Vegetable Dum Biriyani

Vegetable biriyani is perfect for a light treat in little time. Here is a short method of making delicious layers of long grain rice and mixed vegetables.



Ingredients:

1. Oil / Ghee- 1/2 cup
2. Whole spices-( cardamom, clove, cinnamon., bay leaf and pepper corns)
3. Onion thinly chopped-1 large
4. Chopped garlic-1 tbsp
5. Thinly chopped tomato-1 large
6. Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
7. Chilly powder-1 tsp
8. Coriander powder-2 tsp
9. Garam masala powder-2 tbsp
10. Chopped cauliflower-1 cup
11. Chopped beans-1 cup
12. Chopped potato-1 cup
13. Chopped Carrot-1cup
14. Soya chunks-1/4 cup
15. Salt-to taste
16. Curd- 1/2 cup
17. Coriander leaves chopped- 1/4 cup
18. Mint leaves chopped- 1/4 cup
19.  Basmati Rice-1 kg
20. Ghee-2 tbsp
21. Saffron food color-few drops
22. Fried onion-1 large
23. Fried cashews-few
24. Coriander leaves and mint leaves-one handful

Preparation:

• Wash and soak the basmati rice in water for about 20 minutes.
• Drain it and cook in enough water by adding salt.
• Cook until  3/4 th cooked; drain it and keep aside.
• Soak soya chunks in water for 15 minutes. It will double it's size. Squeeze to remove the water content inside. Keep it aside.
• Heat a wide pan with oil (Or ghee); add whole spice.
• Add chopped onion and garlic; saute few minutes until onions soften.
• Add all the spice powders and mix well.
• Add chopped tomato and saute until mashed well.
• Add all the vegetables chopped along with soya chunks, curd , coriander leaves and mint leaves.
• Mix well and cover cooks in medium flame for about 15 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked nice and tender (stir often).
• After that open he lid and spread cooked rice evenly on top.
• Sprinkle ghee, food colour, fried onions, cashews, coriander leaves and mint leaves on top.
• Cover the lid tightly and heat on low flame for another 20-30 minutes (dum method).
• Give a nice mix and serve hot with raitha and pickle.

Checkout the video of making vegetable Biriyani to ease your cooking👇👇👇👇