Ingredients:
For preparation of gravy
Mutton - 750 gms
Onions - 2 large, finely sliced
Green cardamom - 5
Cloves - 5
Bay leaves - 2
Cinnamon stick - 1"
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
Green chillies - 5-6, chopped into chunks
Yoghurt - 200 gms
Salt - to taste
Oil - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 1 tsp
For Preparation of rice
Rice - 1/2 kg basmati, washed and soaked for 30
minutes
Cloves - 3
Salt - 4 tsp, adjust it on slightly higher side
Oil - 2 tbsp
Vinegar - few drops
Saffron - few strands, mixed with 2 tbsp of milk
Coriander leaves - for garnishing
Method:
In a pressure cooker, heat oil and ghee and fry
the onions till golden brown. Remove and keep aside
In the same oil, add the whole spices and let it
crackle
Now add the mutton pieces and fry on high flame
for few minutes
Add salt and ginger garlic paste and fry for 3
minutes or till the raw smell fades away
Add 3/4th of the fried and crushed onions, red
chilli powder, green chillies and yoghurt and cook till oil separates
Add just enough water and pressure cook till
mutton is done and no water is left. If any water is left just cook on high
flame till it dries up
In a separate pot, takes lots of water and bring
it to a boil
Add cloves and salt
Add rice and once it starts boiling, add oil and
vinegar.Stir
Once the rice is 90% done, switch off the flame
and strain the rice
Now take a pot and grease it with oil/ghee
Layer it with rice and mutton. Repeat the
process till all the rice and mutton is used up
Drizzle ghee and milk infused with saffron on
top.
Garnish with brown onions and coriander leaves,
cover the lid and place any heavy item on it and simmer for 20 minutes
Yummy biryani is ready!!!
Notes:
You can add few drops of kewra or rose water at
the end, I personally don't like it so I have not used it
You can use dough to seal the pot while giving
dum, I just keep some heavy utensil over it for making my work easy
To give the recipe more authentic touch you can
cook the mutton on slow cooker method, it may take an hour or so. I generally
pressure cook to speed up the process
Hope you liked it as much as I did, thanks for giving
me this opportunity and have a blessed Eid!!!