Vegetable Briyani

Briyani is a all time favorite food at our home . My son is a veg lover and he loves this dish so much. Ingredients Basmati Rice - 1 1/2 cups Onion chopped thinly - 1 Green chillies - 2 slit Briyani leaf - 1 Kalpasi - 1 Tomato - 1 small Chopped vegetables ( peas , carrot , Butter beans , Cauliflower ) - 3 cups Coriander leaves - chopped - 1/2 cup Mint leaves - chopped - 1/2 cup Oil - 2 tblsp Ghee - 1 tsp Salt - to taste Lemon juice - 1 tsp To grind Small onions - 4 Green chillies - 4 Ginger - 1 " inch piece Garlic - 4 Cinnamon - 1 " Cloves - 4 Cardamon - 4

Method

• Soak Basmati rice with enough water for 30 min.
• Grind the all things under "To grind " to a nice paste.
• Heat oil in a 5 lr cooker . Add chopped onions . Saute well.
• Now add green chillies , tomato and chopped mint leaves and coriander leaves.
• Stir well until tomato turns mushy . Add the chopped vegetables and stir well.
• Drain the water from the rice and add this in the cooker.
• Gently mix everything together and all the masalas coat the rice well.
• Add 3 1/2 cups of water and adjust salt too.
• When the water starts boiling add lemon juice and close the cooker .
• Immediately put the weight and keep the flame in low for 10 min.
• Switch off the cooker after 10 min.
• Open the lid after the pressure releases. Mix gently .
• Serve with Raita.

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