Ingredients:

• 2 cups – water
• 1/2 kg – Mutton
• 1 – Coconut
• 1/2 cup – Ghee
• 2 – Onions
• 1/2 kg – Rice
• 2 tbsp – Sugar
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp – Lime juice
• To grind:
• 6 – chillies
• 1 tbsp – coriander
• 1 – Turmeric
• 1.5 tbsp – Cumin seeds
• 4 flakes – Garlic
• 1 inch – Ginger
• 1 tbsp – Poppy Seeds
• 6 – pepper
• 4 pods – Cardamoms

Method:

1. Cut the meat into 1-inch pieces and wash.
2. Grind all the listed masalas.
3. Grind coconut and extract two cups of coconut milk.
4. Heat ghee in a heavy-bottomed pan and fry one sliced onion.
5. When it turns brown, add ground masala, meat and hot water, to about 1 inch above the contents. Add salt to taste.
6. Boil till meat is well cooked.
7. Squeeze lime juice to taste. When done, keep aside.
8. Clean and wash the rice, and drain the water.
9. In another vessel large enough for the rice, pour some ghee and heat it.
10. Fry another sliced onion.
11. Fry the rice in this same vessel, till the rice turns brown.
12. Now pour the coconut milk into the rice, so that it remains 1 inch above the rice.
13. As usual, add some hot water, if the level is not reached.
14. Add, sugar, salt and lime juice to taste.
15. When the rice is half cooked, add the meat with the masala and gravy, and stir.
16. When it is blended, remove and put in the microwave oven to cook till done.
17. Recipe Courtesy: Mangalorean Recipes