Vegetable Rice (aka) Biriyani

A special treat perfect for sundays:) With the perfect blend of spices, it is indeed a tasty dish for everyone :)

Cooking time : 30  mins
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• Chopped Vegetables ( i used Potato, peas, beans , carrot & yellow pepper): 1 1/2 cup
• Tomato : 1/2 (roughly chopped)
• Coriander leaves: 1/4 cup+ 1tbsp(finely chopped)
• Basmati Rice : 3/4 cup
• Salt: as required
• Ghee: 1 Tbsp
• Green Chillies: 2
• Ginger : 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder: 1/4tsp
• Red chilly powder: 1 tsp
• Coriander powder : 1 tsp
• Garam Masala: 1/2 tsp
• water : 1 1/4 cup
• Fennel Seeds: 3/4 tsp
• cloves: 2
• Cinnamon: 1 small stick

Prepartion:

• Soak the basmati rice for 15-30 minutes. Drain the water and keep aside.

Method:

• Finely chop the vegetables & keep aside. 

• Grind coriander leaves, tomato, green chillies & ginger to a smooth paste.

• In a pressure cooker,add ghee and temper with fennel seeds, cloves and cinnamon. Now add the ground paste and the chopped vegetables. Mix well.
• Add salt and all the powders (Turmeric, chilly, coriander, garam masala &salt). Mix well. Add water and mix well.

• Add the rice and add 1 pinch of salt. Mix well.
• Pressure cook for 2 whistles. Switch off flame.
• Once pressure releases,open and puff teh rice with a fork or gently mix everything together with a ladle. garnish using coriander leaves. Serve with any raitha.

Notes:

• You can cook in rice cooker instead of pressure cooker.
• You can use raw rice instead of basmati rice. If using raw rice, do not soak for long and cook with the ratio of 1:2.
• If you like mint flavour, u can grind a few mint leaves with the coriander leaves and add in the paste.