Mutton Briyani recipe

                          

Ingredients:

Mutton (500g), cut into pieces

2 cups basmati rice (400g)

3tbsp ginger garlic paste

5 full green chillies ( without slitting)

3 large onion, sliced

2 large tomato, sliced

1 cinnamom stick

2 cloves

4 pepper corns

1 and half tbsp chilli powder

1/4 tbsp turmeric powder

Salt as per taste

2 tbsp ghee

50ml vegetable oil

1 cup chopped coriander leaves

1 cup mint leaves

1 and half tbsp mutton masala powder (available in all grocery shop)

2 tbsp curd

Procedure for preparation:



Step 1: Wash the mutton in water and drain the water completely, then keep the pressure cooker on the stove, pour 2tbsp oil and put the mutton pieces and fry it few minutes. And add 1tbsp mutton masala powder, a pinch turmeric powder, salt and fry it. Then pour 1 cup of water and close the cooker, allow for 6 whistle and keep it aside.

Step 2: Then keep the large base bottom vessel on the stove, pour oil, put cinnamom stick, cloves, pepper corns and fry it, Then put the sliced oinon, full green chillies and ginger garlic paste and fry it, following that add sliced tomato fry it until onion and tomato merge together.

Step 3: Open the cooker, take the mutton pieces from that masala water and put in vessel and fry it 5 minutes. Then put chilli powder, turmeric powder remaining mutton masala powder, curd, salt and continue frying.

Rice water ratio:
 
2 cups rice: 4 cups water
                 2:4

The 4 cups of water mentioned here is, including the masala water from cooker. Should never pour excess water for basmati rice.

Step 4: Once the mutton cooked for 80 percent, pour 4 cups of  water, including the masala water from the cooker, and allow it boil for 5 minutes, then put the soaked basmati rice, mint leaves, coriander leaves, ghee and stir it.

Step 5: Then close the lid for few minutes, occasionally stir the rice carefully without breaking the rice, until the rice gets cooked fo 80 percent. In this stage, there will be some little water in the briyani vessel, now you should simmer the stove completely. Simultaneously you should heat the empty dosa tawa nicely, until the smoke comes out from it. After simming the stove, close the lid of the vessel and place the hot dosa tawa on the lid.

Step 6: Put off the stove after 5 minutes, then after keeping tawa on the lid. Leave the vessel  undisturbed for 20 minutes after put of the stove. Then you can serve hot mutton briyani with raita.