Homemade Biryani Recipe
Ingredients:
2 cups basmati rice
4 onions cut long
2 tomatoes cut finely
1 tin /can sweet corn
1 red capsicum cut into cubes
2 yellow capsicum cut into cubes
5-6 fresh whole mushrooms cut into cubes
2 cups paneer cubes (frozen or fresh)
2 small potatoes cut into cubes and swallow or deep fried
2 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp chopped ginger
3-4 green chilies chopped finely
1 tbsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
2 tbsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala
½ tbsp jeera powder (cumin powder)
½ tsp pepper powder
½ tsp cinnamon powder
½ tsp cardamonmpowder
½ cup thick curds (yogurt )
salt as per taste
few cashewnuts and raisins
Method:
Clean, wash and soak the rice for half an hour . In a vessel boil some water and then add 1 tbsp salt and cook till it is semi soft or 80% cooked. Drain the water and keep aside to cool.
In a bowl add half the quantity of the rice and rub a little orange colour on it then mix it with the remaining white rice.
For the marination add all the dry spices, salt , ginger, garlic and green chilies to the curds. Then add all the vegetables leaving out the paneer. Keep it for 10-15 minutes.
in a kadai deep fry the cashewnuts and raisins , remove on a kitchen tissue .Then deep fry the onions in small batches till it is brown and crispy. Keep 2-3 tbsp for garnishing and crush all the remaining onions in the marination. In a heavy based vessel add the marination and cook for 5- 10 minutes along with the paneer till the mixture is dry. Remove in a bowl and keep for future use.
In the same vessel take 4-5 tbsp oil then put half the quantity of rice and spread it evenly. Top it with the cooked vegetables and then layer it with the remaining rice .
Garnish with fried onions and dry fruits and 2-3 tbsp ghee.
Put the vessel on tawa and cook on slow flame for 15-20 minutes or till the ghee melts.
Serve this yummy Briyani with yogurt and pickle.
