Mutton Biryani

Ingredients For Cooking Mutton

1) Mutton ½ Kg
2) Ginger garlic paste 1 tblsp
3) Green Chillies – 4
4) Onion – 1 chopped length wise
5) Tomato – 2 chopped fine
6) Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
7) Red Chilli Powder – ½ Tblsp
8) Dhaniya Powder – ½ Tblsp
9) Salt to taste

Procedure :

1) Take a cooker add 3 tblsp of oil then add 2 cinnamon bark and 1 clove sauté
2) Now add Onion and saute till transparent , add ginger garlic paste and sute till the raw smell of the paste is done away
3) Add the washed and starined mutton pieces and sauté for about 3 minutes ,then add the chopped tomatoes and saute for about 2 minutes .
4) Add green chilies’ , red chilli powder , dhaniya powder and sauté for 2 more minutes
5) Add 1 glass of water (200ml) and add salt to taste
6) Close the lid with the pressure on and let it cook for 10 minutes / 2 whistles .
7) Remove and keep aside

Ingredients for Biryani

1) Basmati Rice ½ kg
2) Paste of 1 onion
3) Paste of 4 green chillies + lil coriander + lil pudhina
4) Paste of ginger and garlic – 1&1/2 tblsp
5) 2 onions chopped length wise
6) 2 tomatoes finely chopped
7) Pudhina 4-5 sprigs
8) Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
9) Biryani Masala powder – 1tsp
10) Water – 1 is to 1&1/2 (For every cup of Basmati Rice you will need 1& 1/2 cups of water)

Procedure for Biryani

1) Take the pressure cooker add 6 tblsp oil
2) Add 2 big cinnamon and 2 cloves and sauté
3) Then add onion and tomatoes and sauté for about 2 minutes
4) Add paste of onion then chilies then ginger garlic paste one by one and keep frying.Add all ingredients like wise without the rice and sauté till masala thickens.
5) Now add the cooked mutton to the rice and then the add the washed and strained rice .
6) Add boiling water to this with required amount of salt and close the lid , let it cook for 8 minutes and mix well and serve hot.

Spicy Coconut Chutney

Ingredients :

¼ Coconut (Small Pieces)
½ Onion (Small Sized)
10 Bedige Chillies (Simply Bcoz it gives good colour)
Tamarind (Small marble size)
Salt to taste
Water as required

Seasoning :

1 Teaspoon Oil
½ Tsp Mustard
½ Tsp Urud Dal
5 pods of garlic with skin (Slightly Mashed)


Procedure :

Grind the above INGREDIENTS with required amount of water
Transfer the chutney into a container
Add the seasoning and mix well.

This chutney goes very well with dosa , idly and roti's too :-)

Pundu Kozumbu / Spicy Garlic Curry

Ingredients for the Dry powder:

Mustard - 1 & ½ Tsp
Methi Seeds - 1 Tsp
Hing - 1/2 Tsp

Dry fry the above in a kadai and grind to fine powder

Ingredients to make the curry :

Tomato - 4 medium size
Red Chilly Powder - 2 Tsp
Dhaniya Powder - 1 Tsp
Turmeric Powder - ¼ Tsp
Salt - To Taste

Grind all this in the mixie till it becomes a smooth paste.

Procedure to make the curry:

Pour the ingredients from the mixer to a vessel and add tamarind extract about 4 tablespoons full to it.
Add 1 glass of water to this and check the taste if salt , chilly and everything is balanced.
Now take a Kadai, add 8 tablespoons of oil to it add mustard and methi seeds and let it splutter now add garlic pods about 25 – 30 and sauté for about 3 mnts.
The add finely chopped onion ( 1 big) / samabar onions , 1 tomato and curry leaves a lil to the kadai and sauté till transparent .
Then add the curry mixed and kept in the vessel to this
Also add the dry powder made and kept aside.
Mix all this well in the kadai and taste add salt if required and let this concoction boil for 15mnts with lid closed (in medium flame).
Do not open the lid for 15mnts.
After 15 mnts open the lid and see if the oil floats on the top , if it does it is ready to bring down from the flame else let it boil for another 5mnts.
Taste if every thing is balanced now.
Transfer into the serving bowl .

This curry tastes yummy with Idly , Dosa and Rice.

Chicken Biryani

Ingredients for the Biryani

1) Basmati Rice ½ kg
2) Chicken ½ Kg
3) Paste of 1 big onion
4) Paste of 4 green chillies + lil coriander + lil pudhina
5) Paste of ginger and garlic – 1&1/2 tblsp
6) 2 onions chopped length wise
7) 2 tomatoes finely chopped
8) Pudhina 4-5 sprigs
9) Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
10) Biryani Masala powder – 1tsp
11) Water – 1 is to 1&1/2

Procedure for Biryani

1) Take the pressure cooker add 6 tblsp oil
2) Add 2 big cinnamon and 2 cloves and sauté
3) Then add onion and tomatoes and sauté for about 2 minutes
4) Add paste of onion then chilies then ginger garlic paste one by one and keep frying
5) Add all ingredients like wise without the rice and sauté till masala thickens.
6) Now add the chicken pieces and saute for about two minutes, let the chicken cook for about 3 minutes with the lid closed (Without the weight put on).
7) Open the lid , Chicken should be cooked 50% atleast
8) Add boiling water to this with required amount of salt
9) Now add the washed and strained rice and just stir once.
9) Close the lid , let it cook for 6 minutes and invert into a casserole & serve hot.