Mutton Biryani

Ingredients

• 500 gm mutton
• 1 cup onion
• 1 inch piece ginger
• a few flakes garlic
• 3 tsp coriander powder
• 3 green chillies
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• ? cup dried coconut
• 1 tsp poppy seeds
• 2-3 cloves, cardamom, peppercorns
• 1 inch stick cinnamon
• 1 cup curds
• salt to taste
• 3 tbsp fat

Other ingredients

Rice

• 2 cups pulao rice
• 1/2 cup onion
• 2-3 cloves
• 1 inch piece cinnamon
• 2-3 cardamom
• 2-3 bay leaf
• Salt to taste
• 5 tbsp fat

Method:

• Clean and cut meat. Soak in curd.
• Roast and powder cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and peppercorns.
• Grind together red chillies half the onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies and copra. Heat fat.
• Add sliced onions. Add ground spices and fry.
• Add meat. fry well. Add ground poppy seeds.
• Add remaining curds and salt and cook gently till meat is tender.
• Add powdered spices. Remove from fire.

For the Rice

• Slice onions. Heat fat. Fry onions and remove. Add spices.
• When they crackle, add rice and fry for a few minutes longer.
• Add salt and double the quantity of hot water.
• When rice is cooked and all moisture has evaporated, remove from fire.

For the Biryani

• Make a layer of rice in a pan, sprinkle with saffron water, place meat layer over it and again cover with rice.
• Serve hot, garnished with fried onions and fried nuts.