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 tsp
Tomato -1
Mixed Vegetables - 2 cups
( carrot, beans, cauliflower, fresh peas, potatoes )
Mint / pudina leaves – handful
Coriander leaves – handful
Lemon juice -1 tbsp

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

For the seasoning

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

For Garnishing – fried onions (optional)

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 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. Add 2 cups of boiling water 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.

Enjoy!!

Note-

You can pressure cook or cook it in a big pan or you can do everything directly in the rice cooker itself .Since I do not like to cook directly in the rice cooker, I did everything in a pan and transferred it to the rice cooker.

If you do not know how to use the pressure cooker for cooking rice,check here

Do check my other rice recipes.

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