1. | Grind into a paste ginger, garlic and chillies, gradually adding 2tbsp/30 ml water. |
2. | In a bowl, rub ginger paste all over mutton. Add tomato, lemon juice, 2½ tsp/12.5 ml salt, chilli, cumin and garam masala powders, coriander and mint leaves and curd. Mix. Cover and keep aside 4 hours or in refrigerator overnight. |
3. | In a deep-frying pan, heat oil about 5 minutes. Add potatoes. Fry till light brown (about 3 minutes), stirring occasionally. Remove and drain. Remove mutton-curd mixture from refrigerator. Add potatoes. Mix. |
4. | Divide onions into 2 batches. Add half onions and ¼ tsp/1.3 ml salt to oil remaining in pan. Fry till golden brown and crisp. Remove and drain. Fry remaining onions with ¼ tsp/1.3 ml salt in the same way. Reserve 2 tbsp/30 ml fried onions. Crumble remaining onions. Add to mutton-curd mixture. Mix. |
5. | In a small bowl, stir saffron and milk. Keep aside. |
6. | Pour 5 cups water in cooker. Bring to boil on high heat with lid closed without the vent weight. Open cooker. Add remaining salt, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon and rice. Stir. |
7. | Bring to boil in open cooker body. Reduce heat to medium or lower. Place lid on top of the mouth of cooker body such that there is a gap of about ¼ inch/6 mm from the edge of the lid to the cooker body on the side opposite the cooker body handle. Cook till rice just turns opaque (about 5 minutes). |
8. | Remove lid. Remove cooker from heat. Immediately transfer rice to a colander and drain. Wash and wipe dry cooker. |
9. | Heat ¼ cup + 1½ tbsp/75 g ghee in cooker about 2 minutes. Add mutton with curd mixture. Mix. Add remaining water (¼ cup/60 ml). Stir. |
10. | Remove cooker from heat. Place rice evenly on mutton. Dribble saffron milk over rice. |
11. | In a small pan, heat remaining ghee (2 tbsp/30 ml) on medium heat about 2 minutes. Add cumin seeds. When cumin seeds begin to darken, immediately pour over rice in cooker. |
12. | Close cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and cook 10 minutes. |
13. | Remove cooker from heat. Allow to cool naturally 10 minutes. Lift vent weight slightly to release pressure. |
14. | Open cooker. Place rice on serving dish. Put mutton and gravy on rice. Garnish with reserved onions and almonds. |