MUTTON BIRYANI   by: Indolink Recipes (recipes@indolink.com) Ingredients: Mutton   -   500 gm Onion   -   1 Cup Ginger   -   1 inch piece Garlic   -   a few flakes Coriander powder   -   3 tsp(teaspoon) Green chillies   -   3 Chilli powder   -   1 tsp Dried coconut   -   1/3 cup Poppy seeds   -   1 tsp Cloves, Cardamom ,Peppercorns   -   a few (2-3) Cinnamon   -   1 inch stick Curds   -   1 cup Salt to taste   -   Fat   -   3TBSP Method: Rest of the ingredients : Rice: Pulao rice - 2 cups Onion 1/2 cup Cloves (2-3) Cinnamon 1 inch piece Cardamom (2-3) Bay leaf (2-3) Salt to taste Fat - 5 TBSP Clean and cut meat. Soak in curd. Roast and powder cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and peppercorns. Grind together red chillies half the onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies and copra. Heat fat. Add sliced onions. Add ground spices and fry. Add meat. fry well. Add ground poppy seeds. Add remaining curds and salt and cook gently till meat is tender. Add powdered spices. Remove from fire. Rice Slice onions. Heat fat. Fry onions and remove. Add spices. When they crackle, add rice and fry for a few minutes longer. Add salt and double the quantity of hot water. When rice is cooked and all moisture has evaporated, remove from fire. Biryani Make a layer of rice in a pan, sprinkle with saffron water, place meat layer over it and again cover with rice. Serve hot, garnished with fried onions and fried nuts.