Mutton Biryani

Ingredients:

4 blsp ghee
1.8 kilo mutton cut into big pieces
1 kilo rice soak in water for 15 mins and strain
6 big or 8 medium sized onions chopped lengthwise
2 tomatoes choppped
8 long green chillies
2 tblsp ginger garlic paste
2 to 3 tblsp chilli pwd (chilli pwd to taste as per spice tolerance)
2 bunches mint leaves
1 bunch coriander leaves
10 alu bukhara (dried plums)
1 pinch saffron grind with sugar and soak in half glass milk
10 cloves
1 finger size cinnamon stick
6 to 8 cardamom whole

Garnish:

1 tblsp ghee
1 onion
Cashewnuts & raisins

Method:

Fry 1 onion in ghee till brown, remove from pan and add cashew and raisins and roast till golden and remove and keep aside.
Fry the cardamom, cloves and cinnamon and the remaining chopped onions in ghee till soft, add whole green chillies and fry for 2 mins, Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute, add chilli pwd and fry for 2 mins. Add the chopped tomatoes and fry till the mix is pasty. Add washed mutton chops, salt to taste and mint leaves and cook till almost done. Now add aloo bukhara and coriander leaves. (I do not pressure cook the meat but that's an option too).
Cook rice in lots of water with salt and oil till al dente but not fully cooked and strain water.
Place pan on tawa, layer pan with mutton masala, add rice over it and press down, add half the saffron milk and fried cashewnuts and raisins. Pour another layer of mutton masala and repeat the process with rice.
Tie the lid of pan with towel and keep on low flame for 10 mins. Switch off flame and do not open the pan for 10 mins atleast.
Serve with fried onions as garnish and blow me kisses ;)