Mutton and potato Biryani. The only accompaniment, you need with this chicken biryani with potatoes is some chilled and spiced yoghurt, so I have served it alongside a raita. To make it, I simply, whisked yoghurt, added chopped cucumbers, pink salt and chaat masala. The chilled raita is a classic side to this spicy biryani.

It made its way to the commoners from the lavish regal kitchen with elan. Kolkata Biryani is exceptionally light, low on essence and colour, and mildly spiced - using just the right amount of spices to enhance the taste. In a huge handi, rice is steamed with cooked mutton, spices and the much loved browned potatoes. You can have Mutton and potato Biryani using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mutton and potato Biryani

It's 4 cups of Rice.
You need of meat 1.25 kg (I added a little more meat but you can add less if you like) and i used goat back leg meat.
Prepare 1 cup of Oil.
Prepare of masalas- Tej pat (Bay leaf).
It's 2-3 of , dal chini (cinnamon).
Prepare 1 1/2 of inch, jaiphal (nutmeg) javathri powder 1tsp (optional),.
It's 6-7 of prunes (Dry Aaloo Bhukara),.
It's of green cardamoms 4-5,.
Prepare of whole black pepper ¾ ts,.
Prepare 3 of black cardamoms,.
Prepare cloves of 7-8;.
Prepare of beaten 1½ cup greek style yoghurt or Regular;.
It's 1 tsp of crushed chillies,.
Prepare 1 of ts salt,.
It's 1 1/2 tsp of chilli powder,.
It's 1 1/2 tsp of coriander powder &.
Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds,.
It's 1 tbsp of Shan Bombay Masala.
Prepare 2 of large size onion.
Prepare 3 of med tomatoes.
It's 2-3 of green chillies.
You need 3 of medium potatoes.
You need 1 tbsp of Lemon Juice.

It is served with accompaniments like boiled egg, or gravy dishes like Chicken/Mutton Korma and Changezi. The Best Mutton Biryani Recipe - Prepared with utmost care and love, it holds a regal legacy from the kitchen of Nawabs and Nizams. Mutton Biryani is a royal dish that indeed needs no introduction or mentions. The beautifully spiced and fragrant layers of biryani rice centred with juicy, tender meat and masalas, bliss!

Mutton and potato Biryani step by step

To the mutton add the beaten yoghurt, ginger-garlic paste, chilli powder, 1 tbsp haldi, crushed red chillies, coriander (dhaniya) powder, lemon juice, cumin seed (safaid Zeera). Shan Bombay Masala.
Allow the mutton to marinate for couple of hours. I usually just marinate till i fry the other masalas. you can also marinate overnight too if you like.
Now in a pot warm up 1 cup oil add sliced onions and fry them till they turn golden brown then add tomatoes.
Fry them until they are soften. Now add the marinated mutton. Fry for some more minutes now cover the pot and lower the flame. Cook until meat is tender Completely!.
After the meat is tender add potatoes, cook for only 5-6 minutes on medium to high flame because the rest it will cook while you put it on dum.
Heat water (2 ½ times more than the rice) add the whole masala (Again you can adjust Khara masala on your own taste if you like less you can do that),salt to taste according to your rice, once the water starts boiling then add the rice & Vinegar (3 tsp). Cook the rice till ¾ done and then drain in the colander.
Assembling: Take a heavy-bottomed pot or take the same pot that you cooked rice in, Spread a lil oil at the bottom then spread three quarer rice and pour the cooked mutton curry on top. At this point you can add Aloo bukhara and hara dhaniya if you like..
Spread the remaining rice over this. Now add fried onions, and heat up 1/4 cup of oil in a pan add some green chillies,once they starts to crackle up put the green chillies on top of the onions and pour the oil over the rice. Now put the flame high for 5 minutes, then lower the flame completely until the Rice is Tender! Birayni is ready...

The potatoes in the Biryani is optional. Here is South Africa we love adding potatoes to our curries and Biryanis. I think we must eat the most potatoes in the world….haha! Biryani also needs a salad or a Raita, that Indian flavoured yogurt just rounds it the meal beautifully. I hope you are going to give my Baked Chicken Biryani a try.