How to Cook Yummy Hyderabadi Mutton Biryani

Hyderabadi Mutton Biryani.

You can cook Hyderabadi Mutton Biryani using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Hyderabadi Mutton Biryani

1. It's 500 gms of Mutton pieces (on bones).
2. It's 400 gms of Basmati rice, soaked in water for 30 minutes.
3. You need 1 tbsp. of ginger-garlic paste.
4. It's 1 tbsp. of green chillies, chopped.
5. It's 1/2 cup of yoghurt.
6. You need 1/2 cup of ghee (clarified butter).
7. It's 1 tsp. of garam masala powder.
8. You need 2 of bay leaves.
9. It's 3/4 cup of mint leaves, chopped.
10. You need 3/4 cup of coriander leaves chopped.
11. It's to taste of salt.
12. Prepare 1 tsp. of shahjeera.
13. It's 2 tbsp. of lime juice.
14. Prepare 3/4 cup of fried onions.
15. It's pinch of saffron soaked in 1/4 cup of milk.
16. You need 1" of stick cinnamon.
17. You need 3-4 of cardamoms.
18. You need 5-6 of cloves.
19. Prepare 1 of star anise.
20. You need 1 of blade of mace.

Hyderabadi Mutton Biryani step by step

1. Marinate the mutton with ginger-garlic paste, green chillies, yoghurt, ghee, garam masala powder, bay leaves, 1/2 cup mint leaves. 1/2 cup coriander leaves, salt, shahjeera, lime juice and 1/2 cup fried onions for 30 minutes..
2. Boil water in a pan along with the cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, star anise and mace. Add the soaked and drained Basmati rice and cook for only 50 percent. Drain and keep aside..
3. Take a heavy bottomed pan or pressure cooker. Layer it first with the marinated mutton. Top it with the drained rice, followed with the remaining mint, coriander leaves, fried onions and the saffron milk..
4. Cover with an aluminum foil and cook on high heat for 5 minutes. Then place the cooker on a Tawa (griddle) and cook on a low flame for 30 minutes. Let it remain covered for 15-20 minutes. Voila, your Mutton Biryani is ready to be served with Raita of your choice..