Ingredients needed to make Ambur Mutton Biriyani:
1kg Mutton
4cup Jeera Rice, washed and soaked in Water for 30mins
4-5 Onion, thinly sliced
4-5 Tomato, diced
5tbsp Ginger, paste or finely chopped
5tbsp Garlic, paste or finely chopped
1/2cup Yogurt
1stick Cinnamon
4-5 Cloves
5 Cardamom
Salt
8cup Boiling Water
Coriander Leaves
Mint Leaves
Method:
Soak Kashmiri Chilli in some warm Water for around 30mins.
Using a grinder or blender, grind Chilli into smooth paste.
Keep it aside.
Heat some Oil in a pan and add Whole Spices ( Cinnamon, Cloves and Cardamom ).
Carefully add 1 handfull of sliced Onion.
Saute until Onion turns golden brown in color.
Add Ginger paste and saute until Ginger is fully roasted.
Add Garlic paste and saute until Garlic is fully roasted.
Into that add Kashmiri Chilli paste, saute for few mins or until raw smell of Chilli is gone.
Add Mutton, rest of sliced Onion, Tomato, Yogurt and Salt.
Mix everything well.
Cook until Mutton is fully cooked through.
For easy or faster way of cooking meat, use Pressure cooker.
Makesure Mutton is fully cooked through.
Carefully pour in boiling Water, taste the liquid and if needed add Salt.
Allow Water to boil, carefully sprinkle Coriander and Mint Leaves.
Add washed and soaked Jeera Rice.
Mix everything well.
Allow Water and Rice to boil together, when Water and Rice boils and reduces to same level.
Cover the pan using a tight lid, and wait for few mins for the steam to build up inside the pan.
Turn OFF the Flame and allow Rice to cook in that steam.
Wait for 15-20mins.
After 20mins, carefully open the lid and fluff up the Rice using a fork.
Serve Ambur Mutton Biriyani with Raita.
Enjoy!!!