Palakkad Rawther Biryani

The vegetarian version of the famous palakkad Rawther style biryani with vegetables and soy chunks made in the pressure cooker with seeraga samba rice.

Ingredients

• Basmati Rice 1 kg
• Mutton- 1 kg
• Refined oil- 1/4 litre
• Ghee- 250 g
• Garlic paste-100 g
• Ginger paste-100g
• Shallots/small onion/ chumanna ulli- 100 g( crushed with the help of mortar and pestle)
• Onions(sliced)- ½ kg
• Cinnamon, cloves, cardamom- 5 no.s each
• Tomato- ½ kg(sliced)
• Curd/Yogurt- ½ cup
• Lemon juice- that of 1
• Chilly powder- 1 tbsp
• Garam masala- 1 tsp
• Green chillies- 10 no.s
• Coriander leaves/Cilantro- 50 g(chopped)
• Mint leaves/pudina- 50 g(chopped)
• Salt- As per requirement

Step by Steps

➢ In a sauce pan, heat oil and half of the ghee. Add in cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and sauté. Then add sliced green chillies, shallots and sliced onions and continue sauté.

➢ Now add in ginger and garlic paste and sauté. Then add mint leves, coriander leaves and sauté till it becomes a paste.

➢ Now add salt, mutton and curd to it. Let the mutton cook well and then add required water to it. ( The ratio of water : rice= 1:11/ 4 ). When the water roll boils, add in rice and cook.

➢ When rice is almost done add remaining ghee and lemon juice.

➢ And then put lid to close it and keep a weight over the lid for about 15 minutes.(this is the easiest way of doing dum, if you are ready to work hard there are more methods of doing dum).

➢ Palakkadan biriyani is ready to be served.