Mutton Biryani

How to Cook Basmati Rice for Biryani

1. Soak Basmati Rice for 30 minutes in luke warm water.
2. Boil water. Add salt, ghee, bay leaves, cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon sticks, green cardamom and black cardamom.
3. Boil the water for 2 to 3 minutes.

4. Add the soaked rice to the boiling water.

5. Cook the rice on high flame for about 12 minutes. Drain the water, and keep the rice aside. Make sure the rice is fluffy and yet grainy. It should not be mushy.

How to Marinate the Mutton for Biryani

1. To a bowl, add mutton pieces, yogurt, mint leaves, ginger and garlic paste, ghee and slit green chilis.
2. Mix well and leave it for 30-40 minutes.

How to cook Mutton for Biryani

1. Heat ghee in a pressure cooker.
2. Add cinnamon stick, bay leaves, green and black cardamom, pepper, clove, cumin seeds, chopped onion and green chilis.
3. Cook until the onions turn golden brown.

4. Add sliced tomato, salt as per your taste and cook for another two minutes.

5. Add the marinated mutton followed by chopped coriander leaves.

6. Add milk or water to cook the mutton.Tip: Adding milk instead of water to mutton will enhance the taste of the mutton.

7. Close the cooker and pressure cook for 4 whistles.

How to Layer the Biryani

1. To a pan, pour a layer of the mutton gravy.

2. Layer next with rice followed by fried onions and chopped coriander leaves and desi ghee.

3. Repeat the layering process again.
4. Repeat the layers, and cook on a high flame for 5 minutes and low flame for another 5 minutes.

5. Serve warm and enjoy.

Trivia

Did you know the word biryani came from the word ‘birian’, which is Persian for ‘fried before cooking’.