• Wash and soak long grain basmati rice and peel and slice onions.

Cook Rice

• In a pan, add oil and sliced onion. Cook until light golden brown. Once onions are golden brown, add whole spice.
• Add mutton and cook for 5 minutes, also add a chicken cube and salt.
• Now add 3.5 cups of water and cook until mutton is tender which will take anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour if you are cooking in a regular pot over stove top.
• I transferred the meat into an instant pot and cooked it for 25 minutes. Instant pot doesn't take a lot of water while cooking meat.

Caramelize onions and carrots

• While the mutton is cooking, take another pan and add 2 tbsp of oil, fry raisins, and carrots for about 5 minutes on medium heat. Add 1 tbsp of sugar and cook for another 2 minutes. Keep it aside for later.

Assemble rice

• I didn't add more water but if you are cooking in the pressure cooker or a regular pot and most of the water is dry then add more water. Make sure there is 1.5 cups of water for every 1 cup of soaked rice before adding rice to the pan.
• Once the mutton is tender, add soaked rice and garam masala.
• Cook on high heat until most of the water is dry. Add carrots and raisins on top and cover with a paper towel or aluminum foil, and the lid.
• Lower the heat and steam for 15-20 minutes.
• Fluff your rice and enjoy.