There are many ways and varieties for making
vegetable briyani nicely. This is an easy version but a tasty one.
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Ingredients:
Potatoes cut in to small cubes- 1 cup
Frozen green peas- 1 cup
Beans cut into ½ inch pieces- half cup
Shredded carrot- half cup
Finely sliced onions- 1 cup
Briyani rice- 2 cups
Crushed tomato- 1 cup
Lime juice- 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Ghee- 2 tbsp
Oil- 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder- half sp
Finely chopped coriander- 1 tbsp
Mint leaves- a few
Grind the following ingredients coarsely:
Clove-1, cardamom-1, cinnamon 1 inch piece-1, red
chilli-1, green chilli-1, small garlic flakes-6, shredded ginger- 1 tsp, fennel
seeds- 1 tsp
Grind the following ingredients in to fine paste:
Cashew nuts-3, shredded coconut-1 tbsp
Procedure:
Wash and soak the rice in water for 30 minutes.
Heat a vessel and pour the ghee and the oil.
Add the onion slices and fry them finely.
Then add the coarsely ground mixture and fry it on
slow fire for a few minutes.
Then add the crushed tomatoes with the turmeric
powder and fry them finely until the tomatoes are mashed finely and the oil floats
on top.
Add the vegetables with enough salt and a little
water.
Cook on medium fire until the vegetables are almost
cooked.
Add the greens and mix well.
Pour 3 cups of hot water and the lime juice.
Mix the ground paste with 1 cup of water and pour
this to the rice.
Cook on medium fire.
When the rice is almost cooked, add enough salt and
mix well.
When all the water is dried, put off the fire.
Cook the rice in ‘dhum’ for 15 minutes.
Mix once in between these minutes.
Drizzle little ghee on the rice.
The delicious vegetable briyani is ready to serve
now!!
