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Mutton Biriyani

Easy to cook mutton biriyani
Prep Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg Mutton
  • 1 kg Basmati rice
  • 1 kg Onion thinly sliced
  • 1 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder
  • 100 g Shallots Kunjulli
  • 12-15 cloves Garlic
  • 2 inch Ginger
  • 6 nos Tomatoes medium sized
  • 10 nos Green chillies slit
  • 1/2 cup Mint leaves Pudhina
  • 1/4 cup Coriander leaves
  • 100 g Dalda/Ghee
  • 50 g RKG/Pure Ghee
  • 2 tbsp Lemon juice
  • 2 tsp Rose water
  • Salt As reqd
  • 1 stem Curry leaves
  • 2 nos Bay leaves Karuga ela
  • 10 nos Cardamom Elakka
  • 2 inch Cinnamon Karugapatta
  • 10 nos Cloves Grambu
  • 1 no Mace Jathikka thondu
  • 15-20 nos Pepper
  • 1 tsp Fennel Perinjeerakam
  • 1/2 cup Curd/Yogurt
  • 50 g Cashewnut
  • 25 g Raisins/Kismis

Instructions
 

  • Peel, wash & slice the onions thinly.
  • Measure all the spices and keep aside.
  • Take all the other ingredients like ginger, garlic, green chillies and curry powders ready and keep aside.
  • Wash the rice and keep ready to cook.
  • Keep the vessel to cook the rice, add 3 tsp dalda & 1 tsp RKG when it is hot.
  • Add 3-4 cardamoms, 3-4 cloves, a small piece of cinnamon & 5-6 crushed pepper and fry.
  • Add the rice to it and allow it to get dry a little.
  • Add enough water to cook the rice, and add salt to it as required with half tsp lemon juice.
  • When it is cooked to 80%, remove it from flame and drain the water off.
  • While cooking the rice, take a pan and keep it on flame.
  • Add 5-6 tsp dalda & 1 tsp RKG and when it is hot take a cup of finely chopped onion and fry it.
  • Also fry the cashew and kismis in the same oil and keep aside.
  • Now use the same oil & saute the remaining onions well.
  • Add to it the ground paste of garlic chillies & ginger and saute.
  • Add the spices that is kept aside and saute(it can be crushed if necessary).
  • Add the chopped tomatoes to it and when it is half cooked, add the mutton to it.
  • Cover the vessel with a lid and stir it occasionally till the meat is done cooked.(90-95%)(If u find it difficult to cook the mutton in this way u can cook it to 75% in a pressure cooker adding little salt, 2-3 green chillies and half tsp turmeric powder and can mix to the sauted onion-tomato mix). 18)Add half cup yogurt to the meat masala 5 minutes after removing it from the flame and mix well.
  • Grease a large dish and layer rice and meat, starting and finishing with a rice layer and add the mint leaves and coriander leaves to every layer.
  • Add the fried onion, cashew and kismis on the top and sprinkle the remaining lemon juice and 2 tsp rosewater over the rice.
  • Cover the dish with suitable lid and keep some weight over it to get tightly packed and cook it on the low flame for 10 minutes.
  • Remove from flame and keep it for 10-15 minutes more. Now you can open it and the tasty mutton biriyani is ready to serve.
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