Mutton Biryani Recipe
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About Mutton Biryani Recipe | Dum Mutton Biryani Recipe: A hearty mutton biryani that will impress your guests instantly. Biryani is a dish that nobody can ever resist. Be it a dinner party or any celebratory occasion, biryani seems to be an ideal main dish to serve along with a spicy salan or refreshing raita.
Ingredients in Dum Mutton Biryani: This mutton biryani recipe has layers of mutton and saffron-milk infused rice cooked 'dum' style. It has a host of aromatic spices and herbs such as star anise, bay leaves, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, jaiphal, and javitri along with chillies, rose water, kewda and saffron cooked with succulent mutton pieces.- Total Cook Time1 hr 35 mins
- Prep Time 15 mins
- Cook Time1 hr 20 mins
- Recipe Servings4
- Medium

Ingredients of Mutton Biryani
- For the rice:
- 1 Star anise
- 500 gms basmati rice, blanched
- 2 Bay leaves
- 2 Black cardamom
- 2 tsp black cumin seeds
- 6 Black peppercorn
- 6 Green cardamom
- 2 Cinnamon sticks
- 6 Cloves
- 1 tsp fennel
- 1/4 Jaiphal
- 1 Javitri
- 3 tsp Salt
- For mutton marination:
- 1 kg mutton (cut in 2 inches pieces, preferably front leg part and avoid shoulder cut)
- 1 tbsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp garlic paste
- 1 tbsp ginger paste
- 3 tbsp raw papaya paste
- 4 tbsp hung curd
- 1 Lemon (juiced)
- Coriander powder
- Cumin powder
- 1 tbsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp salt
- Other ingredients:
- 4 onions, sliced
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 1/4 cup milk (warm)
- Ghee
- Saffron strands
- Oil
- Rose water
- Kewra essence
- 4 green chillies
How to Make Mutton Biryani
HideShow MediaMarinate the mutton:
Prepare fried onions or Barista:
Cook the mutton:
Prepare the rice:
Prepare the saffron-milk:
Layer the biryani:
Key Ingredients: Star anise, basmati rice, Bay leaves, Black cardamom, black cumin seeds, Black peppercorn, Green cardamom, Cinnamon sticks, Cloves, fennel, Jaiphal, Javitri, Salt, mutton (cut in 2 inches pieces, preferably front leg part and avoid shoulder cut), garam masala, garlic paste, ginger paste, raw papaya paste, hung curd, Lemon (juiced), Coriander powder, Cumin powder, red chilli powder, salt, onions, tomatoes, milk (warm), Ghee, Saffron strands, Oil, Rose water, Kewra essence, green chillies
Recipe Notes
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