Ingredients
- Basmati Rice -2 cups
- Mixed Vgetable (cauliflower, potato, carrot, french beans) – 1 cup
- Green Peas- 1/2 cup
- Onion – 3 medium finely sliced
- Green Chillies- 2 finely sliced
- Salt to taste
- Red Chilli Powder – 1 tsp.
- Cinnamon(dalchini) -1/2'' piece
- Zeera – 1/2 tsp.
- Cloves – 2
- Black Pepper Powder – 1/2 tsp.
- Tomato – 4 medium
- Yogurt (curd) -1/2 cup
- Vegetable Oil – 4 tablespoon
- Mustard Seeds – 1/4 tsp.
Method
- Wash the basmati rice well before cooking.Then take rice with 3-3/4 cup water and a little salt added to it .
- Cook it in pressure cooker or in a pan or microwave.
- Cut all the vegetables into small thin pieces and fry each one of it separately in oil. Fry the green peas also.
- Take 1 tblsp oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, green chilli, cinnamon and caraway seeds powder, cloves, black pepper powder and stir for about half minute.
- Then add onions and saute them for a minute ot till they get pink in color.
- Add salt and red chilli powder and stir.
- Add fine chopped tomatoes and fry till they are properly cooked.
- Take the yogurt and make it fine by putting in a blender for just 2 rotations. Add this fine yogurt and stir well.Heat it for about 10 seconds.
- Add all the fried vegetables.
- Add the cooked rice and mix well with very light hands so that the rice grain doesn't break. Cook for about 3 minutes.
- Take this vegetable biryani out in a rice serving dish.
- Garnish with green coriander leaves.
- Serve the vegetable (veg. ) biryani hot with raita and pickle.