Mutton biryani

Hey everyone!!!
Eid mubarak to all! Its been quite some time, since i last shared a recipe with u all. Today its going to be my mom's recipe of mutton biryani. No matter how hard i try, it never turns out as good as hers, though everyone loves it. My Ammi (mom) makes layered biryani, she cooks the mutton and rice separately and then puts a layer of mutton and tops it with rice and the garnishing.

So, here goes the recipe of the mutton first followed by the rice.

Ingredients for mutton:

1kg mutton with bones
1kg onions ( sliced thinly)
5 tomatoes chopped
5 potatoes (peeled and cut into half)
1/4 kg dahi
2 bay leaves ( tej patta)
2 inch ciinnamon ( dal chini)
4 cloves (laung)
5-6 black peppercorns ( kali mirch)
2 big cardamom (badi elaichi)
4 green cardamom ( choti elaichi)
2 tbsp cumin seeds ( jeera)
2 tbsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp turmeric powder
3 tbsp coriander powder
Paste of a handful of coriander leaves and 5 green chillies
4 tbsp ginger garlic paste
Salt 2 tsp
2 tbsp garam masala powder
Oil for frying
For cooking 1 cup
Juice of 2 lemons

Method:

1) First we heat a pressurecooker, pour a cup of oil in it, add the garam masalas, let it crackle and put half the sliced onions and cook till it turns starting to turn golden.
2) Add the ginger garlic paste , the mutton and the coriander chilli paste and cookit for some time.
3) Then add the rest of the masalas , salt , dahi and tomatoes.
4) mix it well and pressure cook for 10 mins or till mutton almost tender.
5)open the pressure cooker and cook it on simmer for some time, till mutton cooked and almost dry and oil leaves the sides. Check the seasoning according to ur taste.
DO NOT ADD WATER at any point of time. Keep it aside.
6) fry the remaining sliced onions till golden and potatoes too till golden. keep it on an absorbent paper.

Ingredients for rice:

1 kg basmati rice
2 tbsp ghee or oil
1 bay leaf
2 green cardamom
11/2 litre water
2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
Salt

Method:

1) Heat a heavy bottom pan and put ghee in it.
2) add the bay leaf and cardamom.
3) saute the ginger garlic paste.
4) add the water with salt.
5) once the water starts boiling, add the rice and cook on simmer once the water reduces.

The layering:

In a vessel, put the cooked mutton, sprinkle lemon juice all over it, garnish with fried potatoes and the fried onions. Garnish with chopped mint leaves and coriander leaves. Spread the rice on top of it, and garnish it again with the remaining fried onions and mint leaves and coriander leaves.

Serve with dahi raita.