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mutton biriyani

Kerala Mutton Biriyani In Pressure Cooker

Prep Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 kg Mutton
  • 1 cup Basmati rice
  • 1/2 of Lemon
  • Saffron A pinch
  • 7 nos Onion
  • 1 no Tomato big
  • 4 nos Green chillies
  • 1 big Cinnamon Karugapatta
  • 6 nos Cloves Grambu
  • 5 nos Cardamom Elakka
  • 2 nos Bay leaves
  • 1 inch Ginger
  • 6 nos Garlic pods
  • 1 spoon Turmeric powder
  • 1 spoon Chilli powder
  • 1 spoon Coriander powder
  • 1 spoon Aniseed powder Perinjeerakam
  • 1 spoon Garam masala powder
  • 1 spoon Meat masala
  • Coriander leaves A hand ful
  • 1 stem Curry leaves
  • Salt As reqd
  • Cashews A hand full
  • Raisins A handfull, Kismis
  • 3 spoons Ghee
  • 1 spoon Oil

Instructions
 

  • Soak the rice in water for 10 mins.
  • After 10 mins, take the rice n keep it in a newspaper for another 20 mins.
  • In a pan, put 2 spoons of ghee and fry 1 sliced onion till brown. Keep aside.
  • Likewise fry cashews and kismis and keep aside.
  • Heat the remaining 1 spoon of ghee.
  • Add cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom and bay leaves.
  • Once a nice aroma comes, add rice and fry till tic tic sound comes to an end(for 5 - 8 mins).
  • In an electric cooker(or normal cooker), pour 1 1/2 cups of water, lemon juice, saffron and salt.
  • Keep the cooker to cook position.
  • Once the cooker has gone to warm, add the rice and again put the cooker to cook position.
  • In a chopper, chop rest of the onion, green chillies, garlic and ginger.
  • Keep a pressure cooker in the flame.
  • Add oil, chopped items and salt and saute thoroughly.
  • Once it is finely sauteed, add tomatoes, coriander leaves and curry leaves.
  • Once the tomatoes are cooked, add turmeric, coriander, chilli, garam masala, meat masala, perinjeeraka powder and saute for another 2 mins on low flame.
  • Finally add cleaned muttons and a little water and pressure cooker for 1 whistle.
  • Open the cooker and put the mutton into a non stick pan.
  • Make the gravy into a thick one(as for biriyani).
  • Take out the rice.
  • Take a little ghee and spread to the bottom of the electric rice cooker.
  • Add a portion of rice, mutton gravy, cashews, kismis, fried onion.
  • Like wise, put the rest of the rice and ingrdients in the above order.
  • :- Rice should come in the top.
  • Pour 1 spoon pineapple essence.
  • Set the cooker to cook position.
  • After 5 mins, by hand change the cooker to warm position.
  • Keep in warm for half an hour.
  • :- Serve hot with salad and pappadams.
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