Delectable mutton biryani 

Did you know that sour curd enhances the flavour, and adding just a little bit of saffron with milk takes the mutton biryani to the next level of deliciousness?

Ingredients: 

½ kg mutton ½ kg sour curd4 tomatoes (crushed)2 potatoes1 tspn Ginger garlic paste1 tspn dhania jeera powder½ tsp red chilli powder½ tsp turmericfinely chopped coriander and mint Garam masala (in addition, 5 small illaichi)½ lemon ½ kg onion2 cups oil½ kg rice (approx 2 mugs) ½ cup milk A few strands of kesar

Method: 

1. Clean and wash the mutton.

2. Marinate it in a mixture of crushed tomatoes, ginger garlic, dhania jeera, red chilli powder, haldi, kothmir, phudina, garam masala, curd and lemon.

3. Heat oil in a pan and fry potatoes cut into cubes.

4. Cut onions into slices and deep fry them. Then crush the fried onions to make a paste

5. In one cup oil sauté the onion paste and add the mutton mixture.  Let it cook on low flame.

6. Half cook the rice separately.

7. Once the mutton is cooked, add the rice on top and let both cook on low flame (dum).

8. Mix kesar with milk and spread this mixture on the rice.

9. Now let the rice cook on low flame for 20 minutes with a closed lid.

 **Garam masala: (black and white peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon, black and white cumin seeds, black, brown, and green cardamom pods)

Recipe Courtesy: Mrs. Zahabia Motorwala, Home maker, Mumbai

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