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    Home » Rice Recipes » Mutton Biryani - Andhra Muslim Style ~ Pictorial

    Mutton Biryani - Andhra Muslim Style ~ Pictorial

    Published: Aug 8, 2012 · Modified: Sep 23, 2020 by Srivalli · 22 Comments

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    If there was an award for the recipe that stayed in drafts for the longest, I am sure this recipe will win hands down! This was taken almost a couple of years ago. Now I don’t even know which year it was. Suffice to say that it was taken during our yearly trip to Hubby dear’s native town. It was during Sankranti time when my nephew celebrates his birthday. They decided to request their Muslim family friend, who made mutton biryani for them on a previous occasion.

    They were raving on the taste and wanted to make it during hubby dear’s visit. Since their friend would be comfortable cooking in her own kitchen, we said we would go to their home. Once the breakfast was done, my SIL and I landed at their place. It was really such a wonderful experience watching somebody cook. All I had to do was click pictures. I told that I would be sharing the recipe on the blog and she was so happy about it and wanted to share the recipe. She made it look so effortless and simple.

    During the entire process we were chatting about everything food and what kids eat and don't eat. She also shared a couple of her other favorite dishes. Well as you guessed as this took such a long time with the pictures, those recipes might be longer to make their presence. Anyway, we finally managed to click all the pictures and came back home. Everybody enjoyed and hubby dear said it was indeed too good. If you must know she didn't add butter or ghee. Nor the methi leaves were noticed. I must confess I haven't prepared myself. But the verdict of the entire 20 who eat, was good enough.

    Step by Step Picture Recipe

    The paste made with Garlic, Ginger, Coriander leaves and 1/4th of cloves.

    Before making the gravy, in the pan, brown the onions till crisp

    Remove half for the later process

    Add the ground masala paste

    Mix well

    Add salt, chopped tomatoes.

    Chopped green chilies, red chili powder is added next

    Along with the whole cloves, cardamon, Cinnamon.

    Now add the mutton pieces

    Continue cooking

    When moisture starts coming out, cover with the lid and pressure cook for 3 -4 whistles or till the mutton is cooked well.

    Wait for the pressure to fall down, remove the lid

    Now add the Fenugreek leaves

    Washed Mint leaves for the Dum

    Cook Rice in a large pot of water and drain the water. Let the rice be just 85% done and have it covered with the lid.

    Keep one layer of rice and remove the rest of the rice.

    This is after the gravy is mixed with the methi leaves.

    Top with a mutton layer

    Add mint leaves

    Another rice layer

    Now browned onions and mutton pieces

    another rice layer

    Continue with mint leaves

    And onions and gravy

    Until you are done with all the layers

    Finally, sprinkle with orange food colour and mix in a random style

    Mutton Biryani

    Rice - 2 kgs
    Mutton - 2 kgs
    Green chilies - 50 gms
    Onions - 250 gms (Half for the gravy, half for dum)
    Cloves - 50 gms
    Cinnamon - 50 gms
    Cardamon - 50 gms
    Salt to taste
    Oil - 500 ml
    Tomato - 250 - 300 gms (sour variety)
    Chili powder - 2 tsp
    Fenugreek Leaves / Methi Leaves - 1 big bunch

    For the paste:

    Coriander leaves - 1 Big Bunch
    Ginger Garlic - 2 tbsp

    During the Dum process

    Mint leaves - 1 Big bunch
    Brown Onions

    Red colour for sprinkling.

    How to make the Biryani

    For the Rice

    Wash and soak the rice for 30 mins. In a big vessel, take twice the amount of rice and bring to boil. When the water starts boiling, add the rice and cover with the lid. Add salt and continue cooking. When it's almost 85% done, cover with the lid and drain the water. Keep it covered.

    For the Paste

    Make a paste of the ginger, garlic, coriander, 1/4 of cloves to a fine paste.

    For the Mutton:

    Wash and cut mutton into equal pieces. Drain on a colander.

    Heat a pressure cooker, add all the oil. Add onion julienne, continue till the onions start browning. Remove half of the onions to a bowl.

    To the onions, add the ginger garlic coriander paste. Stir well, then add salt, chopped tomatoes.

    Then add cloves, cinnamon, cardamon. Combine and add red chili powder, then chopped green chilies.

    Now add the drained mutton pieces. Cover and pressure for 4 -5 whistles.

    Wait till the pressure is off. Remove the lid, add chopped methi leaves mix well.

    For making the Dum Biryani

    Remove the rice to another bowl, leaving one layer below. Else if you have another thick bottom pan that fits, grease the bottom and cover with a layer of rice. Over that add the mutton pieces along with gravy.

    Now put one layer of mint leaves. Cover with a thin layer of rice.

    Now add one layer of brown onions, another layer of mutton pieces.

    Continue alternating with mint leaves, onions, and mutton gravy until you are done. Make sure the final layer is rice. Dissolve the red food colour and sprinkle on the top.

    Cover with a tight fitting lid and on a slow flame and cook for 30 mins. If you have hot coal, you can put them on the top lid.

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    Mutton Biryani - Andhra Muslim Style ~ Pictorial

    Course Main Dish - Rice
    Cuisine Andhra Pradesh
    By Diet Non Vegetarian
    Dish Type Mutton Dishes
    Author Srivalli
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    Comments

    1. Priya says

      August 08, 2012 at 8:00 pm

      This is not fair at all, its been a long i have briyani and you are tempting me to make some..Droolinggggggg here.

      Reply
    2. dr.antony says

      August 08, 2012 at 9:25 pm

      Mmmm...Smells good from here !

      Reply
    3. DivyaGCP says

      August 09, 2012 at 1:29 am

      Delicious and flavorful biryani.. Very tempting..

