Chettinad Mutton Biryani | Mutton Biryani in pressure cooker | Spicy mutton biryani
Chettinad Mutton Biryani is aromatic and flavorful biryani made with freshly grounded spices and coconut milk. I
Servings 0
Ingredients
- Seeraga Samba rice 1 cup
- Coconut ¾ cup
- Onion 1 big
- Tomato 1
- Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
- Coriander leaves 2 tbsp
- Mint leaves ¼ cup
- Red chilli powder ½ tsp
- Turmeric powder ¼ tsp
- Coconut milk /Water 2 cups
To Temper
- Oil 1.5 tbsp
- Ghee 1 tbsp
- Bay leaves 1
- Cinnamon 2 small sticks
- Cloves 2
- Cardamom 1
- Marati moggu 1
- Star anise 1
To grind
- Small onions 4-5
- Red chilli 2
- Green chilli 1
- Coriander leaves handful
- Mint leaves handful
- Coconut 1 tbsp
To Cook Mutton
- Mutton 250 grams
- Turmeric powder ½ tsp
- Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp
- Salt as required
- Water as required
Instructions
- Wash the mutton and take in pressure cooker with turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste and water to cover it.
- Cook for 5-6 whistles till mutton is cooked soft.
- Marinate the cooked mutton with red chilli powder and turmeric powder.
- Soak the seeraga samba rice for 30 minutes. Wash and drain the water and keep it ready.
- Take grated coconut in mixer.
- Add little water, grind and extract the coconut milk and keep it ready
- Take all ingredients to grind in mixer.
- Grind to fine paste adding little water
- Heat oil, ghee and temper with bay leaves, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, marati moggu and star anise.
- Then add the sliced onions and saute till onions are slightly brown.
- Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for 1 minute.
- Next add chopped tomatoes and saute till mushy.
- Then add grounded masala and saute nicely for few minutes.
- Next add marinated cooked mutton pieces and saute for 1 minute.
- Then add mint leaves and coriander leaves.
- Then add the soaked rice to it and saute.
- Finally add coconut milk and allow it to boil.
- Allow it to boil for 5 minutes in medium flame and then lower the flame and close the lid of the cooker without whistle.
- Cook in low flame for 10 minutes and switch off.
- Once it cools down open the lid and gently fluff up the biryani.
- Delicious chettinad mutton biryani is ready. Serve it with raita or any gravy of your choice.
Notes
You can make it more spicy by increasing the green chilli and red chilli.
This version is very less spicy suitable for kids
You can pressure cook the mutton after sautéing the masalas and then add rice later.
I wanted to make soup for kids so boiled the mutton separately.