Vegetable Biryani

Vegetable Biryani is one of the exotic rice dishes of India. Prepared with Rice, vegetables and spices, Vegetable Briyani is servrd as a main meal or as an additional dish.

Here is the step-by-step instuctions on how to prepare Vegetable Biryani.

These are the ingredients we used in the recipe:

• Three cups of Raw Ponni Rice (a hybrid variety developed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University)
• 100 grams of been seeds
• 100 grams Carrot
• 100 grams Green beans
• 100 grams Tomatoes
• 2 Onions medium sized
• 15 pieces of Garlic cloves
• 7 medium sized Green chillies
• one lemon
• Handful of Coriander and mint leaves
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(Ingredients list follows in next step also)

Ingredients used:

Spices

• Star Anise
• Cardamom
• Cinnamon
• Bay leaves
• Cloves
• Nutmeg mace

Took small quantities of all the above spices

Other ingredients

• 3 Tablespoons of Garam masala
• One and a half Tablespoons of Roasted Cumin powder
• One Tablespoon of Turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• Cashew nuts (add as you like for added taste)

Oil

• Three Tablespoons of Sesame Oil
• One and a half Tablespoon of pure ghee

Method

• Clean Rice in water and soak for about 30 minutes
• Soak Bean seeds in water for about two hours
• Chop Carrot, Green Beans, Tomatoes, garlic gloves and Onions in to small pieces
• Slice green chillies in half and chop the coriander & mint leaves

Cooking

• Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker
• When the oil is hot, add chopped onions, chopped garlic and green chillies
• Add spices like Star annise, Cardamom, cloves, Cinnamon and Nutmeg mace in whole for fragrance.
• Add soaked beans and Cashew nuts and stir fry.
• When the raw smell has gone, add all other ingredients other than rice and stir fry
• Remove water from the soaked rice, add to the above ingredients and stir fry for about three minutes
• Add six cups of water. The water quantity should be just double the quantity of Rice, that is about six cups.
• Stir the mix frequently to prevent from sticking to the bottom of cooker
• Let the mix come to a full boil. Now cover the pressure cooker with the lid and close the steam vent with pressure regulator
• Cook in medium heat till the pressure regulator releases the steam once.
• Remove from fire and allow it to cool

When the steam pressure is normal, remove the cooker lid.

Serve hot with fryums and slices of lemon...