Special Vegetable Biriyani
A slow-assembled potato biryani where each grain of rice carries the aroma of cardamom, clove, and slow-cooked masala. Served with raita and pickle, it is a complete meal on its own.
Ingredientsfor 3 servings
- 2 cup Basmathi rice — soaked
- 3 nos Onion — chopped
- 2 nos Onion — sliced
- 2 nos Tomato — chopped
- 1 cup Carrot — chopped
- 1 cup Beans — chopped
- 1 cup Cauliflower — chopped
- 1 cup Potato — chopped
- 2 cup Bread slices — diced
- 4 nos Green chillies — slit
- 2 tsp Chilly powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala
- 1 tbsp Cumin powder — roasted
- 1 tbsp Biriyani masala
- Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
- 1 nos Bay leaves ela (Karuga)
- 2 nos Cloves (Grambu)
- 2 nos Cardamom — crushed (Elakka)
- 1 cup Mint leaves
- 1 cup Coriander leaves
- Salt, to taste
- Sunflower oil, to taste
- Ghee, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
For preparing special vegetable biriyani, first boil 4 cups of water.
Step 2
Add cardamom, bay leaves and cloves.
Step 3
Add required salt in it.
Step 4
Mean while, heat ghee in a pan, fry the rice in it and add to the boiling water. Add a tsp of oil into water and cook rice.
Step 5
Heat little ghee and oil in pan. Add onion, ginger-garlic paste and sauté.
Step 6
Add green chillies. Tomato and cook again. Add all the vegetables and fry for 2 minutes.
Step 7
Add turmeric, garam masala, chilly powder, cumin powder, biriyani masala and salt. Add little water and cook the vegetables.
Step 8
When done, make this a semi masala.
Step 9
Add mint leaves and coriander leaves.
Step 10
Add a layer of rice in a thick bottomed vessel and add the masala. Add rice again and Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 11
Now fry sliced onion in oil till brown. Fry bread slices till crispy.
Step 12
Add this to the rice and give a nice mix.
Step 13
Special vegetable biriyani is ready.
Tip
Seal the pot with dough or a tight-fitting lid during dum cooking. No steam should escape, or the rice will dry out.
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