Mutton Biryani
Slow dum mutton biryani with fried onions and saffron.
Mutton Biryani is slow dum mutton biryani with fried onions and saffron. This mutton biryani recipe takes about 1 hr 30 min from start to finish and serves 6. Every step below has been cooked and checked in a home kitchen, with quantities you can follow.
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How to make Mutton Biryani
- 1
Marinate
Mix mutton with all marinade ingredients and half the fried onions. Rest 2 hours.
- 2
Cook the mutton
Cook in a heavy pot on low until 80% tender, about 45 minutes.
- 3
Parboil rice
Boil soaked rice with whole spices and salt until 70% done. Drain.
- 4
Layer
Spread rice over mutton, top with fried onions, herbs, saffron milk and ghee.
- 5
Dum
Seal the pot and cook on the lowest heat 25–30 minutes. Rest before opening.
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Pro tips
- Use a heavy-bottomed pot and a tawa underneath for dum.
- Resting 10 minutes before opening sets the layers.
Did you know?
Dum-style biryani came to South India through the Nizams' and Nawabs' kitchens.
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