Mutton Briyani

Directions

• Take 1/2 kg basmathi rice in a vessel. Measure it with a measuring cup and note the quantity. Wash it for 3 to 4 times. Soak it in fresh water for 1 hour.
• Meantime, cut 1/2 kg mutton into medium size pieces, and wash it thorougly. Add turmeric powder while washing.
• Put the mutton in a pressure cooker. Add water till all mutton immerses completely. Add salt as per taste and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder in it.
• Pressure cook it for 5 to 6 whistles. Wait till pressure drops. Transfer half cooked mutton into a seperate bowl along with the water and keep it aside.
• Chop onion, tomato and green chillies.
• Keep the same empty pressure cooker in stove, Slightly heat it till water evaporates. Then add 6 tablespoon of oil and 2 tablespoon of ghee.
• Let it heat for 2 minutes. Add 2 cinnamon pieces, 4 no of cloves, 2 bay leaves, 1/2 teaspoon of fennel seeds and 2 black / green cardomom in it.
• Fry the ingrediants for 1 minute in medium flame. Then add green chillies in it and immediately add onion and continue frying till onion turns golden brown colour.
• Add ginger garlic paste and continue frying till raw smell leaves.
• Add tomato and continue frying for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the half cooked mutton pieces without water. Fry it for another 1 minute.
• Then add spices, i.e., 1 tablespoon of red chilli powder, 1 tablespoon of corriander powder, 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala and 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
• Mix them well and 4 tablespoon of curd. Mix it well again.
• Add salt as per taste. Add curry leaves, corrinder leaves and mint leaves as needed (1/2 of everything).
• For every 1 cup of rice, 1&1/2 cup of water has to be added. If you add 2 cups of rice (for example), then add 3 cups of water.
• While adding water, first add mutton cooked water kept in vessel. Then add normal water if additionally needed as per our measurement.
• Once u finish adding water in the pressure cooker, add soaked basmathi rice without soaked water.
• Close the lid. Keep the stove in medium flame. Pressure cook for 1 whistle.
• Turn off the stove. Wait for 5 minutes. Then manually release the pressure by removing the cooker weight. Wait till complete pressure relases.
• Open the lid. Add remaining curry leaves, corriander leaves and mint leaves. Then mix the briyani gently.
• Delicious Mutton Briyani is ready !
• If necessary, close the pressure cooker using lid. Do not add weight. Wait for another 5 minutes to get better aroma in briyani.