Sunday, July 22, 2012

Hyderabadi Mutton Biriyani

This is a "layered mutton biriyani".Reference from vah-reh video and tips from my hubby..:).It came out well.......

Ingredients:

  • Mutton-1/2 kg
  • Basmathi rice-2 cup
  • Onion-1(big)
  • Green chilly-4
  • Biriyani masala-1+1 tspoon 
  • Garam masala(bay leaf,cardamom,cinnamon,cloves)-each a pinch
  • Cumin seeds-1 tspoon
  • Black pepper-2 pinch
  • Pepper powder-2 tspoon
  • Yogurt-2 tspoon
  • Ginger garlic paste-2 tspoon
  • Chilly powder-2 + 1 tspoon 
  • Coriander powder-1&1/2 tspoon
  • Turmeric powder-1 tspoon
  • Coriander leaf-3 pinch
  • Mint leaf-3 pinch
  • Ghee/Oil-2+1 tspoon
  • Fried onion-1 fistfull
  • Salt to taste

Preparation:

(1) Wash and clean mutton. Marinate it with biriyani masala, ginger garlic paste, chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt and yogurt for 1 to 2 hours.

(3) After marination boil mutton for 4 whistles. Keep it aside.

(4) Cook basmathi rice to 50% (half cook) in water along with cumin seeds and little salt. Keep it aside.

(5) Mean while chop onion, green chillies, mint leaves and coriander leaves. Also take 1 fist-full of fried onion (available in market) and keep aside.

(6) Heat ghee in a pan.Add garam masalas(see above) one by one. Saute till a nice aroma arose.Then add chopped onion.Once color changes add green chillies. Stir well til onion changes brownish. Again add biriyani masala, chilly powder and coriander powder. Stir well. Add fried onion (1/2 fist-full). Mix it. Finally add 1 pinch of mint leaves and coriander leaves. Switch off the flame and keep this masala aside.

(7) Take a tray. Spread ghee to its bottom. Make layers as shown in below steps.
(a) Add one layer of rice to the lower level followed by mutton pieces. Spread some drained water over the rice which we already kept aside.

(b) Again add one layer of prepared masala followed by remaining rice.Spread some drained water from mutton which we already kept aside.

(c) To this add a layer of fried onions (1/2 fist-full) followed by 2 pinch of coriander leaves and mint leaves.

(d) Cover the tray tightly with a foil paper.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the tray inside the oven and boil it for another 40 minutes.Now rice will be cooked completely.

(7) Take out the tray and mix all the contents.  Now hyderabadi mutton biriyani is ready.Have it with Raita (CLICK HERE to see the preparation of Raita).

Tips:

  • U can also cook this without oven. Place a tawa (dosa making utensil) over the stove and keep this biriyani ingredients(as layers given above) in a tightly closed vessel above the tawa for 2 hrs in low heat.


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