KUSKA BIRIYANI

KUSKA BIRIYANI

Ingredients:

2 cups basmati rice, soak for 20 minutes, drain
3 green chillies sliced
2 onions sliced
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
1 ½ cups coconut milk
1 ½ cups water
2 tbs mint leaves
2 tbs coriander leaves chopped
4 tbs of ghee
Salt to taste

For Tempering:
1 inch cinnamon stick
3 cloves
3 cardamom
1 bay leaf
1 tsp cumin seeds.

Method:
Heat the ghee in a rice cooker, add in all the tempering ingredients.
Let them splutter, add in the sliced onions and fry it till it is light brown.
Add in the sliced green chillies, and fry it well.
Next add the ginger and garlic pastes, sauté them well.
Lastly add in the coriander leaves, curry leaves and the mint leaves.
Fry for a second, add in the coconut milk , water and salt.
Let it come to a boil, add in the drained rice.
Give it a good stir, now cover and cook till the red button stops
You have gama gama biryani.
Serve with onion raitha, or any kurma.


Note; you can pressure cook it for 3 whistles.
If cooking in a pot, let it come to boil, sim the fire.
Cover the pot with a heavy cover and cook.

Instead of the coconut milk you can use 3 cups of water.
Health wise you can even use low fat milk.