Ingredients:
750 g. mutton
350 g. basmati rice
1 cup fresh curd
2 large onions sliced
2 flakes garlic
3 large cardamoms
8 cloves
1 inch cinnamon
1 tbsp. ginger paste
2 tsp. black peppercorns
1 tsp. cumin seeds
1 tsp. chilli powder
1 tsp. coriander powder
1/2 tsp. nutmeg powder
a pinch of turmeric
salt to taste
100 g. ghee
Method:
Bring 750 ml. water to boil, add rice, salt and turmeric, cover and
cook for 15 mins. till
water is absorbed. Heat ghee and fry half onions till brown, remove
and keep aside, can
fry raisins, pistachios and almonds and add (optional).
Add these to the rice. Fry rest of onions, add ginger, garlic, cumin,
chilli powder, and fry,
add mutton and brown on high heat for 5 minutes
Add cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves, peppercorns, coriander powder,
nutmeg, salt and
125ml. water, stir well Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. Remove
from heat, stir in
the curd and simmer for 5 minutes.
Layer a dish with alternate layers of rice and mutton, cook in a
preheated oven at 200
degrees C for 10 minutes. Serve with raita. Delicious mutton biryani is ready.
750 g. mutton
350 g. basmati rice
1 cup fresh curd
2 large onions sliced
2 flakes garlic
3 large cardamoms
8 cloves
1 inch cinnamon
1 tbsp. ginger paste
2 tsp. black peppercorns
1 tsp. cumin seeds
1 tsp. chilli powder
1 tsp. coriander powder
1/2 tsp. nutmeg powder
a pinch of turmeric
salt to taste
100 g. ghee
Method:
Bring 750 ml. water to boil, add rice, salt and turmeric, cover and
cook for 15 mins. till
water is absorbed. Heat ghee and fry half onions till brown, remove
and keep aside, can
fry raisins, pistachios and almonds and add (optional).
Add these to the rice. Fry rest of onions, add ginger, garlic, cumin,
chilli powder, and fry,
add mutton and brown on high heat for 5 minutes
Add cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves, peppercorns, coriander powder,
nutmeg, salt and
125ml. water, stir well Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. Remove
from heat, stir in
the curd and simmer for 5 minutes.
Layer a dish with alternate layers of rice and mutton, cook in a
preheated oven at 200
degrees C for 10 minutes. Serve with raita. Delicious mutton biryani is ready.