Vegetable Biriyani

Vegetable Biriyani is one of my family's favorite. This recipe is quite common. There are situations when we plan for an outing suddenly and surprisingly there wouldn't be anything to gobble down before leaving. We decide to have something on our way. But how about once we return home hours after the outing. Everybody is going to be tired and hungry. The ladies would feel exhausted to cook a full course meal after all the enjoyment.

Trust me, these situations are the ones where this vegetable Biriyani can be made very easily yet liked by all in the family. If you are good at cutting vegetables, then this is going to be even more quicker.

Read on...

 

Time	40 minutes
Difficulty	Easy
Serves	3

Ingredients 

• Basmati rice – 2 cup
• Onion (big) – 2
• Tomato – 2
• Green chillies-2
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Mixed vegetables -1 cup (carrot, beans, potato, capsicum, cauliflower)
• Mint leaves (Pudina) – ¼ cup
• Coriander (Cilantro) – ¼ cup
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Garam masala – ½ tsp
  Chilly powder – 1 tsp
• Salt -1 tsp

Seasoning

• Oil - 3 tsp
• Ghee – 1 tsp
• Bay leaves – 1
• Cinnamon – 2 sticks
• Cloves – 2/3
• Cardamom – 2/3

Preparation

• Soak the rice for half an hour.
• Meanwhile slice the onion and tomato (lengthwise) and dice the vegetables.
• Heat the oil and ghee in a pressure cooker.
• Add the seasoning items first and stir fry for 3 minutes.
• Add green chillies, onion and stir fry till golden color.
• Now add the ginger garlic paste and stir fry till the raw smell in it escapes
• Add tomato and the vegetables, mint leaves, turmeric powder, chilly powder and garam masala and mix well.
• Add the soaked rice and fry for 1 minute to avoid rice becoming sticky.
• Add 3 cups of boiling water, salt and coriander leaves and close the lid of the pressure cooker.
• Wait for 2 whistles and simmer the flames for about 5 minutes.
• After the pressure is released wait for 5 minutes to allow the rice to cool.

 

The Biriyani is best served in medium heat with raitha. In situations when raitha can't be made, regular curd would also go well with the recipe.

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