      Reply
    4. Sangeetha Nambi says

      August 09, 2012 at 4:29 am

      Really perfect... Thanks for step by step pic... Mouth watering here...

      Reply
    5. Shanthi says

      August 10, 2012 at 10:36 pm

      Perfectly done...awesome..keep it up..

      Reply
    6. sri sri says

      August 12, 2012 at 7:29 am

      yummy...nice and delicious recipe.Valli ,can u plz post some rasam recipes like vellulli,allam,tomato rasam etc...

      Reply
    7. Irene says

      August 12, 2012 at 12:56 pm

      Perfect biriyani!! 🙂

      Reply
    8. Sharans Samayalarai says

      August 15, 2012 at 4:53 am

      Mouth watering !! Nice presentation... Happy to follow you :))

      Reply
    9. manju nardas says

      September 02, 2012 at 11:21 am

      Yummyyyyy,Looks very tempting.
      (manjusfoodbites.blogspot.com)

      Reply
    10. D says

      October 19, 2012 at 6:36 am

      Looks so delicious!!! Thanks a lot for sharing! Just have a question.Wouldn't you need to add water for the mutton to be cooked? Or is the oil
      n the water content from the mutton enough to cook the meat?
      Regards, D

      Reply
    11. Srivalli says

      October 19, 2012 at 6:58 am

      D, Thanks, and yes you don't need to add water. Meat gets cooked from the oil and moisture that gets released from the meat. That should be more than enough to cook the meat by itself

      Reply
    12. Miriam says

      December 24, 2012 at 5:37 am

      Hi Srivalli

      I was looking for the mysterious Muslim Biryani for a long time and I was determined I wanted to make it for Christmas, and I saw your pictorial recipe which is such a blessing!! I am going to make it tomorrow, and I will let you know how it turned out. Thanks soooo much for this, I am going to follow your blog for other recipes too 🙂 🙂

      Miriam

      Reply
    13. Srivalli says

      December 25, 2012 at 1:53 am

      Miriam, Thanks for dropping by. I hope you enjoy making this. Do let me know how much your family likes it.

      Reply
    14. Anonymous says

      January 17, 2013 at 12:27 pm

      Perfect recipe. I tried it and my husband loved it. Just 1 query. Don't u need to add yogurt as most biryanis do ?

      Reply
    15. Srivalli says

      January 17, 2013 at 1:53 pm

      Anon Glad you liked it. This particular recipe didn't have yogurt added as we add the green leaves.

      Reply
    16. Unknown says

      June 11, 2013 at 5:40 am

      Amazing!!!
      I guess these steps will help make a perfect biryani..
      One small thing.. Instead of adding color at the end, why not add color to the rice when we are parboiling it??? The color seeps into the grains and plus we throw the water. So it is not harmful also for those who have allergy towards food color.

      Reply
    17. S Roy says

      July 30, 2015 at 10:29 pm

      Hi
      Every time I used your recipe.. I raked in the accolades. Thanks to you.. Im Planning to do the same today too..Thank you for sharing this blog.. Job well done.

      Reply
    18. Srivalli says

      August 01, 2015 at 2:21 am

      Roy Thanks for the kind words, so glad you like the recipes.

      Reply
    19. MADHURI says

      April 06, 2016 at 5:00 pm

      HI Srivalli- amazing post!! Kudos on all the effort to take pictures and sharing us the step by step process. Have a couple
      1. For layering, you started with a layer of rice at the very bottom- wouldnt there be a risk of burning the rice at the very bottom. Is there a any specific reason you start the layers w/ rice as supposed to the gravy?
      2. What ensures the moistness of biryani- I have always had a challenge w/ getting the right moistness for biryanis.

      Thank you,
      MV.

      Reply
    20. Srivalli says

      April 07, 2016 at 6:13 am

      Hello Madhuri,

      Thanks for dropping by. I am glad if others find the efforts worth their time.

      Coming to your questions

      1. Why we start with the rice layer is because the rice is not yet fully cooked and hence there will not be a fear of it getting burnt. However when one gets overboard with the cooking process and keeps this rice on flame for more than the required time, the rice does gets crispy and stiff.

      The reason why the gravy is not layered first, we have two reasons. first the gravy is fully cooked and there is a chance of it getting burnt. Second, when you scoop out, having the gravy at the bottom is not convenient to get the whole layers in tact.

      2. For the moistness, we introduce liquid in two ways. First we grease the bottom with little butter/ghee and then start the layering. Next once you complete all the layers, we sprinkle milk over it. And is tightly covered. So the steam that comes out is again falls down, making the rice moist. Also the gravy has some liquid in it. All together this takes care of the moistness.

      Hope I clarified your doubts. Let me know if otherwise

      Reply
    21. Vidya Acharya says

      May 16, 2019 at 1:18 pm

      Biryani looks good but I have a doubt. Normally for biryani we add Bunch of Cilantro/Coriander leaves and bunch of mint but here you have added methi/fenugreek leaves. It will give a taste of bitterness slightly. But why fenugreek leaves?

      Reply
    22. Srivalli says

      May 16, 2019 at 2:46 pm

      Vidhya, from what I remember of my conversation with the lady who shared this recipe with me, she said they add methi to their biryanis which adds a lot of flavour and doesn't turn bitter as well. In fact, as I have mentioned in my intro, nobody was able to identify that this biryani had methi leaves in it. This recipe has both coriander and mint leaves, no curds added.
      Please do try it, because many have tried it and have said it turned great. I always think the special touch that comes with Muslim biryani is maybe due to the inclusions of such ingredients...Thanks for dropping by.

      Reply

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