Sunday, February 24, 2013

Mutanjan متنجن

Mutanjan is a  very delicious, nutritious and eye appealling dish from Royal Kitchen of Kashmir and Mughals Emperors. Its is also a costly dish and a lot of material is required to cook this wonderful dish.

Mutanjan

Ingredients:

  • Rice 1/2 kg
  • Mutton/lamb bonelss 3/4 kg
  • Oil/ ghee  400 ml
  • Yoghurt 1 cup
  • Onion chopped 2 large
  • Ginger paste 1 teaspoon
  • Garlic paste 1teaspoon
  • Salt 2 teaspoon
  • Red Chillies powder 1 teaspoon
  • Fennel whole 1 teaspoon
  • Coriander whole 1 teaspoon
  • Cloves whole 8
  • Black pepper whole 10-15
  • Cardamom brown 2
  • Cardamom small 8
  • Kashmiri caraway 1 teaspoon
  • Cinnamon stick 2
  • Raisin  1 table spoon
  • Almonds  20
  • Pistachio  30
  • Coconut fine  slices  20
  • Coloured  baby Cham Cham  20
  • Ashrafi  2 tablespoon
  • Khoya  3/4 cup
  • Saffron 20 threads

Procedure:

  • Soak rice in water, wash and drain . Keep aside.
  • Fry onion in oil till golden brown.
  • Add whole spices and mutton, fry for 2-3 minutes.
  • Then add ginger, garlic paste, Red chillies powder and salt, and yoghurt.
  • Fry for 5 minutes then add 2 galss water and cook on medium flame till mutton is tender.
  • Now add 2 glass water, when water boils add soaked rice.
  • Cook till rice are near to cook.
  • Lower the flame to simmering  flame, sprinkle nuts, ashrafi, cham cham and khoya at top.
  • Simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Delicious Mutanjan is ready  to serve.