Most Delicious Veg Biryani Recipe

Biryani - Name reminds us of only a few varieties chicken biryani, mutton biryani, prawns biryani, etc.,

But let me correct you, one can have a similar experience with vegetable biryani. 

So I came up with the idea of sharing a recipe that is specially prepared FOR ME at my home AS IM A PURE VEGETARIAN PERSON.

WHY SHOULD NON-VEGETARIANS HAVE ALL THE FUN?

This is a dish prepared with lots of vegetables that provides lots of essential vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, such as antioxidants and fiber.

Recipe For 1 Kg Rice Biryani (Serves 7 people)

Home Made Biryani Masala:

5 cloves

4-5 black pepper 

4-5 small stick of cinnamon 

1/2 spoon shah jeera 

5-6 green cardamon 

1 badi elaichi - peeled

4-5 tej patta 

Grind all the spice with a pinch of salt.

Marination:

250gm curd

8-10 cauliflower florets

1/2 cup green peas

3/4 cup diced carrot

1/3 cup beans

1/2 cup potato

10-12 slit green chilies 

75 gms fried paneer

1 thinly sliced tomato

1 medium sized onion

1 fried onion - crispy and brown

3 tsp chopped coriander 

20-25 leaves of medium size pudina leaves 

2 tsp shahi biryani masala 

2 tsp ginger garlic paste

2 tsp red chilly powder

1 small cup warm oil 

Salt 

Procedure:

1. Take all vegetables in a large pot add red chilly powder, ginger garlic paste, fried onions, shahi biryani masala, hot oil, homemade biryani masala, pudina leaves, coriander, curd, and salt. Mix it well and keep it aside for it to marinate for 30 min.
   
2. Rinse rice. Soak it for at least 30 min.
3. After 25 min, place water to boil in a large vessel and add salt, elaichi, cinnamon stick, shah jeera, cloves, black pepper, tejpatta to it. 
   
4. Let the water boil then add rice to it.
5. Let the rice cook on high flame (rice should be cooked 80%). Take one grain of rice and check if it has salt mixed in it. 
6. Place the vegetable pot for cooking and cover with a lid for at least 10 min. (Initially, the flame would be high, and when it has got proper heat low the flame)
7. Turn off the gas and keep the vegetables covered. 
8. Take a strainer and get rid of water. We get separate grains of rice.
9. Immediately transfer all the rice on the vegetables and spread it to level it. 
10. Pour 2 tsp ghee and also 2 tsp oil (optional) on rice.
    
11. Sprinkle a pinch of green and orange color, fried onion, and coriander.
12. Cover it with a wet cloth or foil sheet & lid. 
13. On gas, place a heavy tawa and the biryani pot on top of it.
14. Place a heavy object on top of it so steam doesn't escape. (Or cover sides of pot & lid with kneaded flour so steam doesn't escape).
    
15. Cook the same now on low flame for 10 to 15 minutes. Delicious biryani is ready to be served.

While Serving:

1. Mix vegetables & rice properly (40% vegetables-bottom layer, 40% middle layer rice, 20% upper layer of rice on each serving)

ENJOY WITH RAITA.

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