Tuesday 16 April 2013

Vegetable Biryani


Vegetable Biriyani Recipe
Vegetable Biriyani Recipe - Ingredients :
  • Basmati Rice - 1 cup (I used seeraga samba rice variety)
  • Coconut milk - 1/4 cup
  • Water - 1 and 3/4 cups
  • Onion - 1 chopped finely
  • Tomato - 1 cubed
  • Ginger Garlic paste - 1.5 tbsp
  • Curd - 2 tsp
  • Ghee - 1 tbsp + 2 tsp
  • Oil - 1/2 tsp
To temper:
  • Cloves - 2
  • Cinnamom - 1/2 inch piece
  • Cardamom - 1
  • Bayleaf - 1
Vegetables:
  • Carrots - 2 medium sized chopped finely
  • Beans - 6 chopped finely
  • Peas - a little less than 1/4 cup
To grind to a paste:
  • Mint leaves - 1/4 cup
  • Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup
  • Green chillies - 2
Note : The rice : water ratio is 1:2 including coconut milk

Vegetable Biriyani Recipe
Method:
1.Grind the ingredients listed under 'to grind' with little water to a fine paste.Set aside. Take thick coconut milk and make it ready.
Vegetable Biriyani Recipe
2.Heat oil and 1tbsp ghee in a pressure cooker, add cinnamom, cloves, cardamom and bayleaf one by one and saute for a min then add onion , tomato saute till it turns mushy.Add ginger garlic paste saute till raw smell leaves.
Vegetable Biriyani Recipe
3.Now add the puthina paste, curd and saute 3mins till raw smell leaves.Then add the vegetables, mix well and saute for 2mins. Now add the rice and mix well with the veggies for a minute.
Vegetable Biriyani Recipe
4.Add coconut milk, 1 and 3/4 cups of water and pressure cook for 3whistles and switch off.Once pressure releases, open and fluff it up with a fork.Add remaining ghee and mix once again taking care not to make the rice mushy.
Vegetable Biriyani Recipe
Serve hot with onion raita the best combination with vegetable biriyani or kurma.


Vegetable Biriyani Recipe

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