Mutton Biriyani



Mutton Biriyani is a flavorful rice made with basmati rice, spices, herbs & meat. Biriyani is one of easy one pot meal recipe. 

Biriyani recipes are made in pressure cooker, Instapot and any heavy base pot especially for dum Biriyani. Biriyani is made in many ways across India. 

This is a traditional method of cooking non-vegetarian biriyani recipes like mutton, chicken and seafoods. 

It is made with layers of mutton masala, spices and aromatic rice, crispy golden deep fried onions and herbs which gives flavor to biriyani.

Ingredients:

Mutton-1/2kg
Basmathi rice-3 cups(160ml)
Cloves-4
Cinnamon-1stick
Cardamom-4
Green chilies-3
Tomatoes-2
Onions-2(medium size)
Ginger garlic paste-3tbsp
Mutton masala powder -2tbsp
Chilly powder-1tbsp
Mint leaves-2 handful 
Coriander leaves-2 handful
Jeera-1/4tsp
Bay leaf-2
Salt-as needed 
Ghee-5 tbsp
Oil-3 spoon
Mace or (Jathipathri)-1
Lemon juice-2tbsp
Saffron strands-few(optional)
Fried onions- handful 
 
Method:

To cook rice:

  • Add required basmathi rice in a bowl and wash it. Add 4 cups of water in a pan and boil it. 
  • Add basmathi rice, jeera, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf, some coriander leaves, and mint leaves into boiling water. 


  • Add a spoon of ghee and little salt. When the rice is cooked to 80 percent(if you take a rice and break, it will break and half cooked). 
  • Switch off the stove and drain the rice.
To cook mutton:
  • Add cleaned mutton pieces, salt, turmeric, chilly powder(1/2tsp) into pressure cooker and add some water. Leave 7 whistles and switch off the stove.

Ginger-Garlic paste:
  • In a jar add chopped ginger, garlic, cardamom 5, 1 cinnamon stick, 3 cloves and grind it to fine paste and keep aside.


Method for biriyani:
  • In a pan (with heavy base or non-stick) add some oil and 2tbsp of ghee and heat it. 
  • Add chopped onions, bay leaf, mace, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, green chilies, and ginger garlic paste. Sauté for few minutes till raw smell goes off. 

  • Add tomatoes and sauté for a minute. Then add few mint and coriander leaves and keep the remaining leaves to use at the end.

  •  Add the spice powders, cooked mutton, a spoon of lemon juice and mix them. Add few salt and mix well. 

  • Let it cook for 30 seconds. Then add the boiled rice on the masala and spread evenly on it.


  • Add the remaining coriander and mint leaves, fried onions, 2tbsp of ghee spread on rice, saffron strands mix with a tbsp of water and heat for 30 seconds and add on biriyani and close the lid. 


  • Keep in high flame for 10 min and very low flame for 20min. Switch off and mix with fork on sides. Now mutton is cooked well. 


  • Squeeze a piece of lemon. Serve hot with onion and cucumber raita.
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