Veg Biryani
by vishakha_p

Discover an easy to prepare authentic biryani recipe for your family and guests. Accompany the flavorful biryani rice preparation with mirchi ka salan and raita.

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Veg Biryani recipe - How to make Veg Biryani

1 cup rice (chawal)
2 pinches of saffron (kesar) strands
2 onions , sliced
2 tbsp broken cashewnuts (kaju)
2 tbsp raisins (kismis)
3 tomatoes , finely chopped
2 capsicums , sliced
1 1/2 cups mixed boiled vegetables
1 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)
a little milk
4 tbsp ghee
salt to taste
to be ground into a paste
6 cloves (laung / lavang) of garlic (lehsun)
25 mm piece ginger (adrak)
3 cardamoms (elaichi)
4 green chillies
3 cloves (laung / lavang)
1 tbsp poppy seeds (khus-khus)
2 sticks cinnamon (dalchini)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1/2 tsp chilli powder
2 onions
6 mint leaves (phudina)
for baking
2 tbsp ghee

Method

You can take cauliflower, carrots, potatoes, green peas as the mixed vegetables.
Boil the rice. Each grain of the cooked rice should be separate. Drain and cool.
Warm the saffron in a small vessel, add a little water and rub until it dissolves.
Add the saffron liquid and salt to the cooked rice. Mix well.
Heat the ghee and fry the onions until brown. Remove the onions and in the same ghee, add the cashewnuts and raisins and fry for a few seconds. Remove and keep aside for decoration.
In the same ghee, add the paste and fry for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the tomatoes and capsicum and fry again for 2 to 3 minutes. If you like, sprinkle a little water. Add the boiled vegetables and coriander and cook for a while.

How to proceed

Put 2 tablespoons of ghee at the bottom of a baking bowl. Make layers of the rice and vegetables, beginning and ending with rice.
Sprinkle a little milk on top. Cover and bake in a hot oven at 200 degree c (400 degree f) for 15 to 20 minutes.

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