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Hi!
My name is Lizy Solanki. I live in Toronto, Canada with my husband
and 5 year-old son. Here's a family favourite recipe which I hope everyone
will enjoy.
E-mail : lizy_solanki@hotmail.com
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Vegetable Biryani
Ingredients
1.5 cups of good quality Basmati Rice
250 gms. Cauliflower
2 medium sized Potatoes
2 medium sized Onions
50 gms. Green Peas
A few Cloves,Cinnamon stick, Black Pepper, big Black Cardamom, a Bayleaf or
two (everything whole)
Oil for frying
Salt to taste
1 medium Tomato chopped
1/2 cup of Yogurt
Ginger Garlic paste
1.5 tsp Haldi powder
2 tbsp Cumin-Coriander powder
2 tsp .(or to taste) Red Chilli powder
Method:
- Wash rice and put them into boiling salted water for 5 minutes and
drain. Keep aside.
- Chop the onion and fry with whole garam masala listed in the
ingredients until brown.
- Cut all the vegetables into big pieces and add to the onion mix.
- Add chopped tomatoes, yogurt, salt, Ginger-Garlic paste, Haldi powder, Red
Chilli powder and Cumin-Coriander powder
- Stir until all the vegetables are well-coated with spices.
- Spread the rice over the vegetables.
- Cover with Aluminum foil and cook on very low flame for about 60-70
mins.
- Check every 15 mins. or so for water. Normally no water is needed. It will cook in the juices of
vegetables and yogurt.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves, fried cashews (if desired) and
serve with Raita.
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