Rice is the staple food of India and has occupied a significant space in Indian Cuisines. Like India lot of other countries have rice as their staple food and have been trying various ways t prepare rice and make it tastier and interesting. Today I will be giving you an easily explained recipe to another Indian vegetarian dish, vegetable biryani.
Ingredients
- Basmati Rice – 2 cups
- Mixed Vegetables (potato, carrot, French beans, cauliflower/broccoli) – 1 cup
- Onion (finely sliced) – 3
- Green Peas – 150 grams
- Green Chillies – 2
- Cinnamon – 2 teaspoon
- Red Chilli Powder – 1 teaspoon
- Cloves – 4
- Cumin Seeds – 2 teaspoon
- Tomatoes – 4
- Black Pepper Powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Vegetable Oil – 4 tablespoon
- Mustard Seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
- Dry Fruits (raisin and cashew nuts) – 3 Tablespoon
- Salt to taste
Methods of Preparation
Begin you veg biryani preparation by washing the basmati rice. Take the rice with a quarter cup less to four cups of water, add a little salt and two tablespoon dry fruits and cook it in a pressure cooker, a pan or in a microwave.
Cut the vegetables into small and thin pieces and have each of them fried separately in oil. Keep the fried vegetables aside.
Now, take a tablespoon full of oil in a pan, put mustard seeds, green chillies, black pepper powder, cloves, cinnamon and cumin powder in it and stir for half a minute. Thereafter, add the onions and saute for a minute until the onion becomes slightly pink in color. Add salt and red chilli powder and continue stirring. Further, add finely chopped tomatoes and fry until it is cooked perfectly.
Take the Yoghurt, put it in a blender for two rotations to make finer. Add the yoghurt into the pan, stir well and heat it for about ten seconds.
Add the fried vegetables, the cooked rice and mix them well ensuring that you take enough care to avoid the breaking of rice grain. Cook the mixture for three more minutes and your vegetable biryani is done. Garnish it with coriander leaves and dry fruits.
Serve your dish with raita and pickle. Now you have learnt another recipe from Indiancuisines iPhone application.
