Rather than Vegetable briyani.. we can call this as one of the simplest vegetable briyani.. I personally prefer food with little spices, specially when it comes to briyani, because less spices helps us to eat more... :)
Here is how it goes
Ingredients
Rice - 6 cups
Carrot - 3
Beans - 8
Potato - 2
Green peas - 100 g
Garlic - 10 pieces
Ginger - 1 inch
cloves - 2
cinnamon - 1 small piece
Cardamom - 3 (if you prefer)
Onions - 2 medium size
Tomato - 2
Green chilies - 2
Curry leaves - some
Coriander leaves - to garnish
Mint leaves - 20 pieces
Lemon - 1/2
Chilly powder - 1/2 tea spoon
Coriander powder - 1/2 tea spoon
Turmeric powder - as required
Ghee - 3 to 4 tea spoon
1. Cut the ginger into small pieces and grind along with garlic to make a smooth paste (if you are too lazy, use ginger garlic paste.. but i will not recommend it personally :) )
2. Take 2 onions, Cut 1 into medium sized piece and other thinly sliced. Cut the tomatoes.Now grind the medium sized onion and tomato along with cinnamon and cloves. Make sure that you do not grind very smoothly.
3. Meanwhile soak the rice for about 10 minutes.
4. Cut all the vegetables into pieces, If you are adding potatoes, make them as a bigger piece compared to the other vegetables.because if they are too small then you will end up with searching for them in the rice as they would have mashed..
5. Heat 3 tea spoon of ghee(if you ghee is an enemy to you , use oil) and add the soaked and drained rice to it and fry for 4 minutes.. Make sure that the rice is not sticking at the bottom of the vessel. You can use cooker for this.
6. Remove the rice from the cooker and keep aside. Now add 6 table spoons of oil ,once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds.
7.Add green chilies, curry leaves, and the thinly sliced onions and fry for 3 minutes. you can over fry if you want the sweetness of the onions as in Hyderabadi briyani..
8. Once the onions are fried, add the ginger garlic paste and onion tomato paste and fry until the raw smell goes.
9. Add mint leaves and the vegetables except potato and fry them for 4 minutes.
10. Add potato at the end and fry along with other items.(This is done as potato is a soft veggie)
11. Now add 1/2 tea spoon chilly powder, 1/2 tea spoon coriander powder, salt and a pinch of turmeric powder. mix well.
12. Add rice to it and mix well.. fry for about 2 minutes.
13. Now add water ( ratio 1:2 of rice and water if rice is regular, 1:1.25 of rice and water if you use basmati rice)
14. Taste and add salt if required.
15. Close the cooker and pressure cook..switch off after 3 whistles. Make sure that the rice is not at the sides of the cooker as it may block the gasket.
Nice smell will be around.. When I prepared it for this blog, my husband, soon after entering the home asked...'Chicken??'.. Mentioning this to make you feel the aroma..
Ah.. wait..Not completely done.. When rice is ready.. add some ghee and 1/2 lemon juice and mix.. Mix carefully so that rice is not broken.. Garnish with coriander leaves at the end... Tastes yummy...
Tip: I added more mint to give a mint flavor to the briyani.. you can limit it. And if you want it to be with more spices add poppy seeds, saunf and increase the quantity of ginger garlic paste..You can grind green chilies and add them too...
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Here is how it goes
Ingredients
Rice - 6 cups
Carrot - 3
Beans - 8
Potato - 2
Green peas - 100 g
Garlic - 10 pieces
Ginger - 1 inch
cloves - 2
cinnamon - 1 small piece
Cardamom - 3 (if you prefer)
Onions - 2 medium size
Tomato - 2
Green chilies - 2
Curry leaves - some
Coriander leaves - to garnish
Mint leaves - 20 pieces
Lemon - 1/2
Chilly powder - 1/2 tea spoon
Coriander powder - 1/2 tea spoon
Turmeric powder - as required
Ghee - 3 to 4 tea spoon
1. Cut the ginger into small pieces and grind along with garlic to make a smooth paste (if you are too lazy, use ginger garlic paste.. but i will not recommend it personally :) )
2. Take 2 onions, Cut 1 into medium sized piece and other thinly sliced. Cut the tomatoes.Now grind the medium sized onion and tomato along with cinnamon and cloves. Make sure that you do not grind very smoothly.
3. Meanwhile soak the rice for about 10 minutes.
4. Cut all the vegetables into pieces, If you are adding potatoes, make them as a bigger piece compared to the other vegetables.because if they are too small then you will end up with searching for them in the rice as they would have mashed..
5. Heat 3 tea spoon of ghee(if you ghee is an enemy to you , use oil) and add the soaked and drained rice to it and fry for 4 minutes.. Make sure that the rice is not sticking at the bottom of the vessel. You can use cooker for this.
6. Remove the rice from the cooker and keep aside. Now add 6 table spoons of oil ,once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds.
7.Add green chilies, curry leaves, and the thinly sliced onions and fry for 3 minutes. you can over fry if you want the sweetness of the onions as in Hyderabadi briyani..
8. Once the onions are fried, add the ginger garlic paste and onion tomato paste and fry until the raw smell goes.
9. Add mint leaves and the vegetables except potato and fry them for 4 minutes.
10. Add potato at the end and fry along with other items.(This is done as potato is a soft veggie)
11. Now add 1/2 tea spoon chilly powder, 1/2 tea spoon coriander powder, salt and a pinch of turmeric powder. mix well.
12. Add rice to it and mix well.. fry for about 2 minutes.
13. Now add water ( ratio 1:2 of rice and water if rice is regular, 1:1.25 of rice and water if you use basmati rice)
14. Taste and add salt if required.
15. Close the cooker and pressure cook..switch off after 3 whistles. Make sure that the rice is not at the sides of the cooker as it may block the gasket.
Nice smell will be around.. When I prepared it for this blog, my husband, soon after entering the home asked...'Chicken??'.. Mentioning this to make you feel the aroma..
Ah.. wait..Not completely done.. When rice is ready.. add some ghee and 1/2 lemon juice and mix.. Mix carefully so that rice is not broken.. Garnish with coriander leaves at the end... Tastes yummy...
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Tip: I added more mint to give a mint flavor to the briyani.. you can limit it. And if you want it to be with more spices add poppy seeds, saunf and increase the quantity of ginger garlic paste..You can grind green chilies and add them too...
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