Hot & Spicy Mutton Biriyani – Chettinad Style

Hot & Spicy Mutton Biriyani – Chettinad Style




Mutton Biriyani:

Ingredients:

Spices:

Cinnamon 1 stick
Cloves 5
Black cardamom 3
Green cardamom 3
Nutmeg 1 crushed
Birinji flower 1
Marati mokku 1
Green chilies 6 sliced
Onion 1 sliced
Toamtoes 2 chopped
Mint 1 fistful
Salt
Turmeric 1/2 spoon
Chili powder 1-2 spoons
Mutton/Goats meat 1/2 kilo
short grain rice 4 cups
Ghee 1 cup
Fried curry leaves to garnish.

Spices to be toasted and powdered:

Fennel seeds 2 spoons
Coriander seeds 2 spoons
Peppercorns 2 spoons
Cumin seeds 2 spoons
Dry red chilies 4-6
Poppy seeds 2 spoons
Dry coconut 6 spoons.

To be fried in oil and then wet-ground:

Onion 1 small
Ginger 2″ grated
Garlic 6 cloves
Tomato 1
Green chili 1
Curry leaves few
Cilantro leaves few.

Method:

Marinate meat with enough salt, powdered spices, wet-ground spices and lemon juice. Maybe for 4 hours.

In a wide vessel, bring ghee…throw in dry spices, followed by chilies and onion. Wait till they get golden color.

Then stir-in mint and tomatoes…cover and cook. Once they turn pulpy, add the marinated meat. Do not cover, cook over medium heat.

Once the meat turns to opaque…and oil shows up on the top. Add turmeric and chili powders. Add enough water and cook till tender.

Stir-in rice, cover and cook over least possible heat.

When the rice is done, remove from heat.

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36 Responses so far.

  1. Gita says:

    Wow…that looks yummilicious dear…spicy and tempting :)

  2. Pavithra says:

    MMMmmmmmmmmmm super spicy and looks so so yummy.

  3. Superchef says:

    thank god im reading this while having dinner! Yummy!

  4. Love biriyani in any form…………

  5. Yummy Team says:

    wow! delicious and spicy mutton biriyani! Its one of my favorites. I also have it in my drafts. Great recipe!

  6. Rekha shoban says:

    looks colourful and yummy!

  7. emryl says:

    This is a fabulous Dish…Never tasted any biryani Chettinad style

  8. Soma Pradhan says:

    This seems and looks very very tasty

  9. Rice looks delicious and this is my favourite too…by the way the spoon you used is this teaspoon or tablespoon?

  10. Priya says:

    Slurppp!!am hungry now..

  11. Happy Cook says:

    Wowo indeed looks spicy delicous. How i wish i had a large plate of this delicous biriyani.

  12. Sounds delicious.. & nice click..

  13. Meena says:

    That is one spicy biryani…niccce!

  14. Ana Powell says:

    What a lovely comforting rice recipe x

  15. Suhaina says:

    Wow Malar, I am drooling. Its really tempting.

  16. delicious biriyani… you are tempting me with your photo

  17. Hi Malar…what else can I say here?

    I’m drooling over n over ur briyani! Looks perfect and uniformed! OMG, feel like grabbing some over the screen! :D

  18. Tina says:

    Pass that bowl to me dear.. Look so spicy and delicious…

  19. This is a comfort meal, look yummy!

  20. just pass me the plate as i’m drooling here at the click my dear:)

  21. Swathi says:

    Malar,

    Biriyani looks great.

  22. looks so tempting Malar. I can see the cashews and mutton.. mouth watering

  23. Its too tempting….i am literarilt slobbering……book marked…..

  24. that loook yummy.. spicy and delicious.. we are drooling here…

  25. Enna oru tempting picture pa. You make me hungry by recipes like this. Mutton biryani looks very delicious dear.

  26. Sashi says:

    Am drooling here.. anything named after Chettinadu, I’m in !!

  27. Nandini says:

    Wow. This biryani is so mouth-watering & yummy.

  28. Preety says:

    it looks like you ordered from restaurant..looks so professionally made

  29. This wont last too long over here!

  30. Latha says:

    Oh my it looks so yummmm….though I love all biryanis, mutton biryani is my fav…wish I could grab that plate :) .

  31. Dhanu says:

    Hello Malar,
    its feast to the eyes. Loved reading it. I shall try this next time.
    Dhanu

  32. Deepa says:

    Dear Malar,
    Can I have this plate for my dinner tonight? ;-)
    I’m drolling here at the click. Looks so spicy and yummy…
    Deepa
    http://hamareerasoi.blogspot.com/

  33. Rina says:

    Looks so yummy Malar..will definetly try this version.

  34. Bong Mom says:

    Mmmmmmm looks yumm. I tasted Chettinad Biryani(at a restaurant) for the first time last week, it was very spicy and different from other biryanis I had. We loved it and they served it with a gravy, again very spicy & hot

  35. Wow – just the picture make me want to cook it and eat it…

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