Mutton Biryani Recipe

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Mutton Biryani Dish

Ingredients:

  • 500 gms Basmati rice washed, soaked for 15 minutes and drained
  • 750 gms mutton, cut into medium pieces
  • 4 onions, sliced fine and fried crisp
  • ¾ cup beaten curd
  • 2” piece raw papaya
  • 6 green chillies
  • 15 flakes lasan
  • 2” piece adrak
  • 1 tsp haldi
  • 1 tsp jeera
  • 5 tbsp ghee
  • Salt to taste
Garam Masala
  • ½ tsp shahijeera
  • 4 masala elaichi
  • 4 green elaichi
  • 8 lavang
  • 15 kalimiri
  • 3 pieces dalchini
  • 1 piece javitri

Method:

Powder half the garam masala and grind the following to a fine paste – 6 green chillies, adrak lasan and papaya.

To the washed mutton, add the beaten curd, powdered masala and the adrak, lasan paste and haldi along with salt to taste. Set aside for 2 hours.

Parboil the rice adding salt to taste. Cook till ¾ done, then remove and drain.

To Assemble:

Take a heavy bottom dekchi and heat 4 tablespoons ghee. Add the remaining sabut masala and one teaspoon jeera. Allow to splutter before adding the marinated mutton. Sprinkle and crisp fried onion and saffron water.

Cover with rice and dot with remaining ghee before covering tightly and sealing with atta. Cook on a slow fire for 30 to 35 minutes.

Serve hot, garnished with chopped pudina.

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