Mutton Coconut Biriyani.
- 24
- February
- 2009
Mutton Biriji:
Mutton Thengai Birinji. Mutton Coconut Birinji. Mutton Biriyani with coconut milk. Mutton Coconut Biryani. Mutton Coconut Birinji.
As every culinary journey begins with a grandmother’s story, so is mine! My Grandmother was a gifted cook in the family!:) I miss her authentic preparations! This was(is) one of her unique recipe ‘Coconut Birinji’! When I was a kid, watched her move around in the kitchen, with great admiration! Grandma would strain herself so much to make an early breakfast, an elaborate lunch, an evening snack and again a dinner! It used to be like…Kitchen was her industry and she worked there 3 shifts, without rest! Sometimes…when guests arrived without prior notice…in minutes she would come up with fabulous tiffin or like this variety rice! When it comes to cook for others, mothers and grandmother’s would get up early and toil in the kitchen. Oh boy…that was some time! But when our turn comes…we just take them out, to restaurants!:(
Birinji Saadham and Pudhina thuvaiyal is her master piece! I never got a chance to learn anything from my Grandma(my bad luck)! But whatever she cooked for me…the taste still lingers in my mind! Wish I had her energy in entertaining people!!! Well…today I tweaked her recipe to suit my carnivore palate! Yeah…added meat to it! But one could continue this in the same fashion, without adding any meat!:)
Ingredients:
Short grain rice 2 cups
Goat’s meat 1/2 kilo
Coconut 1 large
Green chilies 6-9 slitted
Garlic 1 whole head, peeled
Onion 1 large sliced
Salt
Mint leaves 1 fistful
Fennel seeds 2 spoons
Bay leaves 3 crushed
Ghee 1 cup.
Method:
Cook meat till tender…with limited salt in it. Set aside, retain the meat cooked water.
Shell the coconut and make a thick extract (milk) from it. Maybe make sure…if you’re using 2 cups of rice, 4 cups of thick milk will be appropriate.
In a wide vessel, heat ghee. Add fennel seeds, bay leaves and chilies. Wait till the chilies crackle up.
Then add sliced onions and fry till fragrant. Followed by garlic and mint.
Now stir-in, cooked meat. Cook over high heat. Once the water is reduced and oil shows up on sides.
Add rice and fry for 2 minutes. Then add 4 cups of thick coconut milk to it. Cover and cook over sim heat.
Once the rice is done soft and fluffy…serve warm as a main dish. Mint thuvaiyal is considered as perfect side dish in my family.
malar..send me that bowl….am drooling here….
COmpletely new dish to me…yummy dish!!!
Hmm..Malar,Grandmas like that is precious and will be always there for us..I can imagine how blessed she was to entertain so many..
And Birinji looks awesome…Drooling yaa.
Malar, that is a delicious dish. I like the idea of adding mutton to it. Nothing like grandmom’s hand that brings that special taste.
Hi Malar,
I agree with you, grandmas are really unforgettable gem for all the families. I can also feel and can enjoy this recipe the way you felt.
cheers.
What a coincidence!! I made all my Shivaratri feast from my ajji’s cooking skills too but pure veg dishes.
Mutton and coconut looks delicious. I will be cooking some non-veg too for my next post, bit tired of eating veg dishes these days!
What a coincidence!! I made all my Shivaratri feast from my ajji’s cooking skills too but pure veg dishes.
Mutton and coconut looks delicious. I will be cooking some non-veg too for my next post, bit tired of eating veg dishes these days!
Adding mutton to birinji must be perfect! This is a delicious dish!
never heard of birinji rice but it sounds terribly yummy, and with pudhinaa thuvayal it must be delicious; it reminds me of kattu sore with thuvayals, we used to eat this at night, under the moonlight, on the terrasse of our house; my aunty used to give each one of a big hand of it one by one!
nive combination with mutton ,i woudn’t say no, yummy yummmy!
Mmm, nice combination with mutton;
I don’t know about this birinji saadham, but it sounds terribly yummy!
I dont know anything about this..But looks yummy..
Dish looks very yummy & very different too. will try it with chicken..
I have heard of birinji..but never tasted them..thanks for posting the recipe..will try without meat
Grandma’s recipes are really yummy and I too wonder how come they got so much energy in those days.
Birinji saatham looks stunning with mutton. Very tempting dish dear.
well said about mother’s and granny’s….nice memories and good recipe..
yummmmm..I want this now Malar..the pic is soo tempting..:)
Aren’t all grandmothers great cooks….this dish is new to me but looks delicious.
Hey malar, a new treat for us..! Have not heard of this recipe, its tasty// will try out
wow wow wow
birinji rice….
awesome!!! would have gone well with spring onions / mushrooms and capsicum rather than mixing it with mutton.
looks good anyways…
i had been busy for the last few weeks (with the project delivery) as i was working on saturdays too.
this saturday i wont be working, so i will call you (if i get up early – otherwise you call me)
pari
Hi Malar,
Please collect you well deserved award here!
I never heard or tasted this before, but I wish to cook this, looks very good! So truly said abt grandmas. They used to go all out of the way to make everyone happy and toil in the kitchen whole day making delicacies..
Oh yeah grandma’s had lots of patience and energy making flavorful meals each day.The brinji with meat ,rice and coconut is totally new combo,must be super good:)
Nice recipe, Malar. I have read about Kongunad recipes for biriyani that do not use tomatoes and too many masalas, not even onions. This recipe reminded me of that.