Biryani Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4 Cloves
• 4 tbsp Oil
• 3 tsp Ghee
• ½ cup Curd
• 750 gms Mutton
• 2 Cinnamon sticks
• 1 tsp Chilli powder
• 6 Black Cardamoms
• 2 cups Basmati Rice
• Salt according to taste
• 2 tbsp Ginger, chopped
• A pinch of Mace powder
• 2 Onions, finely chopped
• 2 tbsp Mint leaves, chopped
• A pinch of Kesar, soaked & crushed in a little milk

Method:

1. Boil rice in plenty of water until just tender but not fully cooked. Drain & keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan. Add cinnamon, black cardamoms & cloves. Sauté onions until light brown.
3. Add the mutton & sauté until golden brown.
4. Add salt, chilli powder and curd. Add 3 cups of water and simmer until the mutton is almost cooked.
5. Remove the cooked mutton from the gravy & spread in an ovenproof dish. Sprinkle half the cream, mint, ginger & mace powder over the meat.
6. Place half of the rice over the mutton. Sprinkle the strained mutton gravy, rest of the cream, melted ghee & kesar over the rice.
7. Place rest of the rice on top. Cover the dish with a tight fitting lid & seal the sides.
8. Place in a hot oven for 15-20 minutes. Remove & serve piping hot.