Name: Vellore Mutton Biryani recipe by Nilofar abulhasan at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Jeera chambha rice 1kg; Mutton 1Kg; Onions chopped 250gms; Tomatoes chopped 250gms; Oil 1 cup; Corriander leaves 1 handful; Mint leaves 1 handful; Green chillies 10; Cardamoms 6; Cloves 6; Cinnamon 2 sticks; Ginger paste 2 tbsp; Garlic paste 2 tbsp; Red chilli powder 1tbsp; Curd 100 gms; Lemon juice 2 tbsp; Water 1 cup; Salt to taste; Ghee 2 tbsp

Ingredients Serving: 6

Jeera chambha rice 1kg
Mutton 1Kg
Onions chopped 250gms
Tomatoes chopped 250gms
Oil 1 cup
Corriander leaves 1 handful
Mint leaves 1 handful
Green chillies 10
Cardamoms 6
Cloves 6
Cinnamon 2 sticks
Ginger paste 2 tbsp
Garlic paste 2 tbsp
Red chilli powder 1tbsp
Curd 100 gms
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Water 1 cup
Salt to taste
Ghee 2 tbsp

Instructions

Take a deep bottomed vessel and put over the stove. Now light the fire and add oil to the vessel when it is hot
Now add cardamom cloves and cinnamon to it and fry nicely
Now add onions to it and fry till golden brown
Now add ginger garlic paste and saute well till the raw smell goes away
Now add corriander and mint leaves and mix well
Now add green chillies and chilli powder
Now add mutton pieces and curd together and mix well so that the curd mix with every mutton pieces. This process will give mutton a very nice pink colour even after cooking
Now add tomatoes and mix well till it is mashed well and the raw smell goes off
Now add water and salt to it and close the lid so that the mutton cooks well
Mean while take another vessel with water in it and keep it for boilling add salt to it
When the water gets boiled add rice to it and make sure it is cooked till 85%
Now drain the rice and keep aside
Now add rice to the mutton mixture if the mutton is cooked and mix slightly .make sure that the rice doesn't break
Now add ghee on the top and cover with a foil paper or a clothe to give a perfect dum
Dum the biryani for 15mins in low flame and keep aside
Break the dum after 10 mins and serve with baigan khata and raita
Enjoy with your family

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