Ingredients for Mutton Dum Biryani:
1. Mutton – 1 kg
2. Oil – As required
3. Onions – 4, chopped
Ginger-garlic paste – 2 big spoons
Green chillies – 15, chopped
4. Tomato – 2, chopped
Coriander leaves – A handful, chopped
5. Garam masala powder – 2 small spoons
Salt – For taste
6. Kaima rice (Small type rice used for biryani) – 1 kg
7. Oil – 2 big spoons
Ghee – 2 big spoons
8. Onions – 1, sliced thin
9. Coriander leaves – A handful
How to prepare Mutton Dum Biryani?
1. Clean mutton and cut it into pieces.
2. Heat oil and sauté onions and ginger-garlic paste.
3. Add tomatoes and coriander leaves and sauté again.
4. Add garam masala powder and salt and mix well.
5. Sauté the contents, add mutton and cook till it is done.
6. Wash rice and strain excess water.
7. Boil water in the ratio 1 ¾ cup of water for 1 cup of rice.
8. Heat oil and ghee and fry onions till they turn brown.
9. Remove it from the oil and mix it with coriander leaves.
10. In the remaining oil, add rice and fry for a while.
11. Add the boiled water (already measured) along with salt and cook the rice.
12. Water content should be fully absorbed.
13. In a thick-bottomed urli, apply a thin layer of ghee.
14. Sprinkle 1/3rd of fried onion-coriander leaf mixture, followed by mutton masala.
15. Add half of the remaining fried onion-coriander leaf mixture and spread rice on top.
16. Sprinkle the remaining fried onion-coriander leaf mixture, and tightly close the lid.
17. Place this urli on a tawa and cook in a low flame for 10 minutes.
18. Switch off the flame and allow it to dum in the steam for a few more minutes.
19. Serve hot with raita, pappadam and pickle of your choice.
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine July 9-22, 2022
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