Kachi Gosht ki Biryani / Hyderabad Mutton Biryani

Ingredients:

1. Mutton pieces – 300 gm
2. Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
     Salt – as needed
     Papaya paste –  2 big spoons
    Chilli powder – 2 tsp
3. Basmati rice – 150 gm
4. Green chillies sliced – 2 small spoons
    Puthina leaves chopped – 4 big spoons
    Curd – 4 big spoons
    Onions fried golden brown – 3 big spoons
    Garam masala ( bay leaf, cinnamon, pepper, green cardamom ) – 4 small spoons
    Sha jeerakam – 1 tsp
5. Milk – 2 big spoons
6. Saffron – 1 pinch
7. Ghee – 4 big spoons
8. Flour – as needed

How to prepare:

1. Pre-heat oven 200 degree Celsius.
2. Marinate mutton with ingredients listed under 2. keep it for 1.5 hours
3. Mix all the contents listed under 4 with chicken pieces.
4. Add 1/4 cup boiled water and cook it well with closed lid.
5. Wash rice and soak it for some time.
6. Boil water and add rice along with salt and garam masala items as whole. Drain excess water when it’s cooked.
7. Spread chicken pieces in a plate and pour rice on its top.
8. Mix saffron in milk and sprinkle on top of rice.
9. Pour ghee on its top.
10. Tightly close the lid and apply flour in the gap to avoid the escape of moisture and aroma.
11. Bake in 200 degrees for 15 minutes and in 150 degrees for 15 minutes.
12. Decorate with coriander leaves and fried onions and serve hot