Watch Chef Anupa cook some delicious Mutton Biryani with her favourite foodie friend. Don't miss the funBENGALI STYLE MUTTON BIRYANIIngredients800 grams mutton, cut into 1½ inch pieces on bone 1½ cups Basmati rice, soaked for 30 minutes and drainedSalt to taste 1 teaspoon coarse red chilli powder1 teaspoon red chilli powder1 tablespoon chopped garlic 1 inch ginger, finely chopped 1½ teaspoons biryani masala + for sprinkling2½ tablespoons ghee + for drizzling4 cloves4-5 green cardamoms 1½ inch cinnamon5-6 black peppercorns1 black cardamom2 medium onions, sliced 2 bay leaves¼ teaspoon + a pinch turmeric powder 3 small potatoes, peeled4 hardboiled eggs ¾ cup fried onions 2 teaspoons screwpine (kewra) essence2 teaspoons rose essenceMethod1. Boil 6 cups water in a deep non-stick pan. 2. Take mutton pieces in a bowl. Add salt, coarse chilli powder, chilli powder, garlic, ginger, 1½ teaspoons biryani masala and mix well. Set aside to marinate for 1 hour.3. Heat 2 tablespoons ghee in a pressure cooker. Add 2 cloves, 2-3 green cardamoms, 1 inch cinnamon, black cardamom, 5-6 black peppercorns and onions and sauté for 1-2 minutes. Add 1 bay leaf and sauté till the onions turn golden brown. 4. Add ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder to sautéed onion mixture and mix. Add marinated mutton pieces and mix. Add potatoes and mix. Add salt, mix and cook for 5-6 minutes. 5. Add 1 cup water to mutton mixture, mix and cook for 1-2 minutes. Cover and pressure cook on medium heat till 6-7 whistles are released. 6. Add remaining bay leaf, remaining cloves, remaining green cardamoms, remaining broken cinnamon, salt and rice to boiling water, cover and cook till rice is ¾th done. Strain in a colander. 7. Heat ½ tablespoon ghee in a non-stick pan. Add remaining turmeric powder and eggs, swirl and shallow-fry for all sides for 1-2 minutes or till golden brown. Transfer in another bowl.8. Open the lid of the pressure cooker when the pressure is released completely. Place the cooker back on heat and cook till the mutton mixture dries.9. Layer the same deep non-stick pan with 1/3 of the cooked rice. Place 2 shallow-fried eggs and spread 2-3 tablespoons fried onions. Place 2 cooked potatoes from mutton mixture, spread half of cooked mutton mixture and some more cooked rice on top.10. Place remaining cooked potatoes from the mutton mixture, remaining shallow-fried eggs and spread 2-3 tablespoons fried onions. Sprinkle some biryani masala and salt on top. 11. Spread remaining cooked mutton mixture and remaining rice on top. Drizzle some ghee, spread remaining fried onions. Drizzle screwpine essence and rose water on top. Place the pan on heat, cover and cook on low heat for 15-20 minutes. Switch off heat and set aside for 15 minutes.12. Serve hot. Click to Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1h0pGXfCookware by : http://www.wonderchef.inFacebook : http://www.facebook.com/ChefSanjeevKapoorTwitter : https://twitter.com/sanjeevkapoor#sanjeevkapoor
