Cook It Up With Saanams

Ingredients

• Mutton – 1 Kg cubed
• Basmati Rice- 6 cups( Washed and drained)
• Ginger garlic paste-3 tsp
• Onions-5 medium sized sliced fine
• Coriander powder- 4 tsp
• 1 tsp(clove, cardamom and cinnamon powdered together)
• 1 tsp roasted zeera powder
• salt and chili powder to taste
• 1 tsp sugar
• lemon juice
• 9 cups water
• turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
• Oil/ ghee/ vanaspathi-3/4 cup.
• Garlic- 6 sliced
• clove – 10
• Cardamom-10
• Cinnamon- 1 inch

To grind together

• coconut- 1/2
• onions-6 medium sized
• zeera- 2 tbsp roasted
• Tamarind- a small marble size (can use tamarind extract )
• Coriander leaves -1 large bunch
• Green chillies- 6-8 a couple more if you like it spicier

Instructions:

1. Wash and clean mutton, add 2 tsp ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, 1 tsp chili powder, salt and pressure cook the meat.
2. In a frying pan , to a little oil, add a few of the cut onions, fry a bit, add the ground masala, coriander powder,zeera powder,the clove Cinnamon cardamom powder,chili powder and a little salt.Let it fry a little bit till the masala changes color and the coconut loses its fresh smell.Add the cooked meat, the rest of the ginger garlic paste. Don’t add extra water but cook it the same water as the one you cooked the meat in.taste the curry made, add salt and chili if necessary and allow the curry to get dry.
3. In a vessel, pour 9 cups of water and bring to boil. add salt and let boil.
4. Use a pressure cooker, or a big vessel, put ghee/oil.Add the remaining sliced onions, sliced garlic, cinamon, clove and cardamom. Fry till onions turn brow. Add the rice.Fry a little bit .Add the curry and the boiling water, sugar and juice of the lemon. Check the taste for salt . Pressure cook as for rice or cook it the traditional way till water evaporates.
5. Best served with Raitha We generally have it with mango raita.

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