Fried rice with mutton curry

This is a very traditional hyderabadi dish.This dish is made during special occasions like festivals/functions. In India this dish is known as "bagara khana metha salan".Dalcha is another dish served as a combination to this fried rice, which I'll post later.

Ingredients for fried rice:

Rice 1 glass

Water 2 glasses

Mint leaves 1 cup

Fried rice

Chopped coriander ½ cup

Green chilies 5-6

Onion finely sliced ½ medium sized

Oil ½ cup

Salt to taste

Fresh ginger-garlic paste 1 tsp.

Garam masala whole made from: cloves 1, Cardamom 1, cinnamon 1inch, Caraway (shah zeera), black pepper.

Preparation of fried rice:

• Wash and soak rice for 15 min.
• Take a big bowl, heat oil and fry onions in oil till it turns into pink color.
• Once the onions turn into pink color add ginger garlic paste fry on slow flame for 1 min.
• Then add mint leaves fry for ½ min.
• Add water, chopped coriander, salt, green chili, garam masala then cover it and let cook for 3-4 min. on high flame.
• Once the water starts boiling add soaked rice.
• Cover it and let it cook for 2 min.
• Cook the rice till the water is absorbed keep stirring don’t let it burn.
• Cook till rice is soft and then cover it with a lid and slow down the flame.
•  Now keep a bowl filled with water on the bowl of cooked rice; this process is called as “dam”. 
• Remove the bowl of water after 5 min. 

Ingredients for mutton curry:

Mutton ½ kg.

Fried rice with mutton curry

Chopped onion 4 big sized

Oil ½ cup.

Red chili powder 2 tsp.

Turmeric powder ½ tsp.

Salt to taste

Ginger garlic paste ½ tsp.

Chopped green chilies 3

Chopped coriander ½ cup

Garam masala powder made from: cloves 1, Cardamom 1, cinnamon 1inch, Caraway (shah zeera), black pepper.

Water as required.

Preparation of mutton curry:

• Heat oil in a pressure cooker, fry onions till golden brown.
• Wash mutton pieces and add it into the pressure cooker.
• Add red chili, turmeric, salt, ginger-garlic paste and green chilies.
• Fry this mutton till the water is absorbed.
• Once the water from the meat is absorbed add 2 glasses of fresh water.
• Cover the pressure cooker and let it cook up to 5-6 whistles and then turn off the heat.
• After some time open the pressure cooker and see whether the meat is softened or not.(If not the let it cook for some more time)
• Cook until the excess water is absorbed and the curry comes to a thick consistency.
• Add garam masala powder and chopped coriander.
• Serve this mutton curry with hot fried rice.