Mutton Briyani

        Mutton briyani

Ingredients:

To boil mutton :

Mutton - 1/2 kg

Red chilli powder - 1/2 tea spoon

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tea spoon

Turmeric powder - 1 tea spoon

Salt - 1 tea spoon

For briyani :

Seeragasamba rice - 1 cup

Onion - 2 big 

Tomato - 2 medium size

Ginger garlic paste - 3 tea spoon

Green chilli - 3-4

Mint leaves - Handful

Chilly powder - 1 tea spoon

Coriander powder - 1 tea spoon

Garam masala - 1 tea spoon

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon

Curd - 2 tea spoons

Coconut milk - 1 cup thick milk

Oil - 3 tea spoons 

Fennel seeds - 1 tea spoon

Cardamom - 3 nos

Patta - half inch 

Lavanga - 4-5 nos

Star anise - 2 nos

Brinji leaf - 2-3 nos

Kalpasi - few (optional) 

Salt - 1-2 tea spoon 

Method:

* In a pressure cooker add mutton, ginger garlic paste,chilli powder, salt n water until the mutton is immersed.

* close the lid in pressurize it for 6-7 whistles to get the soft texture of mutton

* In a cooker add oil add al the spices given 

* Add the chopped onions and let onions turn transparent 

* Add the ginger garlic paste and keep on stirring so that it may not be burnt

* Add green chillies and tomatoes an let the tomatoes turn mushy

* Add the mint leaves 

* Add all the masalas and little salt and mix the masala together

* Add the curd and leave the masala for 2 minutes in a low flame

* Once the masalas all cooked well add the mutton pieces alone and keep the mutton stock

* Let the masalas to bind well

* Add the coconut milk n mutton stock ,for 1 cup rice add 2 cups ( 1 cup coconut milk thick and 1 cup mutton stock/water) 

* Let the water boil well once it starts to boil add the seeragasamba rice and give a stir and check for the salt 

* Close the pressure cook with a plate and above that place a heavy bottomed vessel with water for dum process so tat the rice gets cooked well

* Put the flame in low and allow it to cook for 20 mins , after 20 mins switch off n allow it to rest for 10 mins

*Serve hot with onion,cucumber raita and Enjoy the day 😇. 

Note : Adjust the spices and masalas level according to your taste buds.

Receipe by : Adhilakshmi Rajesh