This Easy Instant Pot Mutton Biriyani was this Sunday’s special at my house. It turned out really good and I thought I must share this recipe on my blog. The Instant Pot is my favorite kitchen appliance, I have many recipes using the Instant Pot, and I plan to post many more!
It was so easy to make and once you have all the prep work done, it goes really fast. The Instant pot does all the work for you!
The most important part of this Biriyani is adding the correct amount of water when cooking the rice. I will share how I did it and got perfectly cooked rice!
What are the Ingredients for this Easy Instant Pot Mutton Biriyani?
Mutton – I used goat meat with bones, using meat with bones always makes a dish more flavorful.
To marinate mutton – yogurt, ginger garlic paste, salt, turmeric powder, Kashmiri chili powder, garam masala powder, a handful of cilantro chopped, green chili chopped.
Basmati Rice – I used Extra long grain Basmati rice. You can use regular basmati rice also.
Onion
Tomato
Cinnamon stick
Cloves
Cardamom pods
Juice of half a lime
To garnish – fried onions and chopped cilantro
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How do you make this Easy Instant Pot Mutton Biriyani?
Wash and soak 2 cups of rice in water.
Marinate mutton with all the ingredients mentioned above.
Slice onions and tomatoes.
Switch on the Instant Pot to sauté mode. Add ghee, when hot, add the cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom.
Add thinly sliced onions and fry till they turn light brown, then add tomatoes. When the tomatoes turn soft, add the marinated mutton. Mix it well. Close the Instant Pot and pressure cook on high for 8 minutes.
Once the pressure goes down, open the Instant Pot. Check how much gravy is in the pot. This is an important step as you do not want your rice to be mushy!
Add drained rice on top, add salt and juice of 1/2 lime. Do not mix. Just spread the rice over the top.
Add water, I needed to add only 1 cup of water as there were already 2 cups of gravy.
For every cup of rice, you need 1 1/2 cups water or gravy.
(Use the same cup you use to measure your rice for your water as well. I use the cup that came with my rice cooker.)
Close the Instant Pot again and cook on high pressure for 4 minutes.
Once it is done, set a timer for 10 minutes and do a quick release of pressure.
Open your instant pot and mix your biriyani gently. Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with fried onions and chopped cilantro.
Your delicious mutton biriyani is ready! Enjoy with some Raita!
Instant Pot Mutton Biriyani
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 lb Mutton pieces with bones
- 2 cups Extra-long grain basmati rice (or regular basmati rice)
- 1 Onion sliced
- 1 Tomato sliced
- 3 tbsp Ghee
- ½ Lime (juice)
For the marinade
- ⅓ cup whole milk yogurt
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Kashmiri Chili powder
- ½ tsp Garam masala powder
- 10 stalks Cilantro ( a handful) (chopped)
- 1 green chili (use more if you like it spicy)
Whole Spices
- 1 Bay leaf ( optional)
- 1 inch Cinnamon stick
- 5 Cloves
- 4 Cardamom pods
For garnish
- ½ Onion (sliced and fried in oil till brown)
- Cilantro (chopped)
Instructions
- Marinate mutton with the ingredients mentioned above. Keep it aside. (Or you can marinate the mutton and keep it overnight in the refrigerator. Take it out before starting cooking so it comes to room temperature.)
- Wash and soak the Basmati rice.
- Thinly slice onions and tomato.
- Switch on the Instant Pot to saute mode. Add the ghee, when the ghee is hot, add the whole spices.
- Add onions and fry them till light brown, add the tomato, when they turn soft, add the marinated mutton.
- Mix it well. Close the Instant Pot and cook on high pressure for 8 minutes.
- Once it is done, open the Pot. Check how much gravy is in the Pot. Add drained rice on top along with salt and lime juice.
- DO NOT MIX, just spread the rice on top.
- Add water as required. I added only 1 cup of water as there were 2 cups of gravy in the pot. DO NOT MIX
- Close the Instant Pot and cook on high pressure for 4 minutes.
- Once your Instant Pot beeps after the 4 minutes, press cancel. Set a timer for 10 minutes, after the 10 minutes quick release the pressure and open the Instant Pot.
- Mix the Biriyani gently and transfer to a serving dish immediately.
- Garnish with fried onions and chopped cilantro.
- Enjoy your Mutton Biriyani with Raita. (Yogurt with onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, green chili, and cilantro)
Notes:
- Use mutton with bones for the most flavorful biriyani. Mutton is goat meat. A substitute you could use is lamb.
- If you do get a chance to try extra long grain basmati rice, you must! I did not know such a thing existed until I tried it at a friend’s house!
- Using ghee gives this biriyani the best flavor, but you can use oil instead.
- For marination, I use whole milk yogurt but I am sure that low-fat yogurt will work as well, just do not use non-fat yogurt.
- You can marinate the mutton and leave it in the refrigerator overnight.
- I have already mentioned a few times that adding the right amount of water is the key to getting perfectly cooked Biriyani, but I will say it again as it is the most important step. For every cup of rice, you need 1 1/2 cups water or gravy. (Use the same cup you use to measure your rice for your water as well. I use the cup that came with my rice cooker.) Once the mutton is cooked, estimate the amount of gravy in the Pot, count that towards the water you have to add. So if you used 2 cups of rice, you need 3 cups of water. So, if you have 2 cups of gravy, only add 1 cup of water.
- It is important to open the Instant Pot after 10 minutes, take out the Biriyani and transfer it to a serving dish. If you leave it in the Pot it will continue to cook as the Pot will take a while to cool down.
Raita:
A simple Raita that I make is just cucumber, red onion, tomato, green chili, cilantro chopped up. Add yogurt to it, season with salt, pepper, cumin powder, and chaat masala powder. Mix well. That’s it!
Hope you will try out this easy Easy Mutton Biriyani recipe soon! Please rate the recipe and leave me a comment down below. I love hearing from you!
Here are some of my other Instant Pot recipes you might like to try:
Instant Pot Egg and Peas Pulao
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