Hyderabadi Mutton Biryani Recipe

Ingredients:
400 gms Basmati rice
500 gms Mutton
115 gms Onions
3 cloves of Garlic
1 inch piece of Ginger
4 to 5 Red Chillies
5 gms Green Chillies
1 Lime
50 gms Cashewnuts
225 gms Curd
100 ml Milk
a small bunch of Coriander leaves
115 gms Oil
1 pinch Turmeric powder
2 gms each of Cardamoms, Cinnamon, Cloves
2 Bay Leaves
a few Mint leaves
a few strand of Saffron, soaked in milk
Salt to taste

Method:
1. Clean and wash the mutton and cut into small pieces.
2. Clean, wash and soak the rice. Keep aside.
3. Slice the onions, coriander and mint leaves. Grind the ginger, red chillies and garlic into a fine paste.
4. Heat oil and fry the onions till golden brown. Add the ground masala and the meat and fry.
5. Add water and cook till the meat is tender and the gravy is thick.
6. Add salt and boil rice till is it 3/4th cooked.
7. Tie the curd in a muslin cloth till the water drains. Powder the cinnamon, cloves and cardamom and add to the curd.
8. Also add turmeric powder, finely chopped green chillies, lime juice, coriander leaves and mint leaves to the curd.
9. Now add this curd to the mutton.
10. In a heavy bottom pan, put layers of rice, mutton and fried onions. Repeat the layers till all the rice and mutton are used up. Add saffron soaked in milk.
11. Seal the lid with dough and bake for 20-30 minutes.
12. Garnish with fried onion slices and cashewnuts and serve hot.