Mutton Biryani - 3 ( my style)

Set 1 ingredient:

Basmati Rice - 5 cups -soak for 1 hr before cooking  

Set 2 ingredients:

Mutton – 2 lb

Onion – 2M chopped

Tomato – 4 chopped ( big round ones) ( if you are using Roma tomatoes use 3)

Green Chili– 3

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp

Curd – 1 cup

Mint – 1 bunch (1/2 bunch in curry and 1/2 bunch in biryani)

Coriander leaves – 1 bunch (1/2 bunch in curry and 1/2 bunch in biryani)

Set 3 ingredients:

Ghee – 4 tbsp

Zeera / shahi zeera – 1tsp

Lemon  - 1/2 juice

Dry spices:

Red chili powder - 1.5 tsp

Salt - 1 tsp or to taste

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp 9 (optional)

Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)

Shan Biryani masala - 4-5 tsp

Shan meat masala - 1 tsp

Whole dry garam masala:

Cinnamon - 2 inch broken

Cloves - 5

Green Cardamom - 4

Badi brown Cardamom - 2

Bay leaf - 2 big leaf

Pepper seeds -10

Shahi jeera - 1 tsp

Making curry base:

1. Heat oil  in a cooker, add whole dry garam masala spices

2. Now add onion, green chili and fry till light golden brown

3. Now add mutton and fry well until the water is dried up.

4. Now add ginger garlic paste n fry for 2 mins.

5. Now add dry spices and mix well.

6. Now add tomato and curd and mix well

7. Now add mint and coriander leaves and mix well and cook for 2 mins

8. Now add 1/2 or 1 cup water check the salt and give 5 whistles and switch off the flame.

9. Take the lid off once the pressure is out

10. If you feel the gravy is very water, put the cooker back on low flame with no lid and let the curry simmer for 5-10 mins and switch off the stove.

Making Biryani:

1.Heat ghee a big dish to make biryani.

2. Now add shahi jeera and add cooked mutton pieces on the base

3. Now add soaked basmati rice, lemon juice, mint, and coriander leaves, green chili and sprinkle meat masala.

4. Before adding water to biryani, measure your mutton gravy with the same cup you used for measuring rice

5. Now for 4 cups of biryani we need  7 cups of water (1 cup rice = 1 and 1/4 cup water )

6. Now add measured biryani gravy ( I had 4 cups of gravy so I took 3 cups of water)

7. Now add lemon juice Check the salt and close the lid and cook on a medium flame for 10 mins.

8. Now keep the flame on low and cook for 15 mins and switch off.

9. Serve with raita and dalcha