Muton Biryani Eid Special

Mutton Biryani - Eid Special

The Ingredients

1kg Mutton (cut into small pieces)

500 grams Basmati Rice

2 tsp. Garam Masala.

6 Red chilies

7 Cashewnuts

Onions. (Chopped)

5 Lavang (Cloves)

2 Dalchini (Cinnamon Sticks)

2 pieces of Elaichi (Cardamom)

3 Green chilies (add more according to your taste)

6 Kothmir (chopped Fresh coriander)

1 small bunch Pudina chopped

Ginger Garlic paste

3 tsp. Saffron. (Dissolved in ¾ cup milk)

beaten curd one cup

Juice of 2 Limes, 4 boiled eggs, Ghee /Oil 5 tbsp.

Salt.

The method

Grind the chilies and Cashewnuts. Mix the mutton pieces with the ginger-garlic paste and beaten curd and Keep aside.

Heat four tablespoons ghee or oil and fry the chili paste. To this add the mutton, ¼ of the fried onion, 1tsp garam masala and salt to taste.

As the ghee separates from the mixture, add one and a half cups warm water and pressure cook till softens. Take a wide vessel, fry the whole spices in 1 tbsp. ghee/oil.

Add the rice and fry a little, add green chilies and salt to taste and enough water for the rice to cook. When the rice is cooked, spread it on a plate and remove the spices (sabut masala).

Make a Pudina mixture of the chopped Kothmir, Pudina, garam masala and fried onion and keep aside. Take another wide vessel (thick bottom) and line it with ghee, spread a layer of rice in it and cover it with half the mutton.

Spread half of the Pudina mixture and juice of a lime. Put a layer of rice followed by a mutton layer and finish with a final layer of rice. Spread the rice with saffron milk and some ghee.

Cover tightly and cook for twenty minutes over slow fire. Start serving hot.