Mushroom Biryani
By: Mythreyi Dilip
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 5:44pm

Ingredients




2 cups button mushrooms, thickly sliced
1 cup rice (basmati/ jeera samba)
1 large onion, chopped
2 smalls tomatoes, chopped
2 teaspoons ginger and garlic paste
1 green chilly, slit
1 teaspoon turmeric
2 teaspoons red chilly powder
salt, to taste
1 cup coriander leaves and mint leaves
masala powder, roasted and ground to coarse powder
2 teaspoons pepper corns
2 teaspoons saunf/ sombu/ Aniseed

Preparation

1 Wash and Soak rice in water for 15 mins. 2 Heat oil in deep pan, add onions and green chilly. 3 Saute until onion turns pink, add the ginger and garlic paste cook for few minutes and add the masala powder, turmeric and red chilly powder and fry for few more mins. 4 Now add the mushroom slices, tomatoes and coriander & mint leaves. 5 Season with salt. 6 Mushroom will leave some water so the entire mixture will cook on it own juice and will become a thick gravy. 7 At this point of time add one more cup of water for the rice. Bring the mixture to boil, check the seasoning and add the drained rice. 8 Cover the pan with a lid tightly and cook until the rice is done. Serve hot with Onion Raitha.

About


A very popular South Indian Biryani with button Mushrooms.