MUTTON BIRIYANI

HOW TO MAKE MUTTON BIRIYANI

 Ingredients: 

• Mutton - 1 kg
• Basmati Rice - 3 cups
• Ginger Garlic paste- 3 tsp
• Big Onion (Chopped or sliced) - 3
• Tomato (Chopped) - 3
• Green Chilly - 3 ( Medium size)
• Coriander leaves - 1 small bunch
• Mint leaves - I  (equally small bunch)    
• Coconut Milk - 1 cup
• lemon juice - 2 tsp 
• ghee - 1 tsp
• ​oil - 3 tsp
• salt         

For seasoning:

• Bay leaves - 3
• Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
• cloves -3
• Cardamom -1 or 2
• Fennel seeds - 1 tsp

​Masala:

·         Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp

·         Chilly Powder - 2 tsp

·         Coriander powder - 1 tsp

·         ​Garam masala - 1 tsp

Steps:

1.  Marinate the Mutton pieces with lemon juice and half measure of the given masala (Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp, Chilly powder - 1 tsp, Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp, Garam masala - 1/2 tsp,salt -1 tsp) for minimum half an hour and keep aside.

2.    In Parallel soak the rice with 2 cups of water for minimum half an hour and keep aside.

3.   Finely chop the onion, tomato, green chilly, Coriander leaves and Mint leaves.

4.  Pressure Cook the marinated mutton with 1 tsp of oil and 1/2 cup of water for 3 to 4 whistles.

5.   Now in a big pan add the given seasoning ingredients for 30 secs then add the onion and fry for 2 min until the oil lightly separates then add the ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 mins until the smell goes then add the green chilly, Coriander leaves and Mint leaves after 1 min add the chopped tomatoes.

6.    Cover the pan and let it cook until the tomatoes get smashed then add the pressure cooked mutton with the stock (the cooked water or soup).

7.    Add the remaining masalas and salt with this according to the taste and mix well, let it cook for 2 mins covering the pan.

8.    Now add the rice soaked water and coconut milk with the mix and let it cook for 3 mins. (Preheat the conventional oven at 350̊.)

9.    Finally add the soaked rice and cover the pan for 3 to 5 mins.

   10.Now Transfer the mixure to conventional proof pan and Cover the pan              with foil paper and set the oven time for 10 to 15 mins.

   11. Finally garnish with Coriander leaves.

Note: (Method without Conventional oven)

In step 10 instead of transferring to the oven pan cook in the same stove pan for 5 more minutes in medium heat. Mix the rice carefully with wooden ladle and check for the consistency of the rice frequently.

Marinate the Mutton

Pictorial Representation:

Chopped onion -3

Soak the rice

Chopped Tomatoes -3

Seasoning Ingredients

Masala and Salt

Pressure Cook the Mutton

After seasoning the ingredients add onion and all the chopped ingredients

Add Ginger Garlic paste and Chopped onion

Add the Mutton with the stock and add the remaining masalas

Add soaked rice with water and Coconut milk

When the rice is half cooked transform the mix into Conventional oven pan

Cover the pan with foil paper

Set the oven at 350 for 10 to 15 mins to get the right the texture of the Biriyani as shown above

Nutrition values:

Health Benefits of Mutton:

Mutton contains a lot of vitamins and nutrients needed by the body. It has iron, choline, selenium and vitamin B. Vitamin B itself is useful to health, which helps burn fat. In addition to vitamin B, selenium and choline contained in mutton beneficial to ward off cancer. In every 100 grams of goat meat contains 154 calories, saturated fat 3.6 mg, and 9.2 mg of fat.

But for those of you who have problems with high blood pressure, do not often eat Mutton much because it can lead to hypertension and cholesterol .