Ingredients:- 2 cups Basmati rice
- 1 cup vegetables (Cauliflower, potato, carrot, French beans)
- 150 grams Green peas
- 3 Thinly sliced onion
- 2 Thin sliced green chilies
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Red chili powder
- 2 tsp Cinnamon, caraway seeds
- 4 Cloves
- 1 tsp Black pepper powder
- 4 Tomatoes
- 1 cup Yogurt (curd)
- 4 tbsp Vegetable oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 3 tbsp Dry fruits (cashew nuts, raisins)
Method:
- Wash rice well before cooking.
- Then take rice with 3 cup water and a little salt added to it and 2 tbsp of dry fruits.
- Cook it in pressure cooker (wait for one whistle and then switch off the gas).
- You can also cook it in a pan or microwave it the way you normally cook rice.
- Cut all the vegetables into small thin pieces and fry each one of it separately in oil.
- Also fry the green peas.
- Then fry mustard seeds, green chili, cinnamon and caraway seeds powder, cloves and black pepper powder for about 1 minute and then add onions.
- Fry till the color of onion changes to pink.
- Add salt and red chili powder and stir it properly.
- Add fine chopped tomatoes and fry till they are properly cooked.
- Next add yogurt (fine) and stir well.
- Heat it for about 10 seconds.
- Add all the fried vegetables.
- Lastly add the cooked rice and mix well with very light hands so that the rice grain doesn't break.
- Cook for about 3 minutes.
- Keep the vegetable biryani in a serving dish.
- Decorate with dry fruits and green coriander leaves.
- Serve with raita