100th Post: Mutton Biryani ~ A King’s meal

In a blender, blitz the coriander, mint, garlic, and ginger. Add some water and grind to form a paste. Set aside

In a pressure cooker, heat the ghee and add the cumin seeds, bay leaves, cloves, star anise and cinnamon stick. Allow this to flavour the oil for a couple of minutes and then add the onions and saute. Add the green chillies and the paste to the onions and allow it to cook for a few more minutes

The smell of mint and coriander is just amazing!!!! Add the goat pieces, and some briyani masala and give it a good mix. Add water to cover the goat and add some salt to taste. Close the pressure cooker and let it cook for a good number of whistles. I let it go for almost 10 whistles and that made the meat really tender (k likes the meat to be nice and tender and not hard)

In the mean time, wash the 3 cups of rice and let is soak in some water. Once the pressure is gone, empty the contents of the cooker into a bowl. Add the rice and meat in the pressure cooker. Now we need 6 cups of liquid. I got about 3 cups of curry liquid and I added 3 cups of water. I added a bit more salt and biryani masala and let it cook for a whistle

Your biryani is done! If you don't have a pressure cooker, you can cook this in an electric rice cooker. Just cook the meat till its tender in a pot and then add the rice and the meat and the liquid in an electric rice cooker and let it cook

Serve hot with some home-made raita