Veg Biryani

INGREDIENTS

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Vegetable Biryani -Vegetable Biryani
Recipe - How to prepare vegetable
biryani
Vegetable Biryani - Vegetable Biryani
Recipe - How to prepare Vegetable
biryani -
How to make Vegetable Biryani

A very simple and easy Biryani recipe
without much spices .This goes well
with raitha, papads and chips. If you
have all the vegetables cut and kept
ready, then it hardly takes 10 minutes
to prepare this. Even bachelors can
prepare this as it requires no
elaborate grinding of masalas etc. So
bachelors out there, do not spoil your
health by eating outside often, here
is a simple and yummy biryani recipe
that can be prepared at home in no
time. We had this with mixed vegetable
raitha and it tasted awesome. Now to
the recipe

Ingredients needed

Basmati rice – 1 cup
Onion – 1
Green chilli - 2 ( add more if you
want hot)
Ginger - garlic paste - 2 ½ teaspoon
Tomato -1
Mixed Vegetables - 2 cups
( carrot, beans, cauliflower, fresh
peas, potatoes )
Mint / pudina leaves – handful
Coriander leaves – handful
Lemon juice -1 tablespoon

Turmeric powder – a pinch
Red chilli powder -1 teaspoon
Coriander powder – 2 teaspoon
Biriyani masala – 2 teaspoon (Available
readymade)
Salt as required

For the seasoning

Oil – 1 tablespoon
Whole garam masala – ( cloves - 3,
cardamom -1, cinnamon – 1 inch piece)

For Garnishing – fried onions
(optional)

METHOD

Cut onions into thin strips and fry it
in oil till golden brown. Add it
before serving.

Preparations

Cut carrots, beans and potatoes
lengthwise. Chop tomatoes.

Wash and soak basmati rice for 20
minutes, drain and keep it aside.

Wash cauliflowers,cut it into florets
and put it in boiling water with a
little salt for 5 minutes. Drain the
water and keep it aside.

If you do not have ginger-garlic paste
with you,then grind 1 inch piece of
ginger and 5-6 cloves of garlic
together.

Method

Heat oil, add whole garam masala, then
add onions and sauté till it turns
transparent.

Now add ginger-garlic paste and sauté
for a few more minutes.

Add green chillies, all the
vegetables, chopped tomatoes, turmeric
powder, chilli powder, coriander
powder, biryani masala, mint and
coriander leaves, needed salt and
sauté for some more time. Then add 2
cups of boiling water, drained rice
and lemon juice.( Check for salt by
tasting the water ).

Transfer all the contents to a rice
cooker and switch on the cooking mode.
After it comes to keep warm mode,
switch off .Transfer the rice to a hot
pack or any other vessel to prevent
the bottom from getting burnt.

Once done, mix it gently, garnish with
fried onions and serve hot with raitha
or papads.

INFO & TIPS

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