Lamb is my hubby's favorite meat. He loves it more than chicken, so i tend to cook it often. Cooking lamb can be quite time consuming than chicken, because you need to cook lamb slowly so it gets tender and just melt in your mouth. The one thing you got to remember is try to get the best lamb you could find.
Now coming back to today's recipe. My favorite rice dish ever. I love this so much because it doesn't uses lots of spices, just simple spices but the aroma from this pilaf is heavenly. You have to try this out. I served this with mutton dalcha. If you wish you can check out my mutton biryani recipe too.
Preparation Time : 15 mins
Resting Time : 30 mins
Cooking Time :1 Hour 30 mins
Serves : 4 to 5
Ingredients:
Ghee - 5 tblspn
Oil - 5 tblspn
Basmati Rice - 2 cups grams
Mutton / Lamb - 250 grams
Onions - 2 large sliced thinly
Green Chilli - 10 slit (use as per your taste)
Ginger Garlic Paste - 3 tblspn
Mint Leaves - ½ cup chopped
Coriander Leaves - ½ cup chopped
Garam Masala Powder - 3 tblspn
Salt to taste
Water - 2 cup + 2.5 cup (refer notes)
Whole Spices:
Cinnamon / Pattai - 2 long stick
Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 1 tblspn
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Cardamom Pods / Yelakai - 4
Cloves / Krambu - 4
Start Anise - 1
For Marination:
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
Lemon Juice - 2 tblspn
Curd / Yogurt - ½ cup
Garam Masala Powder - 1 tblspn
Salt - 1 tsp
Method:
Wash and soak rice for 30 mins. Take mutton in a bowl and add all the marination ingredients. Mix well and let it marinate for 30 mins.
Take the marinated mutton in a pressure cooker and add 2 cups of water. Pressure cook it for 8 whistle, simmer the stove and cook it for 30 mins. Switch off the flame and let the pressure go all by itself. Open the pressure cooker and transfer the cooked mutton to a bowl
Now in the same cooker add oil and ghee. Add in the whole spices and let it sizzle for a min.
Now add in the onions, green chilli, salt. Fry them in oil till it turns golden.
Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
Add in mint and coriander leaves and mix well.
Now add in the mutton pieces using a slotted spoon so you leave behind any water from it. You will use the water later.
Now fry the mutton pieces in the oil and ghee so it get nice sear and colour. Fry that in ghee for a good 8 to 10 mins.
Now add in the garam masala and fry for a min.
Add in soaked rice and mix well. Pour the leftover marination liquid and water. Mix well.Bring this to a good boil.
Simmer the flame and let it cook on a low heat for 20 to 25 mins. Switch off flame and let the pressure go all by itself, Open the cooker and fluff it up.
Serve with any curry.
Notes:
After cooking the mutton, i got ½ cup of water from the mutton cooking liquid. So when i added the rice, i added ½ cup of mutton cooking liquid and 2.5 cup of water. Totally the ratio of rice to water is 1.5 part of water to 1 part rice. So you have to add it accordingly, sometime you will get more cooking liquid then you have to reduce the water quantity
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Soak rice for 30 mins |
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| Take cleaned mutton in a bowl |
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| Add in ginger garlic paste |
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| Squeeze in some lemon juice |
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| Add a spoonful of garam masala |
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| Add in curd |
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| Season with salt |
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| Mix well and let it marinate |
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| Add that to pressure cooker |
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| Add some water |
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| Pressure cook |
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| Till the mutton is cooked |
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| Transfer this to a bowl |
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| Now heat ghee in the same cooker..Add in spices |
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| Add in onions and chillies |
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| Add salt |
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| Fry them well |
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| Add in ginger garlic paste |
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| Now add in mint and coriander leaves |
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| Fry them well |
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| Add in the mutton pices alone..Keep the marination liquid separate |
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| Add it to cooker |
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| Fry them well |
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| Add in the Garam masala powder |
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| Add in the drained soaked rice |
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| mix well |
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| Pour the liquid ( i got around ½ cup of liquid) |
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| Add in water, since i have poured half cup of liquid, i used 2.5 cups of water for the 2 cup of rice. FOR 1 CUP RICE USE 1.5 CUP OF WATER |
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| Bring it to boil |
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| Cover and cook |
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| Till the rice is cooked |
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| Serve |
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Sakunthala
Super mutton pulao this Sunday going try. Waiting for this recipe thank you arthi.
Hamaree Rasoi
Delicious and lovely looking mutton pilaf. Would surely try it out this weekend as well.
Deepa
Jerin Marina
It looks sooo yum!!! Me too Mutton pulao this Sunday going try 🙂 Thank for sharing.
Anonymous
Hw much water should be added?
Aarthi
@AnonymousI have updated in my post
neha
Thanks aarthi..im going to try this recipe..the way u illustrate is awesome
Vidya Uday
Hi Aarthi,
Does cooking rice this way make it fluffy??? Can I use precooked rice to this so that it stays fluffy like fried rice?
Aarthi
@Vidya Udayyes this pulao stays fluffy
Anonymous
I tried it.. It was very yummy n spicy too.. It made my day..
avina
how many whistles for rice?
Aarthi
@avinajust 1 whistle is good