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Tasty Mixed Vegetable Biryani

Ingredients

For masala

Cinamon half inch,
Clove - three
Garlic 3 pods
Ginger 1/4 inch
Onion 1
Coconut 1/2
Green Chillies 2
Poppy Seeds 1 teaspoon

Vegetables :

Beans 5 to 6 cut in lengthwise
Onions 2 cut in lenghtwise
Carrot 1/2 optional
Peas 1/2 cup
Mint Leaves 10
Potato 1 cut in cubes

Others:

Bay leaves and stone flower if you get it
Oil 1/2 cup
Rice 1 cup
Water 2 cups
Salt, Haldi

Method :

1. Wash rice and keep aside (Should not allow it to be wet more than 10 minutes)
2. Powder clove and cinnman
3. Grind all the ingredients for masala
4. Fry this masalapaste and bay leaves in oil and after oil starts leaving add vegetables, when they are half done add salt, haldi, and powder masala and mix well and add water. Allow it to boil.
5. Add rice and allow it be on high flame for three minutes. When water starts boiling again keep the flame on low, then close the lid for 15 minutes.

If you cook in the non-stick cookware the biryani comes very well other wise keep it in cooker after adding rice for some time but donot keep on low flame after whistle comes for longer time. If it is electric cooker it is still better.

The Biryani which we made like this was never left away wastefully. Every one till now enjoyed and remembers whenever I meet them. Try you also and become the great admirer of all. For whole procees it takes hardly 40 minutes. Have this curd chutney with Briyani.

Tomato Onion Curd chutney:

Method

1. Take two Tomatoes, one Onion, one Chilli. Cut them.
2. Take two spoons of oil in kadai and heat it add mustard seeds. When it starts giving sound add curry leaves and add the cut tomato and onion and chilli.
3. Allow it to fry for some time.
4. Cool it and add salt, haldi, thick beaten curd and little coriander.

This goes with Biryani Rice, Any Rice item or with any Chapathi, Puri in fact with any item.