Mutton

Recipe: Nawabi Biryani 
Try out this royal, scrumptious recipe.Ingredients:

400 gms Basmati Rice 
1/2 kg Mutton (cut in pieces) 
3 Onions (sliced) 
1/2 tbsp Ginger-Garlic Paste 
1 tsp Garam Masala 
3 small-sized Red Chilies 
1 piece Cinnamon 
1/2 cup Curd (beaten) 
3 Green Cardamom 
5 Pepper 
5 Cloves 
1/2 tsp Shahjeera 
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder 
1/4 cup Milk, with saffron 
1 pinch Coriander/Pudina (chopped) 
5 apricots 
Dry Fruits 
Ghee, as required

Procedure:

Fry the dry fruits & apricots in 2½ tbsp ghee, with a little salt (to taste). 
Now, grind the fried onions and red chilies, to make a fine paste. 
Marinate the mutton pieces with curd, ginger-garlic paste, onion paste, turmeric powder and salt. 
In a pressure cooker, heat ghee, add the marinated mutton and cook till done. 
Heat ghee again in another vessel, add the whole spices, fry for a while and then add the washed rice. 
Add salt and warm water, enough that it comes 1½ inch above the rice. Cook till the rice is done. 
Remove the rice from the pan, spread out to cool and remove the whole spices. 
To assemble, apply ghee to a heavy bottomed vessel, add the cooked mutton and sprinkle some garam masala. 
Cover with a layer of rice, followed by melted ghee and then the saffron milk. 
Lastly, add the fried nuts, cover tightly and keep on dum for 15-20 minutes. 
Mix and serve, hot garnished with chopped coriander & pudina.