PUKKI BIRYANI   
by: Indolink Recipes (recipes@indolink.com)

Ingredients:

  • Mutton (For Soup)   -   500 gm /18 oz)/2 cups
  • Onions   -   1/2 cup
  • Cloves , Cardamom   -   2-3 pieces
  • Cinnamon   -   1 inch stick
  • Garlic   -   6 flakes
  • Ginger   -   1 inch piece
  • Salt   -   to taste
  • For The Rice:   -  
  • Rice   -   2 Cups
  • Sultanas   -   a few
  • Onions   -   1 Cup
  • Fat   -   6 TBSP

    • Method:

    For the Soup :

    Wash and cut up the meat. Peel onion and leave it whole; peel garlic and bruise ginger. Put all the ingredients into the pan and cook gently till meat is tender. Cool and remove fat from surface. Remove meat and strain soup.

    For the Rice :

    Pick, wash and soak the rice. Slice onions. Fry onions till crisp, remove and put aside. Add meat and brown. Then add rice and spices from the soup. Fry till all fat has been absorbed. Add soup and cook till rice is tender. Serve hot, garnished with fried onions and sultanas and hard boiled eggs. N.B. Proportion of soup to rice 2:1