HYDERABADI MUTTON DUM BIRYANI

Prep Time : 25 mins

 Cooking Time : 60 mins 

Serve : 2

 INGREDIENTS

 Mutton - 250 gms

 Clarified butter - 4 tbsp

 Cloves - 3 - 4

 Green cardamom - 4

 Black cardamom - 2

 Mace - one piece

 Black pepper - 4 - 5 

Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp

 Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp

 Sliced onion - 1

 Fried onion - 1/2 cup

 Curd - 2 tbsp 

Salt - to taste

 Half done rice - 1 cup

 Kevra water - 1 tbsp

 Saffron - few strands

 Milk - 1/4 cup 

Green chilly - 2 cut in slit

 Green coriander leaves - 1 tbsp

 Mint leaves - 1 tbsp

 METHOD

 Heat clarified butter in a pan

. Add whole garam masala and fry for a few seconds.

 Add sliced onion and mutton pieces and saute for 4 - 5 mins.

 Add ginger garlic paste and salt and mix well.

 Add water and cook in a low flame for 50 mins.

 Soak rice for half an hour and strain it Bring the water to boil,add green chilly,cumin seeds,one tbsp clarified butter,salt and rice make half done rice

 Soak the saffron in hot milk.

 Heat the pan add saffron milk.

 Evenly spread the half done rice and fried onion,coriander and mint leaves and mutton to form at least two layer. 

Add cinnamon powder and cover the lid Tightly cover the pan and cook 7 - 8 mins. 

Add kevra water and fried onion before serving.