“Veg-Dum Biryani”

“Veg-Dum Biryani” Recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Lunch/Dinner
Prep Time: 20 mins   | Cook time: 1 Hour    | Serves: 3-4

Ingredients     

                        

Vegetables Required

6-7 pieces Potato

6-7 pieces cauliflower

½ cup peas

3-4 pieces carrot

2-3 pieces capsicum

4-5 cubes paneer (fried)

4-5 cashews (fried)

Coriander leaves (finely chopped)

Rice Ingredients:

½ kg Basmati Rice

Water as required

3-4 green cardamom

1 cinnamon stick

2 black cloves

3-4 teaspoon refine oil or ghee

Salt as per your taste

Veg-Dum Biryani  masala Ingredients:

5-6 onion (finely chopped)

½ cup refine oil

1 cinnamon stick

3-4 green cardamom

2 black cardamom

3 black cloves

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

1-2 teaspoon food color

4 teaspoon garam masala powder

1 teaspoon cumin powder

5 large teaspoon red chili powder

1 cup yogurt(beaten)

5 teaspoon ginger garlic, green chili paste

½ cup mint leaves(finely chopped)

½ cup coriander leaves(finely chopped)

Salt as per your taste

                          

                                       

                                               Step by step procedure:

Prepare Masala for Veg Biryani.

Step-1 Take big size cooker, heat it. Add 1 teaspoon oil into it.

Step-2 In a grinder first grind cinnamon to fine powder then add black cardamom, green cardamom, cumin seeds, cloves and coarsely grind them.

Step-3 Now transfer the mix of grinder into the cooker. It’s time to mix everything very well.

Step-4 In a fry pan, add oil and when oil is hot then add lots of chopped onions to fry it to golden brown.

Step-5 Now make fine paste of ginger, garlic and green chili. Add it to the cooker.

Step-6 Add garam masala and salt into the cooker. 

Step-7 Cover the cooker with lid for 1 minutes on low flame.

Step-8 Now add Red chili powder and cumin powder. Mix it.

Step-9 Add finely chopped coriander and mint leaves.

Step-10 Add 1/4 cup refine oil into the cooker.

Step-11 Add lots of fried onions into the cooker. Mix everything very well.

Step-12 Now add yogurt into it and mix it very well. Cook it for 2 minutes.

Step-13 Add ½ cup Warm Water into the cooker and mix it. Cover the lid and let it cook on low flame. Now it’s time to prepare rice and fried vegetables for birani.

Step-14 Prepare Fried Vegetables for biryani

Take deep fry pan, heat oil. Now add all the veggies and salt as listed above. Fry it until they are cooked nicely. For good aroma add finely chopped coriander leaves. Mix well.

Step-15 Prepare rice for biryani

Take big size fry pan, add water into it. When water get boiled then add cinnamon stick, green cardamom, black cloves into it. Now add salt and oil into it. Let it cook for 1 minute. Now add washed basmati rice into the pan. Stir it continuously.

Step-16 When rice is 50% cooked then transfer it into the cooker. Make sure to add it slowly and layered wise.

Step-17 Add ½ part of fried veggies into the cooker.

Step-18 Now add left over rice from the pan into the cooker.

Step-19 Now add few coriander leaves and mint leaves on the top.

Step-20 Add few fried onions and left over fried veggies on the top.

Step-21 Now add food color on the top.

Step-22 Cover the cooker with lead to cook it at dum and let the rice as well as veggies completely cook. Check it continuously, if the steam comes then switch of the flame. 

Step-23 Take it out in a serving bowl and garnish it with finely chopped coriander leaves, fried cashews and fried paneer.

 Enjoy it.

Tips:

• Don’t add too much of water in the masala.

• You can use water of rice. It will give good flavor to the biryani.

• Add all the ingredients as prescribed in the list.

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