Spice It Up! Make This Sindhi-Style Mutton Biryani

Ingredients

• 3-4 large potatoes
• Scant 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 6 green cardamom pods
• 2 black cardamom pods
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 teaspoons each of coriander (cilantro) seeds and black cumin (or cumin) seeds
• 1 teaspoon aniseed or fennel seeds
• 2 star anise
• 1 piece of mace
• 4 medium red onions
• 2 teaspoons each of grated ginger and crushed garlic
• 2 1/4 pounds mutton leg
• 5 tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 tablespoon ground anardana (dried pomegranate)
• salt
• 10-15 dried plums (aloo bukharas)
• 2 green chilies
• Scant 1 cup Greek yogurt
• 1 3/4 cups basmati rice
• 1 tablespoon kewra (screwpine water) or rose water
• 2 large pinches of saffron threads
• 1 tablespoon ghee
• 1 lemon
• A few mint leaves