It's weekend and it's time to relish your taste buds with something special. A vegetable biriyani would be a nice idea.The below recipe will serve for 2.
Ingredients for biriyani:
Ingredients for pickled mango (mangha uppilittathu):
Ingredients for biriyani:
- Basmati rice - 1 cup
- Ghee (butter)
- Assorted Vegetables (chopped)
- Tomatoes
- Potatoes
- Capsicums
- Carrots
- Spring onions
- Green chilies
- Ginger paste
- Coriander powder
- Cumin (jeera) powder
- Turmeric powder
- Chilly powder
- Cloves
- Cinnamon sticks
- Cashews and kismis
- Bread pieces
Preparation of biriyani:
- Soak the basmati rice in water for 10 mins.
- Meanwhile, chop all the assorted vegetables and green chilies.
- Take a pan and keep it in high flame.
- Add ghee (butter) and let it melt thoroughly.
- Drain out all water from the basmati rice and add it to the ghee and saute.
- Once the basmati rice turns golden brown, add the cloves and cinnamon sticks and continue to saute for 2 mins more.
- Keep the rice aside in a bowl.
- Now add ghee again to the pan and let it melt thoroughly.
- Do the basic tadka by adding mustard seeds to the melted ghee.
- Add the chopped green chilies and ginger paste and saute.
- Add all the assorted chopped vegetables and saute for 5 mins.
- Once the color of the vegetables start to change, add coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder and salt.
- Add a pinch of chilly powder. This is optional. Saute for 5 mins and transfer it into a bowl.
- Take a pressure cooker and transfer the basmati rice and sauted vegetables.
- Add exactly 2 cups of water and mix well. Add a teaspoon of salt and mix well. Basmati rice : Water ratio should be 1:2.
- Cook for 3 whistles.
- Open the pressure cooker after 15-20 mins.
- Take a small pan and keep it in high flame and pour ghee. Let it melt thoroughly.
- Add cashews, kismis and bread pieces and saute till the bread pieces become dark brown.
- Open the pressure cooker and add this mix to the biriyani.
- Add coriander leaves for garnishing.
Waahh... Hot hot biriyani is ready now!
Ingredients for raita:
- Curd/ Yoghurt
- Chopped green chilies
- Chopped tomatoes
- Chopped cucumber
- Chopped onions (optional)
- Salt
- Coriander leaves
Prepation of raita:
- Take a bowl and mix chopped tomatoes, cucmber, onions and green chilies.
- Add curd to it.
- Add salt for taste.
- Add coriander leaves.
Ingredients for pickled mango (mangha uppilittathu):
- Chopped mango
- Chopped green chilies
- Salt
Preparation of pickled mango:
- Mix the chopped mango, green chilies.
- Add salt and keep it for 3 hours.
Ingredients for Strawberry milkshake:
- Fresh strawberries
- Chilled milk
- Sugar
Preparation of Strawberry Milkshake
- Mix the strawberries, chilled milk and sugar in a mixer grinder.
- Serve it cold :)
That makes a perfect weekend lunch / dinner. Bon Appetit!
My biryani( or pulav) usually turns out mushy , especially in Pressure cooker. I have changed over to open Pan cooking method ( rice soaked for 1 hour and drained) and rest of steps same as yours. Cook on high till water boils and medium till water is absorbed. Then in SIM till rice is cooked. It still becomes too soft sometimes
ReplyDeleteyours doesnt look too soft. it looks proper.. did u wait a while before mixing it after opening the pressure cooker? ( is it because the rice was fried a bit?) --- radha
Radha, the most important thing is the rice:water ratio. Make it 1:2 and not more. Then it wont become sticky. Alos my friend suggested that if you squeeze lime also to the rice-water mix and then cook it will be non-sticky. I am yet to try this. But otherwise it will come out good in pressure cooker itself.
DeleteYes frying the rice before cooking helps. And also I keep it closed in the cooker for 10-15 mins after the whistles are done.