Low fat mutton biriyani Recipe

This recipe is enough for 4 -5 people.

Ingredients:
Basmati rice: 3 cups
Butter/oil: 2 tsps
Bone less goat:300 g

Salt: To taste(approx 2 tsps)
Lemon: 1/2
Red chili powder: 1 tsp
Yogurt:2 tbsp

Ginger:1/4 inch
Garlic: 3 cloves
Biryani spices:
3-4 cloves
1 Bay leaf
3 cardamom
3 cinnamon sticks
2 Star anise
Mutton biryani spice powder(Buy from store)-1 tsp
Onion: 1/2 medium
Green chilies:2
Mint: 2-3 stems
Coriander:1/4 bunch


Marination:
Marinate mutton with salt,red chili powder,lemon juice, ginger garlic paste and yogurt for 2 hours.
Use only 1 tsp the ginger garlic paste prepared.

Preparation:
1.Melt butter in thick bottomed vessel. Saute Onions and green chilies.
2.Add 1 tsp ginger garlic paste, 1 tsp biryani spice powder and all of the whole spices.
3. Cook on low heat for 2 min and add marinated mutton.
4.Cook for 10 min on medium flame and add rice and water( i used 4 cups of water to 3 cups of rice)

5. Add salt to water and do not mix rice and mutton.You can add mint leaves at this stage.
6.Cook on high heat for 5-10 min until rice comes to boil and water is evaporated.

7. At this point put the flame to minimum and put the lid on.
8. Cook for 15-20 min and your biryani is done.
9. Garnish with coriander and serve with lemon slices and onion.

This recipe is low fat because i used only 2 tsps of butter.Boneless mutton has no fat in it.

Barley-kidney bean soup

Ingredients:
1/2 cup barley
1/2 can canned kidney beans
3 Garlic cloves-minced
2 chicken cubes/ 1 can chicken broth
1 carrot
1 big tomato
1 small onion
2 tsp oil
1 small bunch spinach

Instructions:
1. Chop onions into squares
2. Chop carrot into squares
3.Soak chicken cubes in water
4.Wash kidney beans and mash it into paste.
5.Chop tomato.
6. Add oil,minced garlic, onions and carrots and cook for 3-4 minutes
7.Add mashed kidney beans and chicken broth and diced tomato
8.Add 1/2 cup barley and let it boil on medium flame for 30 min.
9.Add water if evaporated.
10.Add chopped spinach and boil for another 10 min.
11. No need to add salt.