Ingredients
1 cup basmati rice
5 tsp oil or ghee
1 cup veggies like green peas, chopped carrot, cauliflower florets
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 green chillies crushed
1/2 cup curd
1 bay leaf
2 cloves
1 piece cinnamon
1 cardamom
2+1 sliced onion
12 tsp turmeric pdr
1 tsp biryani masala
1/2 tsp coriander pdr
1/2 tsp cumin pdr
1 tsp chilli pdr
chopped mint and coriander leaves
Salt to taste
3-4 saffron strands soaked in 2 tsp milk
fried cashews
Procedure
Marinate the veggies with curd, ginger garlic paste, crushed green chilli and salt, keep for 15 minutes
Wash and soak basmati rice in water for 30 mins
Deep fry 1 onion slice into brown colour and crisp
In cooker put oil/ghee and put whole garam masalas and fry
Add onion slices and saute for 5 minutes
Add marinated veggies and mix well
Add in the rice draining the Wate, fry for 5 minutes
Put the spices and give a stir
Add salt to taste and 1 1/2 cups water and close the lid
Take 2 whistles and switch off the gas
In between raise the whistle and release the steam 2 times to avoid overcooking
Open the lid and add Saffron, chopped Mint and coriander leaves, fried cashews and onion slices
Mix gently with a fork
serve hot with raita
Note: You can substitute veggies with chicken or prawns.
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