. Be it a dinner party or any celebratory occasion, biryani seems to be an ideal main dish to serve along with a spicy salan or refreshing raita. This biryani is usually made in two styles, one is kacche gosht ki biryani and the other is pakke gosht ki biryani.
Prep Time 50 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Cuisine North Indian
Servings 5 people

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Wash the meat pieces very well.
  • Squeeze out all the water very well.
  • Mix together 11/2 tsp of ginger and garlic paste each, 1/2 cup curd, salt, yellow powder, 1/2 cup of coriander and mint leaves and green chillies without removing the top stalk.
  • Mix thoroughly well the above mixture with the mutton.
  • Keep in the refrigerator over night or for at least 2 - 3 hrs.
  • Heat oil in a vessel.
  • Add sai jeera.
  • Add onion and saute, till they turn brown.
  • Add 1/2 spoon of ginger and garlic paste each and fry well.
  • Add garam masala powder and fry well.
  • Add 1/2 cup of mint and coriander leaves and fry well.
  • Add the marinated mutton and stir well.
  • Add salt.
  • Cover and cook on a low fire, till the mutton is cooked. Stir occasionally.
  • When the mutton is being cooked, heat up another big vessel.
  • Add water, bay leaves, cardamom, cinnamon sticks and cloves and allow it to boil.
  • Add rice, salt and another 1/2 cup of mint and coriander leaves.
  • Cook, till half done and strain the rice.
  • :- Remember not to overcook the rice. :- Use a big vessel so that the rice does not stick with one other. :- Cook, till half done as the rice will get cooked in steam later.
  • Once the mutton is cooked, there should not be more water in the mutton. If there is more water, then keep the flame high and open the lid and stir.
  • :- In short, there should be thick gravy with the mutton.
  • Add the cooked rice into the mutton gravy.
  • Add 2 tsp of ghee/oil on the rice (optional).
  • Mix together 2 spoons of water and red/yellow colour and pour this liquid in the center of the rice.
  • Cover and keep on low fire for 15 mins.
  • Open and check whether steam is coming out. If yes, cover it again.
  • Open it and before serving, mix half quantity very well so that each rice is coated with the mutton masala.

Notes

You can explore this dishKerala Style Mutton Biriyani
You can also visit Fish Biryani
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Response (15)
  1. m
    ms June 26, 2006

    THANKU FOR THIS RECIPE,I TRIED CAMEOUT WELL,ONLY ONE VARIATION I MADE IS I CHOPPED THE GREEN CHILLIES WHEN I MADE IT SECOND TIME .

  2. M
    Malaika January 22, 2008

    Very easy way of making lovely Biryani. Everybody liked it. It was same like Arab Udupi Resturant`s Biryani.

  3. R
    Rum Cola November 25, 2008

    Good & Tasty.

  4. o
    oc July 5, 2009

    I tried this recipe today . When I make biriyani usually the flavour of spices exceeds that of mint

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