Mutton Biryani is my all time favourite recipe. The dish which is done in times of festivals or a good treat for guests. I usually prepare briyani when we have a get together. It’s being a simple, easy, delicious and time saving recipe.

Mutton Biryani – TamilNadu Style

Ingredients:

• Mutton – 1 Kg
• Long grain (Basmathi) rice – 4 cups
• Big onions – 4 nos
• Green chillies – 2 nos
• Garlic – 6 cloves
• Ginger – 2inch stick
• Cloves – 3 nos
• Cardamom – 3 nos
• Cinnamon – 1 stick
• Bay leaf – 1 no
• Star anise – 2 no
• Coriander leaves – a handful
• Mint leaves – a handful
• Ghee / Clarified butter – 3 tbsp
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Curd – 1 cup
• Chilli powder – 3 tsp
• Coriander powder – 4 tsp
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Salt to taste

Making of Mutton Biryani –

Preparation:

• Finely chop onions, coriander and mint leaves.
• Pound ginger and garlic. Slit green chillies.
• Heat ghee and oil in a kadai or pressure cooker.
• Put cloves, cinnamon, star anise, bay leaf, cardamom and fry for a minute.
• Put green chillies and then ginger, garlic and then fry them till the raw smell goes off.
• Put coriander and mint leaves and fry them till they change the colour.
• Put onions and fry them till they become transparent.
• Grind coconut and poppy seeds with a cup of water and strain the water. Keep it aside.
• Put the mutton and fry them for 5 mins.
• Put chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt.
• Fry them till the mutton become dark in colour.
• Pour curd/yogurt and mix them well. Wait for 5 mins.
• Cover with the lid and wait till the mutton gets 75% cooked.
• Wash and rinse the rice and put them along with the mutton and add required amount of salt. Stir in well.
• Again cover with the lid and cook till its done or pressure cook them.
• Remove the lid and stir it well.

Serve hot with onion raita.

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