Mutton BIRIYANI recipe- Lamb BIRIYANI – Easy meat recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups sliced red Onions
• ¼ cup green chilles slices
• Salt
• Handful of nuts – Almonds and Cashews
• 2 lbs 8 oz bone in Mutton cut in small 1 inch pieces
• 4 tsps each of ginger and garlic paste
• 4 tbsps of Biriyani Masala
• ½ cup yogurt.
• Oil for frying
• 1 -2 Potatoes, sliced
• 4 cups chopped Tomatoes
• 2 tbsps of ghee
• Whole spices - cardamoms green and black, cloves, cinnamon, & star anise

Instructions

1. Soak the saffron in ¼ cup of warm milk
2. Heat some oil and start frying the onions
3. Add ¼ cup green chilles slices
4. Remove golden brown, take half out and leave aside, also remove the chillies
5. Keep browning the rest and they should be getting really dark but not burnt
6. Add some salt to help caramelize the onions
7. Add a handful of almonds & cashew nuts and take them out of the pan and leave aside.
8. Marinate 2 lbs 8 z – over 1 kg of mutton with the juice of a lime, 2 tsps each of ginger and garlic paste, 2 tbsps of Biriyani Masala, Salt and ½ cup yogurt
9. In some hot oil, saute all my meat till you get a bit of color
10. Add 2 tsps each Ginger and Garlic paste and 2 tbsps of Biriyani masala
11. Add the onions and chilies back in
12. Mix everything well together, add 4 cups of chopped Tomatoes and salt to taste, mix again and let this cook for 30 - 45 mins.
13. In the last 2-3 minutes add the half done potatoes to the gravy and leave it aside
14. In a pot heat 2 tbsps of ghee or clarified butter and throw in some whole spices like cardamoms green and black, cloves, cinnamon, & star anise.
15. They will start sizzling, add water to the pot together with salt to taste and bring to the boil.
16. Add the Basmati rice in after it’s been washed and drained and cook for 15 minutes.
17. As soon as you see the water bubble to the top, turn the heat down to low as you only want to cook this rice till it’s half cooked
18. Drain this rice well
19. In an oven proof pot or dish, layer in half of the meat and gravy
20. Follow this with a ½ the rice and drizzle in some of that saffron milk
21. Add another layer of the meat with the potatoes and the final layer of rice
22. Drizzle in the rest of the saffron milk .
23. Cover with the fried onions and nuts we reserved earlier
24. Use a pinch of orange food colouring to the top layer of the Biriyani
25. Add some halved boiled eggs
26. Cover with tin foil and cook in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 – 45 mins
27. Once done, dig in to all those layers and serve
28. Add some fresh coriander and mint leaves and serve this with a side of raita.