Among non-vegetarian biryani recipes of North Indian cuisine, Mutton Biryani is common. Here is an easy recipe for North Indian Mutton Biryani.

North Indian Mutton Biryani recipe

Ingredients for North Indian Mutton Biryani:

  1. Basmati rice – 1 kg
  2. Onion sliced thin – 750 gm
  3. Mutton – 1 kg
  4. Curd – ½ cup
  5. White vinegar – 2 big spoons
  6. Ginger ground without adding water – 2 big spoons
  7. Garlic ground without adding water – 2 big spoons
  8. Green chillies crushed – 3
  9. Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  10. Chilli powder – 2 tsp
  11. Coriander powder – 2 tsp
  12. Cloves – 10
  13. Cardamom – 10
  14. Cinnamon – 3
  15. Cumin seeds – 2 tsp
  16. Salt – as needed
  17. Star animates – 1 piece
  18. Tomato chopped into small pieces – 2
  19. Sugar – 1 tsp
  20. Potato cut into big pieces – 1
  21. Ghee – 4 big spoons
  22. Cooking oil – As needed

Method of preparation of  North Indian Mutton Biryani:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 175 degrees Celsius
  2. Wash rice and soak it for half an hour
  3. Heat oil and fry onions till dark brown.
  4. Take half of those onions and keep separately.
  5. Marinate the chicken with all the ingredients except ghee and cardamom, and the remaining half of the fried onions. Keep it for some time.
  6. Heat oil in a pan and add the above mixture till it becomes red. Remove potato pieces and cook chicken in a pressure cooker, adding a little hot water.
  7. Half-cook rice by adding double the quantity of water, salt and cardamom. Drain water and keep it aside.
  8. Take a plate, apply ghee and add a layer of rice.
  9. Add a layer of chicken mixed with potato.
  10. Continue the process till whole rice and chicken are beautifully layered. Rice should form the top layer.
  11. Make small pits on the top of the rice here and there with a spoon and add ghee. Close it tightly with a lid and use any flour mixture in the fissure to make it fully sealed.
  12. Place a dish with hot water on the top and bake your North Indian Mutton Biryani in a preheated oven for half an hour. 

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