Kerala Biryani Recipes
Mutton Biriyani Recipe
Ingredients:
- Mutton - ½ kg
- Basmati rice - 2 ½ cups
- Onion medium size (chopped) - 6 nos
- Tomato medium size (chopped) - 3 nos
- Garlic - 2 1/2 tps
- Ginger - 2 1/2 tbsp
- Green chilly paste - 2 tbsp
- Garam masala powder - 1 tbsp
- Yogurt - 4 tps
- Coriander leaves - 1 cup
- Mint leaves - ¾ cup
- Ghee - ½ cup
- Limejuice - 4 tbsp
- Chilly powder - 1 tps
- Turmeric powder - ¼ tps
- Coriander powder - 1 tps
Preparation:
- Heat Ghee in a pan. Sauté onions till golden brown. Add garlic-ginger-green chilly paste. Fry for two minutes. Put chopped tomatoes, chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, mint leaves and coriander leaves into this. Sauté for a few minutes till the masala becomes thick. Add cut and cleaned mutton pieces and stir. Pour little water [if required] and mix. Cook till mutton is done. Add yogurt.
- Boil water. Add enough salt, a pinch of turmeric powder, 2 cardamoms, 3 small pieces of cinnamon, 2 cloves, and 1 spoon ghee into this. Cook rice until it is done and drain. Take care the rice not to be sticky.
- Heat a vessel. Pour a little of ghee. Put a little of cooked rice and spread 1 teaspoon of limejuice over it.
- Put one layer of the mutton masala above it and repeat the process till the rice and masala are over. Close the lid tightly and heat on a low flame for about 10 minutes. Mix before serve. Serve with yogurt and cocunut-pudina chutney and pickle.
Coconut pudina chutney:
- Coconut grated - 1 cup
- Small onions - 5
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
- Mint leaves - 6 leaves
- Curry leaves - a few
- Green chilies - 2
- Salt - to taste
- Juice of lemon - 1
Grind all the above things except limejuice. Mix limejuice to the ground chutney.
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