Clean the mutton and marinate it with salt, curd, 1/2 tsp of garam masala, and pepper powder and keep aside for atleast 30 minutes. Soak the rice for 15 minutes and drain it well.

Heat ghee in a cooking vessel, and add whole cloves, cinnamon sticks, cardamom, & bay leaves, and fry for a minute. Add the rice and fry it for 3-4 minutes. Pour in 4 1/2 cups of water, salt, and lime juice and cook it covered till it is done. Set aside the rice.

In a blender, grind green chillies, ginger and garlic to a paste. Heat ghee in a pan and fry onions, cashew nuts, and raisins, one by one until they turn brown and keep aside.

In the remaining ghee, sauté thinly sliced onions, until they turn golden brown. Now stir in the ginger-chilli paste and fry it for 2-3 minutes. Add chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, and garam masala and fry it for 2 minutes. Stir in the chopped tomatoes, mace, bay leaves, cloves, coriander leaves, and mint leaves.

Add the marinated mutton pieces and combine it well. Pour in thin coconut milk and salt. Transfer the entire contents to a pressure cooker and cook for 2-3 whistles or until the meat is cooked well. if the gravy is loose, slow cook it until the gravy is thick.

Take a baking dish and brush it with some ghee or butter. Spread a layer of rice in the bottom and mutton on the top. Arrange the rice and the gravy this way. Garnish with fried onions, cashews, and raisins. Cover it with an aluminium foil. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake this for 20 minutes. Serve warm with raita and pickle.