This recipe is so simple and it can be made in 30 mins. We take this recipe to almost all the potluck. Infact once when i was in India,my husband made this for his office potluck, its that simple. Ingredients potato - 800g turmeric powder-1/4 tsp chilli powder-2 tsp salt oil
Wash,peel and cut the potatoes in to small pieces
Place the potatoes in a non stick pan ,add enough oil so all the potatoes are coated in oil
In a medium flame ,keep turning the potatoes so all the side are roasted.
Once the potatoes are done add salt accordingly.
After couple of minutes add turmeric powder and mix.
Keep turning until the smell of turmeric powder is gone.
Atlast add the chillipowder and mix well.Switch off.
This is a tamilnadu style mutton biryani. I cooked it in a pressure cooker and used seeraga samba rice(kali jeera) ,you can also use basmati rice for this.I have included step-by -step pics for this recipe. Note : Caramelize the onions,tastier the biryani.
Ingredients Mutton - 500g Seeraga samba rice- 3cups(rice cooker cup) onion- 1 (large size sliced thin) tomato -1 (medium size chopped) cashew-10 (spilt) green chili-6 cloves-4 cinnamon -1 stick bay leaf-4 ginger garlic paste-2 tbsp mint leaves-handful chopped coriander leaves-handful chopped chilli powder -2 tsp turmeric powder-1/2 tsp ghee -3 tsp coriander leaves for garnish Oil salt For masala cloves-3 cinnamon - 1stick poppy seeds-1/2 tsp(optional) elachi-1 star anise-1 saunf -1/2 tsp Grind all the above ingredients into a coarse powder
Place the mutton in a pressure cooker with a tsp of salt ,turmeric powder , 3 green chillies and 12 0z of water. Cook the mutton for 8 whistles or until done. keep aside.
Rinse the rice and soak it for 30 mins
Heat oil in a pressure cooker ,add cashew,cinnamon,cloves and bay leaf
Saute until cashews are golden color.
Add onion and remaining 3 green chillies
Saute for couple of mins
Add ginger garlic paste ,saute for 2-3 mins
Add tomato and salt , saute until the tomatoes are mushy
Add chilli powder and the masala (see above)powder
Mix well and add mint & coriander leaves
Add the cooked mutton and mix.Reserve the stock
Add rice and mix well.
Now to add water, I always add little less water for biryani i.e 5 cups of water instead of 6 cups for 3 cups of rice .
The mutton stock we have will be 2 -2.5 cups,so adjust the water acordingly.
Check the salt and close the pressure cooker.
You can leave 1 whistle,but i switch off just before the whistle .
Leave it until the pressure comes down.
Open the cooker add ghee and coriander leaves and mix
