Mutton Biryani - The easy way!

Ingredients:

Mutton 1 kg
Basmati rice  800 gms
Ghee 1 cup
Curd 2 cups
Onion 200 gms
Mint leaves 1 bunch
Ginger garlic paste 3 table spoons
Green Chillies 2 nos.
Tomatoes 2
Red chilli powder 2 tsp
Coriander powder 2 tsp
Garam masala powder 1 tsp
Lemon juice 4 tsp
Cloves 8
Cinnamon 3
Cardamom 6

METHOD:  Cut onion into thin slices and fry them until they are brown and crispy. Marinade the mutton with curd, ginger garlic paste, green chillies, tomatoes, half of the mint leaves, chilli powder, garam masala, coriander powder and refrigerate for 4 to 5 hours.

Heat ghee and add half of the whole spices in a pressure cooker.  When they start to brown, add the marinated mutton and cook for 10 minutes. Add little water and pressure cook for another 10 minutes (or till the meat is tender).  In a bigger vessel, add sufficient water along with salt, mint leaves and whole spices and bring to a boil. Now add rice to the boiling water. When the rice is 3/4th cooked drain the water and keep rice aside.  Now take another large vessel, and lay one part of the rice, mutton gravy and sprinkle some lemon juice and fried onion. Repeat the same layers for the rest of the rice and mutton gravy. Tightly seal the vessel with kneaded wheat flour and keep it on medium flame for another 10 minutes.Yummy biryani is ready to serve.