Spicy Vegetable Biryani
By: Priyaa Iyer
Published: Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 9:34am

Ingredients




2 cups Basmati Rice
1 cup Mixed Vgetable (cauliflower, potato, carrot, french beans)
150 gms Green Peas
3 Finely Sliced Onion
2 Finely Sliced Green Chillies
Salt to taste
1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
2 teaspoons Cinnamon(dalchini), Caraway Seeds(zeera)
4 cloves (laung)
1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
4 Tomato
1/2 cup Yogurt (curd)
4 tablespoons Vegetable Oil
1/2 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
3 tablespoons Dry Fruits (cashew nuts, raisin)

Preparation

1 Wash the basmati rice well before cooking.Then take rice with 3-3/4 cup water and a little salt added to it and 2 tbsp of dry fruits.Cook it in pressure cooker or in a pan or microwave. 2 Cut all the vegetables into small thin pieces and fry each one of it separately in oil. Fry the green peas also. 3 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. 4 Add salt and red chilli powder and stir. 5 Add fine chopped tomatoes and fry till they are properly cooked. 6 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. 7 Add all the fried vegetables. 8 Add the cooked rice and mix well with very light hands so that the rice grain doesn't break. Cook for about 3 minutes. 9 Take this vegetable biryani out in a rice serving dish. 10 Garnish with dry fruits and green coriander leaves. 11 Serve the vegetable (veg ) biryani hot with raita and Kurma

About


This is the most popular Indian food. I just love it and live on it. Friends call me (Briya)a as i love it...
Enjoy this tasty , yummy, spicy, flavored food.

Comments:
Alli Shircliff

Wow this sounds amazing..interesting tip on making the yogurt more fine!