Spicy delicious Biryani, Pulao’s are my all time favorite. There’s never been a weekend without homemade Mutton/Chicken biryani and it’s a bliss to enjoy the super delicious aroma and taste. Here is yet another traditional mutton biryani recipe that can be prepared in a jiffy. This quick one pot meal is very simple to prepare and not at all complicated. The tricky part is to cook the mutton perfectly. The marinated mutton chunks should be cooked soft and mouth melting in the biryani. Check out the easy and simple mutton biryani recipe here…
Ingredients
To Marinate:
Mutton pieces - ½ kg
Turmeric pwd - ¼ tsp
Red chilly pwd -1 tsp
Yoghurt - 2 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste- ½ tsp
Salt to taste
To Prepare Biryani:
Basmati rice - 2 cups
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Bay leaf -1
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Cardamom - 1
Cloves - 3
Saunf - ½ tsp
Cinnamon - 1
Marathi moggu - 1
Onion - 2
Green chilly - 2 or 3
Ginger garlic paste- 1 tbsp
Tomato - 2
Garam masala pwd- ½ tsp
Biryani masala pwd- 1 tsp
Chopped coriander and mint leaves - 1 cup
Yoghurt - 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
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Instructions
1.
Wash and chop mutton to bite sized pieces
2.
Prepare a marinade with red chilly pwd, turmeric pwd, yoghurt, ginger garlic paste and salt
3.
Add mutton pieces and mix well, so that the pieces are completely coated in the masala
4.
Allow to marinate for 1 hour
5.
Now take the marinated mutton pieces in pressure pan
6.
Add ½ cup of water and cook till mutton is done
7.
Keep aside
8.
Wash and soak basmati rice for 10 mins
9.
Drain the water and set aside
10.
Heat a thick bottomed wide pan / pressure cooker
11.
Heat ghee & oil in medium flame
12.
Add bay leaf, cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, saunf, cinnamon and Marathi moggu
13.
Saute for a minute
14.
Add sliced onions and green chilly
15.
Toss until the onions are light brown
16.
Add ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell disappears
17.
Add in tomatoes and cook till it turns mushy
18.
Add the cooked mutton along with the juices /masala
19.
Add garam masala pwd and biryani masala pwd
20.
Mix well
21.
Taste and adjust salt and seasonings
22.
Toss freshly chopped coriander and mint leaves
23.
Add 2 tbsp of yoghurt and mix
24.
Add in the drained basmati rice
25.
Mix gently so that the rice doesn’t break
26.
Cover the cooker and cook in high flame till one whistle
27.
Now turn the flame to low and allow to cook for 5 to 7 minutes
28.
Turn off the flame
29.
Wait till the pressure goes off
30.
Open the lid and enjoy the tempting aroma of mutton biryani
31.
Fluff it gently
32.
Lipsmacking tasty Mutton Biryani is ready