Mutton Biriyani

Mutton Biriyani – Pressure cooked

Ingredients

  • Marination
  • Mutton – 500gm

  • Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon

  • Chilly powder – 1 teaspoon

  • Black pepper powder – 1 teaspoon

  • Yoghurt – 2 tablespoon

  • Salt – 1 teaspoon

  • Masala paste
  • Shallots – 5 nos

  • Ginger – 1/2 inch

  • Garlic – 5 pods

  • Grated coconut – 2 tablespoon

  • Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon

  • Dried red chilly – 2 nos

  • Water – 2 tablespoon

  • For pressure cooking
  • Ghee or Butter – 1 tablespoon

  • Oil – 1 tablespoon

  • Cloves – 3 nos

  • Cardamom – 3 nos

  • Black pepper corns – 5 nos

  • Bay leaf – 1 big or 2 small

  • Onion (thin slices) – 2 nos

  • Tomato (chopped) – 2 nos

  • Salt to taste

  • Water – 1.5 cup

  • Basmati or Jeera or Biriyani rice
    (clean and soak in water 15 minutes) – 1.5 cups

  • Mint leaves (as per your taste) 8-10 nos

  • Coriander leaves – 2-3 strand

Directions

  • Clean and marinate the mutton with marination ingredients. Keep it aside for at least 30 minutes.
  • Wash the basmati rice and soak it in water
  • Prepare the masala paste by grinding the masala paste ingredients
  • Heat ghee (1Tbsp) and oil (1Tbsp) in the pressure cooker. 
  • Add cardamom (3), cloves(3), bay leaves(2) and black peppercorns(5), saute for 1 minute in a medium heat
  • Add sliced onion, until translucent and slightly brown
  • Add sliced tomato, and saute well for approx 2 minutes.
  • Add the grounded masala paste, saute well
  • Add the marinated mutton pieces, mix well
  • add salt, coriander leaves, and mint leaves and mix well
  • Add the measured water (1.5 cup)
  • Add coriander and mint leaves
  • Pressure cook up to 4 whistles, let the pressure release before you open, Check salt and add more if needed. The number of whistles depends on the mutton.
  • Reduce the flame and the drained rice. Mix well
  • Close the pressure cooker, keep the fire to medium, wait one whistle and let the pressure release naturally. This takes approximately 7 minutes.
  • Open the cooker mix well. Biriyani is ready to serveMutton Biriyani
 

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