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Mutton Biryani Recipe
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Mutton Biryani Recipe Hyderabadi Style
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Marination
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 35 mins
 

Mutton Biryani Recipe is one royal Moghul recipes specially carved from Nizams and nawabs of Hyderabad.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Hyderabadi, Indian
Keyword: mutton biryani recipe
Servings: 6
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
  • Mutton – 1 Kg.
  • Basmati Rice – 1 Kg.
  • Oil – required to deep fry onions.
  • Onions – 1 bowl
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp.
  • Salt – 4 tbsp.
  • Kashmiri Red chilli powder – 2 ½ tbsp.
  • Coriander powder – 1 tbsp.
  • Garam masala powder – 1 tbsp.
  • Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbsp.
  • Curd – 1 cup
  • Coriander leaves – ½ cup
  • Mint leaves – ½ cup
  • Lemon – 2 No.
  • Ghee – 2 tbsp.
  • Meat masala – 2 tbsp.
  • Water – required to soak rice.
  • Cinnamon sticks – 7 No.
  • Cloves – 6 No.
  • Green cardamoms – 7 No.
  • Sayajeera – ¾ tbsp.
  • Star anise – 2 No.
  • Bay leaves – 6 No.
Instructions
Marinating or tenderising meat:
  1. To make fried onions, slice them into thin pieces.
  2. Add an adequate quantity of oil and fry onions on low to medium flame till they turn a golden brown colour.
  3. If they are not crisp, squeeze and drain excess oil and transfer them to another plate.
  4. Clean meat and put them in a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle spices and herbs to tenderise meat.
  5. Let’s start adding them, add turmeric powder, garam masala powder, red chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, coriander powder, curd, salt, mint and coriander leaves, fried onions, lemon extract and little ghee.
  6. Mix all ingredients and marinate for an hour with the lid covered and at room temperature.
  7. At the same time, clean and soak rice for 30 minutes by adding adequate water.
Flavouring Basmati Rice:
  1. Add 2 bowls or little more water in a vessel and lit the flame at high temperature.
  2. Put sayajeera, salt, cinnamon sticks, bay leaf, green cardamoms, cloves and oil. Close the lid and bring water to a boil.
  3. Once the water starts boiling add soaked rice and let it cook for a while till they are semi-cooked.
Preparing Layered Mutton Biryani Recipe:
  1. At the same time add oil in a pressure cooker, put green cardamoms, star anise, cinnamon sticks, sayajeera, cloves and bay leaves.
  2. Mix and add sliced onions and sauté for a while.
  3. Add marinated mutton and mix. Cook for 5 minutes without putting pressure cooker lid.
  4. Pour required water based on the quantity and tenderness of the meat.
  5. Pressure cook for 2 whistle blows on high flame if meat is tender or else cook on low to medium flame for 3 whistle blows.
  6. Open the lid when pressure cools down, check the tenderness of the meat, if you feel it needs to cook then cook for some more time.
  7. If it’s cooked, pour the meat mixture into a biryani handi put it on the stove.
  8. At the same time, rice might get cooked, check the status of rice by simply breaking rice grain with fingers.
  9. If rice is cooked, drain starch and put a portion of rice over meat and form the layer of it.
  10. Sprinkle fried onions, mint and coriander leaves as a layer. Repeat this process till the whole rice is layered.
  11. Top rice with little ghee and place the lid and slow cook over low flame for 15-20 minutes till rice is perfectly cooked.

  12. Serve Mutton Biryani Recipe with boiled eggs and raita.

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