HOW TO MAKE EASY AND SIMPLE MUTTON BIRIYANI AT HOME

Today I will share a simple and easy MUTTON BIRIYANI recipe. Biriyani is a food which light up even the most boring days. Mutton biriyani is one of the favourite food for Indians. It is made with Indian spices, rice and meat. Sometimes uses eggs and potatoes in certain regional varieties. There are two types of BIRIYANI, one is kachhi birayani and other one is Pakki biryani. Kachhi Birayani means mutton is not cooked before layering with rice and pakki biriyani means meat, rice cooked separately and then layered with rice. Here I use goat meat with bone and potatoes. Recipe is here step by step. 

HOW TO MAKE MUTTON BIRIYANI

INGREDIENTS

Mutton - 500 gm ( medium to big size pieces )

Basmati rice - 300 gm

 curd - 100 gm

Onion - 2 medium size

Garlic - 5-6 cloves

Ginger - 1 Inch

Biriyani masala - 2 1/2 tablespoons

Potatoes - 2 ( cut into pieces )

Red chilli powder - 1 tablespoon

Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon

Ghee - 4 tablespoons

Milk - 1/2 cup

Saffron - 1 pinch ( soak in milk )

Rose water - 1/2 teaspoon

Kewra water - 1-2 drops

Salt to taste

FOR BIRIYANI MASALA

Black cardamom - 2 1/2 gm

Green cardamom - 2 1/2 gm

Cinnamon stick - 2 1/2 gm

Clove - 2 1/2 gm

Nutmeg - 2 1/2 gm

Maece - 2 1/2 gm

Sah jeera - 2 1/2 gm

Sah marich - 2 1/2 gm

Kabab chini - 2 1/2 gm

PROCESS

At first wash the mutton and strain well. Now marinate mutton with onion paste, garlic paste, ginger paste ( corasly paste ), curd, salt, chilli powder, turmeric powder. Keep it in refrigerator for 2-3 hours or overnight.

Now take a pan, add all whole hot  spices. Lightly roasted and put in a mixer jar, grind into a fine powder. Keep it aside.

MAKING BIRIYANI RICE

Take basmati rice, wash and let it be soak for 20 minutes. 

Pour water in a pot, heat it. Add 1 teaspoon ghee, salt, 1 clove, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 green cardamom, 1 black cardamom, star anise 1 no. , black pepper seeds 3-4. Add rice and let it come boil. Immediately lower the flame. Cook rice 70% - 80%, do not over cook the rice. Strain the rice and spread it.

Take a pan add oil, heat it. Add potato pieces , fried it. Keep it aside. There after take a pressure cooker, add ghee. Heat it, add marinated MUTTON. Saute well.

Next add 1 - 2 tablespoons BIRIYANI MASALA. Mix it and saute well. When MUTTON colour is dark, add 1/4 cup water. Cover it and give two whistle. Cool down.

Then take a heavy based pot. Make a layer of bayleaves. 

Make a layer of rice , put some Mutton pieces, fried potato pieces, sprinkle one pinch biriyani masala, 1/2 teaspoon ghee. Spread little saffron milk.

Make another layer of rice, put all Mutton pieces. Cover it with another rice layer, sprinkle one pinch biriyani masala, little ghee and spread saffron milk.

Add rose water and kewra water.

Cover the pots and seal it with wheat dough or foil. Make sure there is 1 Inch of space on top of the vessel. Cook it for 45 minutes on low flame.

Your MUTTON BIRIYANI is ready. Serve it with Raita. Enjoy.

USEFUL NOTE

The most important thing for making BIRIYANI is to make the rice well, rice should never be overcooked. If you want , you use eggs.

THANKS FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION!