Ingredients

• 2 cups - Mixed veggies (potatoes, carrots, green peas, beans, cauliflower)
• 2 cups - Basmati rice
• 1 - Onion (sliced)
• 1/2 cup - Tomato canned puree
• 2 tsp - Ginger and garlic paste
• 6 - 7 - Green chillies, slit
• Cilantro - chopped, 1/4 cup
• Mint - 4-5 sprigs
• 4 - Cloves
• 4 - Cardamoms
• 2 " - Cinnamon stick
• 1 tsp - Cumin powder
• 1 tsp - Coriander powder
• 1 tsp - Chilli powder
• 1 tsp - Garam masala powder
• 6 tbsp - Oil
• 2 tbsp - Ghee
• 1/4 cup - Cashews (grind to a smooth paste)
• Pinch of saffron -soaked in 1/4 cup warm milk
• 1 tsp - Garam masala, for sprinkling in layers.

How to Make Delicious Vegetable Biryani

• Wash and soak rice for 20 mins.
• Now cook the rice with 3.5 cups of water and 1 tsp of salt.
• Chop all the vegetables into big pieces.
• Heat oil in a pan, add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon. Then add the sliced onions, salt and cook on low flame until brown.
• Now add the green chillies and cilantro and saute for 1 min.
• Add the tomato puree, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder and cook on a low flame for 5 min.
• Now add the chopped vegetables, cover and cook on low flame for 10 mins.
• Add the cashew paste and garam masala powder.
• Mix and cook for another 5 mins.
• Take a baking dish, add a layer of the vegetable mixture. Top it with rice, ghee and garam masala, and then add the remaining vegetable mixture.
• Top it with the remaining rice, ghee, garam masala and saffron milk.
• Cover with a lid or foil and bake in a preheated 350 oven for 30 mins.
• Serve hot.