MALABAR MUTTON DUM BIRIYANI / KERALA MUTTON BIRIYANI

MUTTON BIRYANI RECIPE

Yet another Malabar delicacy which is known for its taste and flavor. Here lamb or mutton is cooked with little spices and then sauteed along with the onion gravy, the traditional way of making lamb biryani.  The stock water after cooking mutton is used for cooking rice which makes this biryani a drooling taste. Hope you all give this lamb recipe a try.

INGREDIENTS

For  mutton marination

Mutton                                        - 1 kg

Ginger ,garlic,green chili paste - 3 tbsp (green chili- 5 nos)

Coriander powder                      - 2 tsp

Turmeric powder                        - 1 tsp

Chili powder                               - 1 tsp

Curd                                            - 1/2 cup

Fennel seed powder                    - 1 tsp

Garam masala powder                - 1/2 tsp

Lemon juice                                  -1 tsp

Curry leaves

Coriander leaves

Mint leaves

Salt

For Biriyani rice

 Biriyani rice                  -500 g

Chopped carrot             -half of a carrot

Cinnamon                      -4 nos

Cardomom                    -5 nos

Cloves                            -4 nos

Vinegar                         -1 tsp

Mutton stock (water drained after cooking mutton)

Curry leaves

Salt

Oil

For Biriyani masala

Ghee                              -4 tbsp

Cinnamon, cardamom,

cloves, nutmeg              -as per requirement

Onion                            -6 nos(small), sliced

Tomato                         -2 nos(small), sliced

Salt

Mint leaves 

Coriander leaves

PREPARATION

• Marinate the mutton with all the ingredients, as above given for the marination.  Keep it refrigerated for 2 hours.
• Then put the mutton in a cooker and pressure cook it for 3 whistles.
• When it is done and the pressure settled down, open the lid and drain the water to a bowl and keep a half cup of the stock water separately. 
• Keep aside the mutton and water in a separate bowl.
• Now the next step is boiling the rice. So take a vessel and add the stock water drained from cooked mutton (water must be more than double the amount of rice. so u can add extra normal water if the stock is not enough.
• Bring to boil.
• Put chopped carrot, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves.
• When the water starts boiling, put some curry leaves and add enough salt.
• Now put the cleaned rice to it.
• When it starts boiling, add vinegar and 1 tbsp oil to it and close the lid.
• Cook till the rice is half done.
• Now drain the water in the rice and keep the rice aside in a colander.
• Again heat ghee in a deep bottomed vessel.
• Add the garam masala's and add onion.
• Saute onion till brown and then add tomato.
• Saute well, when done add the cooked mutton along with half cup of stock and close the lid.
• Allow it to cook for few minutes and then open the lid and again cook for another 5 minutes to get a thick gravy.
• Now add salt, mint and coriander leaves. Mix well. 
• Make the flame to medium low.
• Now drop some boiled rice over the masala, then spread chopped coriander leaves and some drops of ghee. Again layer the rice and repeat it. This process is called Dum.
• Finally, garnish with coriander leaves and spread some ghee on the top evenly.
• Close the lid tightly and can keep some weight over the vessel (optional). Or can close all the ends of the vessels with maida (All purpose flour) dough.
• Allow it to cook on very low flame for 30 minutes.
• While serving garnish with fried cashews ,raisins, and fried onion.