Mutton Pullao

Ingredients

• 1 cup basmati rice
• 100 gm mutton, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cup curd
• 1/4 tsp green cardamom powder
• I tsp ginger-garlic-green chili paste
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp oil

Method

1. Wash and soak rice for 1 hour. Cook till half done.
2. Mix the curd, garam masala powder, green cardamom powder, masala paste and half the quantity of salt till well combined.
3. Marinate the mutton pieces in the above mixture for 2 hours.
4. Heat 1 tsp oil in a 2 liter cooker and fry the onions. Stir in the mutton mixture and pressure cook.
5. Heat the remaining quantity of oil in a pan and fry the bay leaves.
6. Stir in the mutton mixture, half cooked rice and the remaining quantity of salt, cover the pan with the lid and cook on a slow fire stirring occasionally till the rice is tender and the contents dry.
7. Garnish mutton pullao with tomato rings and serve hot.