Vegetable Briyani

Delicious Vegetable Briyani

preparation time : 20mins

cooking time : 25-30 mins

serving : 4 adults

INGREDIENTS

Basmati rice soaked   -  400 gms

Onions diced - 200 gms

Tomato - 100 gms

Carrots  - 1 medium size

French beans - 10

Green peas shelled  - 15 gms

potato - 1 small

Green chilli - 5 number

puthina ( fresh mint leaves chopped )- 2 table spoon

koithamailli ( fresh coriander leaves chopped) - 2 table spoon

yogurt  -  1 table spoon

Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon

red chilli powder  - 1 teaspoon

turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon

coriander powder - 1 tablespoon

Ginger garlic paste - 1  1/2 table spoon

Salt for taste

SEASONING

Oil  -  100 ml

ghee - 1 table spoon

Cloves  -  5

cinnamon - 1/2 inch stick

Bay leaf - 1

cardamom  -3

METHOD

Step 1

1.  Boil rice  in 5 cups of  salted boiling water until three- fourth done.  

2.  Drain excess water and set aside. 

3.  Heat a pan with oil and ghee  once it heated add the cloves, cardamom, cinnamon ,bay leaf and roast .

4.  Add onion saute until golden brown after that ginger garlic paste has to nicely cooked in the oil then tomatoes green chili, pudina, coriander ,red chili powder,coriander powder,tumeric powder, curd lemon juice and salt.  

5. Mix well, add the vegetables let them cook for 5mins.

STEP 2

Finally add the half cooked boiled rice. Mix well with the gravy. cover and cook in dum process for 5 mins...

Note

An authentic vegetable Biriyani is always slow cooked called Dum. Cooking briyani thru dum maintains its uniqueness and originality. 

This is the how the biriyani has the beautiful medley of the aromas, flavours and tastes caused by the blending of the ingredients used in making it.

Authentic Dum cooking the food is kept is by way of mixing wheat flour into a dough and sealing the pan cover with the dough.  This is to ensure the steam does not pass thru the pan cover. The food gets cooked in its own steam and juices on the slow fire, infusing the flavours and aroma of its own herbs and spices in the food.  Nutrients are not lost in the process and thus the food id nutritious too...

Vegetable Briyani

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