How to make mutton biryani
Ingredients:
• 1/2 kg Mutton
• 2 Cups basmati rice
• Few flakes garlic
• 3 tsp Coriander powder
• Dried coconut
• 1 Inch stick cinnamon
• 3 Green chillies
• 1 tsp Chilli powder
• 1 Cup onion
• 1 Inch piece ginger
• 1 tsp Poppy seeds
• 3 Cloves, peppercorns and cardamoms
• 1 Cup curd
• 1/2 Cup onion
• 2 Bay leaf
• 8 tbsp Fat
• Salt to taste
How to make Mutton Biryani:
•Clean the meat and cut into pieces. •Soak the meat in curd. •Roast cardamom, cinnamon, peppercorns and powder cloves. Make powder. •Grind ginger, red chillies, green chillies, half the onions, garlic and copra. •Now heat fat in a pan. Add chopped onions and ground spices. •Fry until onions turn golden brown. •Now add meat and fry well. Add poppy seed powder. •Add salt and remaining curd. Cook till meat becomes tender. •Add powdered spices to it and remove from the flame. •Chop remaining onions. Fry them in fat in a separate pan. •Add cloves and bay leaf. •Fry for few minutes and add rice. Fry for another few minutes. •Put salt to taste and make the quantity of water double. •Remove from the flame when rice gets cooked and no moisture is left. •Arrange a part of cooked rice in a pan and sprinkle saffron water over it. •Place the meat over it and cover with rice layer once again. •Garnish with fried onions and nuts. •Mutton Biryani is ready.
Vegetable Biryani
Ingredients :
Basmati Rice 1 cup
Onions medium size 1 cut lengthwise
Tomatoes Big 1 cut lengthwise
Carrots 1/4 cup cut into matchsticks
Beans 1/4 cup cut lengthwise
Peas 1/4 cup
Potato Big 1 cut lengthwise
Ginger-garlic paste
1 tbsp Pudina(Fresh Mint)
1/2 of small Bunch Coriander Leaves
1/2 of small BunchYogurt
1/4 cupsalt & chilli powder Acc to taste.
Dhania Powder 1 Tbsp.
lemon Juice 1 Tbsp
Oil 2 Tbsp
Saffron(optional) few strands soaked in warm milk.
Method: Cook Rice seperately & Cool.
Wash All the veges except Onions & tomatoes.
Marinate the same with Yogurt & ginger-garlic paste
for about an hour.
Heat a fry-pan with Oil , add Onions & fry till translucent.
Add tomatoes, salt & fry till it leaves all the juices.
Add Mint, coriander leaves & cook nicely.
Pour in the marinated mixture,& mix with chili & dhania
Powder.
Cover & cook in low steam till all the veges are tender.
Mix in lemon juice & fry till the moisture is absorbed.
Add Saffron , rice & mix gently .Adjust the seasoning.
Cover & let it sit for a few minutes before serving.
If having an Oven facility Bake the rice in the oven for 30 minutes before serving.