Recipe: Perfect Brown Rice Mutton Biryani

Brown Rice Mutton Biryani.

You can have Brown Rice Mutton Biryani using 40 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Brown Rice Mutton Biryani

1. You need for of Marination -.
2. Prepare 500 grams of mutton with bones.
3. It's 1/2 cup of yoghurt.
4. You need 1 tbsp. of ginger-garlic paste.
5. It's 1 of small onion, ground.
6. It's to taste of salt.
7. It's 1/2 tsp. of turmeric powder.
8. Prepare 1 tsp. of garam masala powder.
9. It's 1 tbsp. of mustard oil.
10. You need For of Rice -.
11. You need 1 cup of brown Basmati rice, soaked for an hour.
12. Prepare 1 tbsp. of ghee.
13. You need 2 cups of water.
14. You need 1 of " cinnamon stick.
15. It's 2 of star anise.
16. It's 2-3 of green cardamoms.
17. Prepare 4-5 of cloves.
18. You need 2 of bay leaves.
19. It's other of Ingredients -.
20. You need 1-2 tbsp. of oil.
21. It's 2 of small potatoes.
22. You need 1 of onion, sliced.
23. It's 1 tbsp. of ghee.
24. It's 1 " of cinnamon stick.
25. You need 1 of star anise.
26. Prepare 1 of bay leaf.
27. It's 2 of cardamoms.
28. You need 4 of cloves.
29. It's 1/2 of mace.
30. You need For of Toppings -.
31. You need pinch of saffron soaked in 2 tbsp. milk.
32. It's 2 tsp. of lime juice.
33. It's 1 tsp. of kewra water.
34. It's 1 tsp. of dry rose petals.
35. You need 2 tbsp. of chopped mint-coriander leaves.
36. You need 8-10 of cashew nuts.
37. Prepare 1 tbsp. of ghee.
38. It's 8-10 of almonds.
39. It's 1 tsp. of chopped pistachios.
40. It's 1/2 tsp. of garam masala powder.

Brown Rice Mutton Biryani step by step

1. Mutton Curry - Marinate the mutton with all the mentioned ingredients for 2-3 hours or preferably overnight..
2. Heat oil in a pan & fry the onion till golden brown in colour. Keep aside. In the same oil fry the potatoes too till golden brown. Keep aside..
3. Heat 1 tbsp. ghee & temper with bay leaves, cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves, mace and star anise. Add the marinated mutton and cook, covered till the moisture evaporates..
4. Add 1 cup water & the fried potatoes. Pressure cook for 15-20 minutes. Simmer till the gravy turns thick..
5. Heat ghee in a pan & temper with cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, star anise and bay leaf. Add the soaked rice and saute for 2 minutes. Keep aside..
6. Add water & cook for 20 minutes on a low to medium flame. Then switch off the flame and keep it covered for 15 minutes. The rice will be done by now. Fluff it up and keep it aside..
7. In a pressure cooker or any heavy-bottomed pan, spread the cooked mutton followed by the cooked rice..
8. Garnish with all the mentioned ingredients & cover tightly with a lid or an aluminium foil. Cook for 8-10 minutes on a very low flame. When done. keep it covered for 10 minutes more..
9. Serve with raita for a great comfort meal..