Vegetable Biryani

it easy and made quickly. Hope you enjoy the dish. Here you go…

Ingredients:

Basmati rice – 2 cups
Chopped onions – 2 cups
Tomatoes – 1
Vegetables – 1 1/2 cup (carrot, beans, peas)
Green chilly – 2 (slit)
Coriander leaves – 2 to 3 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
Red chilly powder – 1 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon – 1″
Cardamom – 2
Cloves – 2
Bay leaves – 2
Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
Oil – 1 tbsp
Ghee – 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Method of Preparation:

1.Cut the vegetables at 1″ in length
2.Heat oil in a pan, add the onions and fry till they become soft and golden brown colour
3.Add the ginger garlic paste and toss till the raw smell goes off
4.Add the tomatoes and green chillies and fry till the tomatoes get mashed and then add the red chilly powder and combine them
5.Now add the chopped vegetables and combine them. Reduce the heat and keep tossing
6.In between soak basmati rice for 3 to 4 minutes
7.Grind cinnamon, cardamom, cloves into powder
8.Heat ghee in a pan and add the ground powder to it and allow it to splutter and then add fennel seeds and bay leaves
9.Drain the water and add rice to it. Mix them well
10.Add the vegetable gravy to rice and combine them well
11.Remove from heat and put them in an electric cooker or pressure cooker
12.If you use a pressure cooker, cook the rice for one whistle and then turn off the stove
13.If you use rice cooker, once it is cooked (the light turned to warm) transfer the contents to a hot pack or any bowl to avoid the rice becoming brown at the bottom.
serve with hot.