Veg Biriyani

ThisVegetable Biryani recipe is a rice recipe that is cooked on special occasions such as festivals, parties, celebrations.This Recipe is veryyyy delicious.This Recipe post was amongst one of the few recipes that I wanted to post from a long time. One of my favorite food is the biryani. My mom makes the best biryanis and I have seen her many times cooking biryani with a lot of love and care. This Vegetable Biryani Recipe is one of the best biryani I have made so far .It is a rich dish as it uses dry fruits, spices, herbs and yogurt. The vegetables include capsicum, cauliflower, carrots, potatoes, green peas. The rice grains were fluffy, cooked well and separate.In fact, it came out so well and tasted lip smackingly yum……. All I can say is that each bite of this vegetable biryani recipe was heavenly.

I must say….There should be no hurry ……and cooking a biryani takes up some time.

So friends with out much ado lets start the recipe & I hope you enjoy making this recipe as much as I enjoyed.

Here goes the preparation method of this classic Indian Vegetable biriyani dish.....

Ingredients:-

Basmati rice   2 cups

 Mixed vegetable(cauliflower, potato, carrot, french beans, mushrooms)  1 cup

 Green peas 150 grams

soybean badi (boiled)1 cup

Thinly sliced onion 3

Ginger Garlic Paste- 3tsp

Thin sliced green chillies 2

Salt to taste

Red chilli powder   1 tsp.

Cinnamon, Caraway seeds 2 tsp.

Cloves

cardamom  1

Black pepper powder 1/2 tsp.

Tomato 3 sliced

Yogurt (curd) 1/2 cup

Mint leaves 1 bunch

 Oil 4 tbsp.

Sahi Jeera-   1/2 tsp.

 Dry fruits (cashew nuts,alomds) 3 tbsp.

Safron soaked in ½ cup of milk.

Fried Onions- 1 small cup

Chopped coriander leaves

    

Method:

 Wash rice well & soak for atleast 1 hour before cooking. In the boil water  add little bit oil & then The soaked rice & let it cook for 3-4 min. Rice to be cooked only 70%-80%.

 Cut all the vegetables into small thin pieces and Heat oil in a kadai & fry each one of it separately tll 70% done. Also fry the green peas & soybean badi.

 In a vessel  spluter sahi jeera .Then addgreen chilli, cinnamon , Cardamom and caraway seeds powder, cloves, black pepper powder for about half minute and then add onions. Fry till the color of onion changes to pink. Add Ginger garlic paste & sauté till oil separates from masala.

 Add salt and red chilli powder and stir it properly. Make a fine paste of mint leaves & add it with yogurt . It will give a nice smell.

Add fine chopped tomatoes and fry till they are properly cooked.

 Next add yogurt & mint leaves mixture and stir well for about 10 seconds.

 Now add Half of the rice & half of  the fried vegetables, Cashews & almonds.Sprinkle some fries onion.Make sure the flame should be low. Then put rest of rice. Then add the left over vegetables on top. Add the fried onions again.Add chopped coriander & Mint leaves.Add saffron and mix well with very light hands so that the rice grain doesn't break. Cook for about 3 minutes.

Serve Hot with any kind of Raita....