Khima Briani

Everyone knows Briani in Mauritius and it's one of the star food in Mauritius!!!!
This recipe is a bit different as I used Kheema ( minced mutton) for the biryani.
500 gr mutton mince
1 cup chana dal
1 cup parboiled rice
8 onions
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/2 cup yoghurt
1 tsp pounded red chillies
2 whole green chillies
1/2 tsp cummin/coriander powder
3 potatoes cut in halves
1/2 tsp saffron
1/4 cup tomato juice grated or pureed- I use fresh ones
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ginger/garlic
1/2 cup ghee and oil
4 cardamoms
2 sticks Cinnamon
3 Cloves

Braise mince with ginger/garlic, salt, pounded chillies and cummin/coriander powder. When dry remove from stove and cool. Add yoghurt, saffron, tomato juice and whole cummin. Add cardamoms, cinnamon and cloves.
Fry onions in ghee/oil. Remove when golden colour, drain from the ghee and when cool crush with the back with a spoon and add to mince. ( Save a little for decoration on top of rice)
Fry potatoes in the same ghee and oil. Remove.
Place a first layer of mince in the deckchi or utensil. Then place the potatoes, then the dal. Lastly add the rice.
Decorate with fried onions, and sprinkle rest of ghee and 5 tblsp of cold water and simmer for 30 mins.
Serve with piments confits!!!! ;)