Food

Mutton Biryani

Preparation time:	30 minutes
Cooking time:	60 minutes
Serving size:	400 grams - 500grams per head
Serves:	Eight to ten persons
Cooking method:	Stove Cooking

Ingredients

Preparation

1. Wash and soak the rice in 2 litre water for 45 minutes.
2. Wash the meat and soak in 2litres of water with 1 tablespoon salt and sliced onion for ½ hour. After ½ hour drain away the water.

Cooking Procedure

1. Peel and finely slice the onions.
2. Deep fry in oil till golden brown.
3. Remove from oil and spread on a large plate to cool.
4. When cool crush finely with hand and keep aside (these onions are known as Birishta)
5. Keep remaining oil aside.
6. Mix the Ginger Garlic paste, Salt and meat tenderiser with the meat pieces and keep for at least ½ hour it can be long for 2 or more hours.
7. Chop finely Cilantro, fresh Mint and green Chillies. This is known as green masala.
8. Finely powder green Cardamom with skin.
9. Mix the marinated meat with green masala, lime juice, cinnamon, Shah Jeera, Cloves, powdered Cardamom, Yoghurt or sour cream, khova and fried onions and 4 tablespoons oil in which the onions were fried deep by the remaining oil.
10. Mix well and evenly spread it in a large vessel.
11. In a large pan boil 3 litre of water. When boiling add green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, shah zeera, ginger garlic paste and salt.
12. Remove the soaked rice from water and add to the boiling water.
13. Bringing to one good boil stirring occasionally.
14. Drain the rice in a colander keeping by 1 cup water in which the rice was boiled.
15. Spread the drained rice evenly on the meat mixture.
16. Soak saffron in 2 tablespoon water and crush it.
17. Mix Milk, Ghee, remaining oil, Saffron and water that was retained.
18. Pour this evenly on top of the rice.
19. Lightly seal the edges of the vessel with thick cloth or wheat flour dough.
20. Put on the cover and cook on high heat till steam comes out from sides.
21. Lower heat and cook on slow heat for ½ hour to 35 minutes. Remove from heat and let it stand for ½ hour. Open mix from one side and serve in the dish.

Other Flavours

Chicken Biryani can also be made by substituting 1 ½ kg chicken instead of 1 kg mutton.

Serving ideas

Serve with Dahi ki Chutney in a bowl.