Mutton Biryani - New Year Special

Cook the mutton in the pressure cooker with salt and little water.

For 2 cups of basmati rice, we need 2 medium sized onions, 4 green chillies and 2 teaspoonful ginger garlic paste, whole garam masala( 4 elachi, 4 cloves, 2 pieces of cinnamon stick, bay leaf etc), 1/2 teaspoonful garam masala, dhania leaves, mint leaves(if available) and juice of 1 lime.

Soak the basmati rice for 10 minutes. (not more than this)

Pour oil in a pressure cooker, add the whole garam masala, add the cut green chillies, onion, fry till golden brown, add ginger garlic paste fry nicely. Now add the cut mint and thania leaves. Now measure the water in the mutton and then pour the mutton alongwith the soup. If the rice is 2 cups then the water we add should be 3 cups. (1 and 1/2 cup of water for each cup of rice)Add the lime juice , add the garam masala powder, salt. when the water boils add the rice . If it is prestige pressure cooker put off the stove after a whistle and 2 minutes, but if it is Hawkins keep it for 1 whistle and 5 minutes.

Make raitha which will go well with biriyani.

Happy making and eating biriyani.

Wish you a happy and prosperous new year.

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m.I.m

Recipe: RM

POHA (Beaten rice) UPPAMA

Ingredients

Beaten rice (poha) 1 cup, green chillies 4 nos, a piece of ginger crushed, 2 medium size onions cut small, a pinch of asafetida, ¼ teaspoonful turmeric, ½ lime, curry leaves, two medium size potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed, salt., oil and cut dhania leaves.

Preparation

Sprinkle water on poha and keep it aside covered for 10 minutes. (the poha should not become too soggy) Put oil in a kadai, season it with mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add cut onions, sauté, add crushed ginger and cut green chillies, sauté nicely. Add turmeric powder, asafetida, lime juice of ½ lime and salt. Now add the mashed potato and mix thoroughly. Finally add the soaked poha and keep it on low flame for 5 minutes and stir occasionally so that the poha and the potato gets mixed nicely. Now add cut dhania leaves. The poha uppama serves as the morning break fast and it is quite filling as well as tasty.

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Recipe: RM

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