Stir continuously on high heat for 2-3 minutes. Add boiling water and salt, stir well and cook covered on low heat until the water has been absorbed.

Gently stir the rice with a fork and keep aside. Preparing the mutton korma: Cut mutton to medium pieces and clean properly and keep aside in a colander (to remove mutton smell, add some salt, lime juice and yogurt to mutton pieces and leave it for 5-10 minutes and then wash properly).

Mince onions, chillies, ginger and garlic together in a food processor. Chop tomatoes and coriander and keep aside.

Soak poppy seeds in 2tbsp of water, for 15 minutes and grind it to a smooth paste. Heat a little ghee in a pressure cooker and stir fry the minced onion mixture till golden brown.

Add curry powder, tomatoes and salt and saute till tomatoes are cooked well. Into this add ground poppy seeds or cashew nuts and saute.

Add mutton and saute well. Add a little boiling water and pressure cook the meat till done and the gravy thickens (about 20 mints).

Finally add curd and coriander leaves mix well and let the curry a nice boil turn off the heat and keep aside. Assemble the biriyani: Grease an ovenproof baking dish with some ghee.

Divide the rice into three portions. Spread one portion to the bottom of the dish.

Cover the rice with half of the cooked mutton. Spread another layer of rice on top, and then cover with the rest of the mutton.

Finally top the mutton with the last portion of rice. Drizzle some saffron or turmeric soaked in milk and ghee on the rice.

Pre-heat oven to 180 deg C and bake for 10-15 minutes or until heated thoroughly (can microwave it for 6-8 minutes too). Garnish biryani with some golden fried onions, cashews and raisins.

Serve with onion and yogurt salad,lime pickle, dates pickle and papad. RELATED RECIPES Kuska biryani Vegetable biryani Mutton pulao Appams with mutton stew Malabar chemeen biryani Ingredients: For the rice: 3 cups - basmati rice 6 cups - boiling water 3 tbsp - ghee 6 - 1-inch piece cinnamon sticks 8 - cloves 4 - cardamom Salt to taste For the mutton korma: 3/4 kg - mutton/lamb 2 tbsp - curry powder 3 - onions (big) 5 - green chilies 2 - 2-inch piece ginger 15 big cloves - garlic 4 - tomatoes (medium) 2 tsp - poppy seeds/khus khus (if khus khus is not available substitute it with ground cashew nuts) 1 bunch - coriander leaves 2 tbsp - yogurt, whisked 1/4 cup - ghee Salt to taste (less)

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Serve it cold. Add a few ice cubes if required.

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Now add green chillies, ginger, garlic and capsicum. Fry for 1-2 minutes.

Add, the soy sauce, chilli sauce, tomato sauce, chilli powder, food colour and saute for a few seconds. Now add the fried paneer and mix it well with Chinese salt, normal salt and pepper.

Serve hot with fried rice or noodles. RELATED RECIPES Sun Dried Curd Chillies Hyderbadi Mirchi Ka Salan Paneer masala khichdi Shahi Paneer Garlic paneer starters Ingredients: 10 to 15 cubes paneer (fried) 1 - capsicum (big), cut lengthwise 1 - onion (big), chop lengthwise 3 - green chillies 1 tbsp - chilli sauce 2-3 tbsp - tomato Ketchup 1 tbsp - soy sauce 1/2 chopped - ginger 1-2 pods garlic, chopped 1 tsp - chilli powder Salt to taste Oil, enough to fry the paneer 1/2 tsp - Chinese salt 1/2 tsp - pepper Salt to taste 1/2 tsp - food colour (less)

Place the roasted peanuts, sugar, oil and salt into the mixie or food processor and grind until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Store in a sterilized jar in the refrigerator.

It will store for a few weeks. Recipe and image courtesy: Indian cuisine RELATED RECIPES Carrot and peanut sambar Peanut butter raisin cheesecake Christmas Butter Easy, homemade pizza Peanut rice Ingredients: 2 cups - peanuts 2 tbsp - sugar 1.

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