KUSKA MUTTON BIRYANI

Ingredients:

3 cups seeraga samba arisi, soak for about 15 minutes.

To Mix And Marinate For ½ Hour:
½ kilo mutton
2 tsp garlic paste
2 tsp ginger paste
½ cup curds
2 tsp lime juice
1 tsp salt

1 big onion finely chopped
3 ripe tomatoes finely chopped
¼ cup mint leaves
¼ cup coriander leaves
6 green chillies slit
2 tsp red chillie powder
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
Salt to taste

To Season:
2 cinnamon sticks
5 cloves
5 cardamom pods
3 bay leaves
1 cup ghee

Method
Wash and soak the rice.
Mix all ingredients and marinate for ½ an hour.

Heat a pressure cooker with the ghee. Add in the seasonings.
Let them splutter well.
Add in the onions and sauté till they turn lightly brown.
Add in the ginger garlic paste, sauté well.

Add in the mint , coriander leaves and chopped tomatoes.
Cook till the tomatoes turn mushy.
Now add in the meat and stir fry well.
Add in the chillie powder and cook till the raw smell of the chillie powder goes.

Add in about 6 cups of water , and cook till the meat is cooked.
( Here is where the mutton is removed)
(I did not remove the mock mutton)
Add in little more liquid if the broth has decreased a bit
Add in the drained rice and enough salt.
Pressure cook on medium heat for 1 whistle.
Sim for about 10 minutes.
Let the steam escape on its own.
Remove the cover and fluff up the rice.