PREPARATION TIME : 10 minutes
COOKING TIME : 20 minutes
INGREDIENTS : (serves 4 persons)
- Basmati rice - 1 and 1/2 cup
- Curd - 1/4 cup
- Onion medium size - 2
- Tomato medium size - 2
- Green chillies - 2
- Carrot - 1
- Beans - 6-8
- Ginger garlic paste - 1 spoon
- Red chilli powder - 3 spoons
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 spoon
- Biryani masala - 2 spoon
- Garam masala - 1/2 spoon
- Bay leaf - 2
- Cinnamon stick small - 2
- Star anise - 2 small pieces
- Cloves - 2
- Kalpasi - 1
- Fennel seeds/sombu - 1/2 spoon
- Jeera/cumin seeds - 1/2 spoon
- Water - 3 cups
- Ghee/oil - 3 spoons
- salt
DIRECTIONS:
1. Get ready with all the ingredients. (Soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes and drain the water.)
2. Heat ghee/oil in a pressure cooker. Add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, kalpasi, cloves, star anise, fennel seeds and jeera. Saute for a minute. (Tip: Ghee gives nice taste and flavour to the biryani.)
=> You can also add veggies of your choice, peas and meal maker (soya chunks) to the biryani.
=> You can add some coriander leaves and mint leaves to enhance the flavour of the biryani.
=> I used basmati rice and water in the ratio 1:2, i.e for one cup rice I have added 2 cups water.
=> You can also use any variety of rice and adjust the water quantity accordingly.
=> The specified amount of spiciness is sufficient for me. If you need more or less spicy adjust the quantity of red chilli powder accordingly.
=> If desired you can squeeze half lemon before serving.
=> I usually use only less amount of whole spices. If you wish you can add more. You can also add 2 cardamom while sauteing whole spices.
=> You can garnish your biryani with ghee roasted-cashews.
Super ka... Will try this recipe
ReplyDeletethanks.. try and let me know.
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