Konkani style biryani

Ingredients

• * 1/2 Coconut
• * 1/2 kg rice
• * 1/2 kg mutton
• * 1/2 kg curd
• * 1/2 kg Onion
• * 5-6 Tomatoes
• * 4 tablespoons Coriander seeds
• * 1 tablespoon Jeera
• * 1/2 tablespoon Sauf
• * 4-5 Clove
• * 10-12 Black Pepper
• * Cardamon small piece
• * 2 bunch Garlic
• * 2 inch Ginger
• * 1 bunch Coriander leaves
• * 10-12 green chillies
• * 4-5 potatoes
• * 1 full lemon juice
• * salt to taste
• * 2 teaspoons Haldi
• * 1/4th kg oil

Preparation

• First grind dry masala i.e. Coriander seeds,jeera, sauf, Clove, Black Pepper, Cardoman in a mixture grinder and keep aside.
• Now grind wet masala i.e. Garlic, Ginger, Coriander leaves, green chillies and coconut. Now add above masala with wet masala and blend them together.
• Now apply all the above masala along with curd, lemon juice and salt to washed mutton and keep it to marinate for 15-30 minutes.
• Now cut potato and fry them. Also cut onions and fry them in the same oil till they turn their color to golden brown.
• Also cut tomatoes and keep aside. Now in a vessel fry the marinated mutton until it is half cooked and add tomatoes in them.
• Half cook the rice along with salt and keep aside. Now in a vessel make layers of fried mutton and rice and the rice layer should be on the top.
• Also decorate the top layer by fried potatoes, coriander leaves and round shaped cut tomatoes. Dum biryani for 30-40 minutes.

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