MUTTON BIRIYANI

Mutton biriyani ingredients:

1.  Meat - ½ kg
2.  Basmati rice - 3 cup
3.  Ghee - 5 tsp
4.  Onion big - 1 sliced
5.  Tomato medium - 1 finely chopped
6.  Green chillies - 5
7.  Ginger - 2 inch
8.  Garlic - 4 pods
9.  Cashew nuts -10
10. Saffron - a pinch
11. Coconut milk - 1 cup
12. Coriander leaves - ½ cup(chopped)
13. Mint leaves - ½ cup (chopped)
14. Water - 5 cups
15. Cardomon - 2
16. Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
17. Jaji flower - 1
18. Anasi flower - 1
19. Cloves - 3

Mutton biriyani preparation:

First clean and wash the mutton pieces.

Drain all the water and keep it aside.

Next make a paste with greenchillis, ginger and garlic.

Now add half of the portion of the paste with mutton pieces.

Now pressure cook the mutton for 3 to 4 whistles with out adding too much of water.

Then switch off the stove and keep aside.


Take a pressure cooker and heat with 5 tsp of ghee.

Then add cardamom, cloves, anasi flower, jaji flower, cashew nuts and cinnamon.

Fry for few seconds.

Then add onions and sauté for 2 mins.

Now add tomato pieces and remaining paste.

Sauté until the raw smell disappears.

Now add washed basmati rice and cooked mutton pieces.

Combine well.

Then add coconut milk, water, coriander leaves and pudhina leaves.

Again combine well and close the pressure cooker.

Now pressure cook for 2 whistles and switch off the stove.

Mutton biriyani is ready.

Serve with onion raitha.