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Mutton Dum Biryani

Mutton Dum Biryani is a deliciously flavorful biryani in which mutton is marinated with curd, paste of greens and spices. Both rice and mutton are separately 3/4th cooked and is layered and sealed with dough for Dum.
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time2 hours
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 6
Author: Pearl Jude F

Ingredients

For Biryani Layering

  • 6-7 tbsp Ghee
  • Coriander leaves for Biryani layering
  • Mint leaves for Biryani layering

For Brown Onions

  • 10 Big Onions sliced for deep fry for Biryani Layering
  • Oil for deep fry
  • 2 Onions sliced and deep fried to add to the Marination

For Greens Paste

  • Pudina Handful
  • 2-3 Green Chillies
  • Coriander leaves Handful

For Mutton Marination

  • 1 kg Mutton
  • 1 Cup Curd
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 2 tsp Coriander powder
  • 1 tsp Cumin powder
  • 1 tsp Garam Masala
  • 1 1/2 tsp Chili powder
  • 1 tsp Fennel seeds
  • Salt to taste

For Cashew Paste

  • 50 gms Cashews (Kaju) for paste
  • Water for Cashew paste

For Bagara Rice

  • 3 Cups Basmati Rice or long grain aromatic rice
  • 2-3 inch Cinnamon
  • 3-4 Cardamom
  • 5-6 Cloves
  • 2 Star Anise
  • 7-8 Pepper Corns
  • 3 Bay leaves
  • Mint leaves handful
  • 2 tsp Ghee
  • 10 Cups Water
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 big Turmeric leaf optional

For Sealing the Biryani heavy bottom pan

  • 1 Cup Wheat Flour for dough
  • Water for dough

For cooking Mutton

  • 3 tbsp Oil
  • 3 tbsp Ghee
  • 4 Cloves
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 3 Cardamon pods

Instructions

How to prepare Mutton Biryani

    For Marination follow the below steps

    • Make paste of Coriander leaves, mint leaves and Green Chilies.
    • Make paste of Cashew using water.
    • Marinate Mutton with all the above ingredients mentioned in marination section, to this add Cashew paste and green paste and brown onions of 2 onions, keep the marinade for atleast 45 mins- 1 hr.
    • Meanwhile deep fry Onions for biryani layering and keep aside.

    To prepare Bagara Rice - follow the below steps

    • Soak Basmati rice for 15 mins in water.
    • In a Big vessel, add water and let it boil.
    • Add whole spices into it.
    • Add Salt.
    • Add soaked Basmati rice into the vessel.
    • Add Pudina.
    • Boil until the rice is 3/4th done. Drain the remaining water from the rice and keep aside. Else the rice will become soggy

    For 3/4th cooked Mutton

    • After 1 hour of mutton marination, add some Oil and ghee in a Pressure cooker , Add whole spices and add marinated mutton and water. 
    • Cook Mutton until 3/4th done.
    • Once the mutton and rice is 3/4th done, You can use some mutton gravy as accompaniment to the Biryani.

    For Biryani Layering

    • To start making Dum Biryani, Take a separate vessel and add some mutton gravy and mutton and level it in the vessel.
    • For Second Layer, add 3/4th done Rice.
    • Add half of the total quantity of deep fried Onions.
    • Add chopped Pudina and coriander leaves.
    • Add a tbsp of Ghee and then repeat the same above layering for a double layer of biryani and top it up with Ghee
    • Now close the lid and seal it with flour dough.
    • Keep it for Dum on medium flame for 35 mins and turn off the fire. Keep it closed for another 10 mins before removing the sealed biryani.
    • Mutton Dum Biryani is ready to serve. 
    • Serve hot and garnish with coriander leaves. 

    Notes

    Tip: This Mutton Dum Biryani recipe is less spicy. You can add more green chillies paste or red chilli powder during marination if you want to have spicy Mutton Dum biryani.
    After the Basmati Rice is 3/4th cooked, Do not forget to drain off the water, the rice will become soggy if, the water is not drained off completely.