Mutton Pulao / Lamb Pilaf

Mutton pulao is a dish fairly common in north indian and pakistani cuisine that incorporates mutton into a rice pilaf... Meat is cooked with rice and spices.. The mutton pulao recipe with the aroma of cardamom, cloves and cinnamon... Bring to boil and cook covered till the meat is tender which taste is delicious....

Lamb is my hubby's favourite meat... He loves it more than the chicken.. so i tend to cook it often.. cooking lamb in slow heat gets tender and just melt in your mouth.. The one thing you got to remember is try to get the best lamb you could find... He loved this so much because it doesn't use lot of spices, just use simple spices but the aroma from the pilaf is heavenly..

So I hope that you must try this recipe and let me know how it's turns out from you...

Preparation time : 15 mins
Cooking time : 45 mins
Serve - 4 to 5
Recipe cuisine - North Indian..
Recipe cuisine : Khanapakana..

INGREDIENTS :

Basmati rice - 2 cup

Mutton - 1/2 kg

Onion - 2 (sliced)

Tomato - 4 (sliced)

Green chilli - 4 (sliced)

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbspn

Thick yogurt - 1 cup

Chilli powder - 1 tbspn

Coriander powder - 1 tspn

Cumin powder - 1/4 tspn

Garam masala powder - 1/2 tspn

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn

Ghee - 2 tbspn

Coconut oil - 3 tbspn

Salt - as needed

Water - 2 cup

Milk - 1 1/2 cup

Mint, coriander leaves - few

TO TEMPER :

Cinnamon sticks - 4

Cardamom - 3

Cloves - 4

Star anise - 1

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn

Fennel seeds - 1/4 tspn

METHOD :

• Soak the rice for 15 mins.. Drain the rice and keep aside..
• Now prepare all your veggies and mutton...
• Heat a pressure cooker with ghee and oil.. 
• Add in whole spices and toss lightly..
• Now add in sliced onion and chilli and toss till golden brown..
• Now add in turmeric powder and mix well.
• Add in ginger garlic paste and toss along with the onions..
• Add in chopped mutton pieces and toss well.
• Keep it till roasted for 5 mins along with the onion mixture..
• Now add in all spices powder, and mix well..
• Add in chopped tomatoes and little bit of salt..
• Keep toasing till the tomatoes mushy..
• Now add in curd and give a mix.
• Keep it for 10 mins in low flame..
• So the masala are blended with the mutton, which gives aromatic taste..
• Close the lid and whistled it for 4.
• Now the mutton is done.. open the lid, give a mix.
• Add in soaked rice an dmix well for 2 mins.
• Then add in water and milk, give a mix.
• Add in chopped coriander leaves and mint leaves and whistled it for 3..
• Now the pilaf is ready, fluff it lightly..
• Serve and enjoy...

PICTORIAL :

Take your ingredients

Soaked the rice for 15 mins

Tempered spices

In a pressure cooker add in ghee and oil

Then add in cinnamom, cloves, cardamom, star anise

Few cumin seeds

Add in fennel seeds

Add in sliced onion and chilli

Toss till golden brown

Add in turmeric powder

A spoon of ginger garlic paste

Now fresh mutton pieces

Toss along with the onion mixture

Now add in all spices powder

Chopped tomatoes

Little bit of salt

Give a mix, till it mushy

Then add in curd 

Mix well.

Let it cook for 10 mins

Pressure cook for 4 whistled

Now the yummy gravy is ready

Drain the rice

Give a light mix

Add in soaked rice

Mix for 5 mins

Now it's done

Add in water

Add in milk

Check the salt

Add in coriander leaves and mint leaves

Mix well

Whistled it for 3

Mum yummy pulao is ready

Fluff is lightly

Done

Serve in a plate

With raita or mutton gravy

Enjoy..