Marinate the mutton with all the ingredients for marination for 6 to 8 hours or overnight in a refrigerator.
Half cook the basmati rice with whole spices and salt
Ina heavy bottomed pan add ghee and add the marinated mutton and cook covered in a lower flame for half an hour or till mutton is cooked soft.
In a heavy bottomed pot or handi add a layer of cooked mutton
Then add a layer of rice
Sprinkle some milk infused with saffron and also sprinkle fried onions .
Repeat the layers
Finally close the Handi with a lid and place a heavy object over the lid or close the gap between vessel and lid with chappathi dough.
Let it cook in lower flame for 15 to 20 minutes now the rice and mutton would have been infused with the flavours.
Serve hot with onion raitha and salads