Mutton biryani

Ingredients for cooking mutton
Mutton-300 gms
Minced onion-1
Minced tomato-1
Ginger garlic paste-2 teaspoons
Chili powder-2 teaspoons
Coriander powder-2 teaspoons
Green chilli-1
Turmeric powder-1 teaspoon

For seasoning
Bay leaf-1
Cinamon-2
Cardomom-2
Clove-2 Fennel seeds-1 teaspoon
mint leaf-handful (very good in giving taste and aroma)

Ingredients for biryani
Basmati rice-2 cups
Coconut milk-1 cup (milk from half coconut)
Minced onion-1
Minced tomato-1(optional)
Ginger garlic paste-1 teaspoon
Chili powder-1 ½ teaspoons
procedure
Mutton has to be cooked for some time first since it can’t get cooked along with rice in the rice cooker. So in a pressure pan or small cooker in a teaspoon of oil season the mutton with a teaspoon of fennel seeds, 2 cloves and 2 pieces of cinnamon. Sauté the onion and tomato pieces well. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté. Now add the mutton and sauté for 3 minutes. Add chili powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder and mix well .pour 1 ½ cups of water and add the salt needed. Close the cooker and cook in medium fire for 7 minutes.
Mean while wash and soak 2 cups of rice that you are using. After 10 minutes strain the water and keep the rice aside Once you are done with cooking the mutton, separate the mutton pieces from the gravy and keep the gravy aside which can be used while cooking in the rice cooker .
Now to make the biryani, keep a kadai or pan in the stove. In 2 table spoons of oil season the biryani with the items given in ‘to season’. Then sauté the onions and tomatoes. Tomato is optional. I rarely use tomato at this stage. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté. Now add the rice and sauté till it looses the water content. 1 : 2 ½ is the ratio of water to rice. Instead of water alone we are going to make use of the mutton gravy we got while cooking the mutton and a cup of coconut milk. Measure both and add water for the remaining to make it 5. Add mutton pieces now and the 5 cups of mix we have. Add chili powder and the salt needed also. Mix well and transfer to the rice cooker. In the earlier stages of cooking stir 2 or 3 times. Once the rice gets cooked avoid mixing often. Can be garnished with coriander leaves if desired while serving.