Vegetable Biriyani

Serves 4
Preparation time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

• Carrot - 1 cup
• Beans - 1 cup
• Capsicum - 1 cup
• Chilli powder - 2 tsp
• Coriander powder - 2 tsp
• Turmaric powder - 1 tsp
• Curd - 1/2 cup
• Oil - 1 cup
• Ghee - 2 tbsp
• Rice - 2 cups
• Water - 4 cups
• Salt to taste

For grinding:

• Onion - 2 cup
• Green chilis - 4
• Pudina - 1 cup
• Cinnamon - 2 inch
• Cloves - 2 no
• Cardamon - 3 no
• Ginger - 3 inch
• Garlic - 1 no (small)
• Fennel seeds - 2 tsp
• Pepper - 1 tsp

For Tempering:

• Bay leaves - 2
• Marati moggu - 2
• Dagad phool - 2
• Cardamon - 3 no
• Onion - 1 cup
• Tomatto - 1 cup
• Pudina - 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves - 1 strand

Method:

• Grind all the items given in the list above for grinding
• Wash the rice and drain water
• Add 1 tbsp of ghee to the wet rice and roast it till it gets dry
• Heat oil and temper all the items in the list
• Add vegetables to it and cook for a min
• Add turmaric powder, chilli powder, corriander powder, curd and salt
• Cook it till the raw smell goes off
• Add the roasted rice to it and cook it for 30 sec
• Add water to it and pressure cook it
• Turn the stove off for the first whistle itself
• Serve it hot

Tips:

You can replace Vegetables and add mushroom for making mushroom biriyani, chicken to make chicken biriyani and so on...