VEGETABLE BIRYANI

VEGETABLE BIRYANI

½ kilo basmathi rice, soak for 10 minutes, drain
½ kilo mixed vegetables e.g carrot, cauliflower, beans, potato.
100 grms green peas
200 grms onion chopped
200 grms tomatoes chopped.
1 hand full mint leaves
1 hand full coriander leaves
3 green chillies sliced
3 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 cup curds
2 tsp chillie powder
3 tsp coriander powder
Salt to taste

1 big spoon oil or ghee
2 star anise
2 bay leaves
3 cardamoms
2 pieces cinnamon sticks
3 cloves
Little jathi pathiri or mace

Method:
Wash and soak and drain the rice.
Cut the vegetables into 1 ½ inches in length

Heat a pressure cooker with the oil or ghee.
Add in the seasonings, let them splutter.
Add in the hand full of mint and coriander leaves.
Sauté well , add in the chopped onions, sauté well.

Add in the ginger garlic paste, stir well.
Add also the chopped tomatoes, stir fry well.
Add in the green chillies, add in the beaten curds and salt.
Cook well, now add in all the vegetables, stir fry well.

Now add in the coriander powder and the chillie powder.
Mix well till oil separates from the masala.
Add in the drained rice. Give a good stir slowly.
Now add 1 ½ measures of water for 1 measure of rice.

Mix all the ingredients well. Close the pressure cooker.
Keep for 3 whistles, then sim for 5 minutes.
Remove and fluff up the rice.
Garnish with more cut coriander leaves.