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I am Bhanu. I already posted my recipe for spicy chana masala and I got a lot of replies, some of them asking for a good recipe for Biriyani. Before I give the recipe, I should tell you that no two Biriyani's are the same. One thing is for sure, getting hotel taste biriyani at home is next to impossible. Maybe it is the way the ingredients are mixed or the style of cooking or the masalas or the multilayer technology they use or whatever - but then - I have my own style for Biriyani too - which is very simple and fast to prepare. Here is the recipe for mild vegetable biriyani (chicken biriyani will follow soon)
E-mail : bhanu.kyanam@home.com
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Mild Vegetable Biriyani
Ingredients
4 glasses (250 ml each) Basmathi rice washed one to two times in cold
water
2 tea spoons Ginger & Garlic paste
10-12 small Green Chillies
6-8 Cloves
4 Elaichis (Cardamoms)
A pinch of Turmeric powder
Small piece of Cinnamon
1 Big Onion (cut into long thin slices)
1 Carrot (cut into small cubes)
1 Potato (cut into medium size cubes)
1 Tomato (cut into small pieces)
1/4 cup Beans
A bunch of Mint leaves (optional)
4 table spoons cooking Oil
Salt
Method:
- Pour 4 table spoons of cooking oil into a pressure cooker large enough
for the preparation (and well cleaned ofcourse) and heat.
- Add chillies, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon first. Add the long thin slices of onion with a pinch of turmeric powder and fry till light golden brown. Now add all the vegetables (carrot, potato and beans) and keep frying for about
2 to 3 minutes.
- Add 2 spoons of ginger and garlic paste and add the prewashed rice. Mix all the ingredients for about 1 minute.
- Add 4 1/2 glasses (250 ml each) of water to this mixture and add salt to your taste (generally 3 to 4 tea spoons). If you wish to add mint leaves, you
may add them now. Let this simmer on the stove for about 20 minutes with
the lid closed (but without the weight). Check preparation every five
minutes or so that the water does not dry up. One the water is
completely absorbed and the rice is well cooked, the BIRIYANI is ready.
Easy - isn't it? Enjoy!
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