Hydrabadi Veg Biriyani

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Hydrabadi Veg Biriyani

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :15 Min

Cook Time : 45 Min

Total Time : 1 Hr 0 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 2
  • 2 nos ingredient for vegetable curry:carrots,chopped


  • 10-12 nos cauliflower florets/gobi,small


  • 6 nos button mushrooms,chopped


  • 1/4 cups french beans(chopped )


  • 1/2 cups green peas


  • 1 cups paneer,cut into medium cubes


  • 10 nos cashew nuts


  • 1/4 cups yoghurt


  • 2 nos onion,chopped


  • 1 tbsp ginger paste


  • 2 tbsp garlic paste


  • 1 tsp turmeric powder


  • 1 tsp coriander powder


  • 1 tsp red chilly powder,according to your taste


  • 1 nos cinnamon stick


  • 3 nos green cardamom


  • 4 nos cloves


  • 2 nos bay leaf


  • 1/2 tsp whole jeera,for tempering


  • 1 tsp udupi ruchi garam masala powder


  • 1 pinch salt


  • 1/2 tsp sugar


  • 2 tbsp oil/ghee/clarified butter


  • 1 inch ingredients for making biriyani masala: cinnamon stick


  • 4 nos green cardamom


  • 3 nos black cardamom


  • 5 nos cloves


  • 3 nos black pepper


  • 1 nos star anise


  • 1 nos nutmeg


  • 1 tsp mace


  • 1 tsp sha jeera ,(optional)


  • 1 tsp coriander seeds


  • 1/2 tsp kabab chini


  • 1/2 cups other ingredients : fried onions or birista


  • 1/2 cups chopped mint or pudina and coriander leaves


  • 2 cups ingredients for rice: basmati rice,washed and soaked for 15 minutes in water


  • 4 cups water


  • 3 nos green cardamom


  • 3 nos black cardamom


  • 4 nos cloves


  • 1 nos cinnamon stick


  • 1 nos star anise


  • 2 tsp oil


  • 1 pinch salt to taste


  • 1 pinch saffron,soak into 1 cup warm milk


  • 2 tsp rose water


  • 3-4 drop kewra essence

Directions

  • Roast all the spices powder in a pan
  • Let them cool down and grind them to make a fine powder,keep aside
  • PREPARING BIRIYANI RICE: Take a big pan,add 4 cups of water, put bay leaf, oil and salt, Bring it to boil, when the water will start boiling, add rice,cook the rice till 3/4 is done, Drain and spread the rice on a tray
  • Divide the rice into two equal parts, keep aside
  • Heat ghee and oil in a non-stick or heavy bottomed vessel
  • Vessel should be very big thus you can cook your biriyani in this vessel later
  • Add chopped onions ,fry till golden brown
  • Add all the vegetables,cashew nuts and little bit salt and cook for 2 minutes
  • Combine ginger garlic paste,biriyani masala into yoghurt ,mix well and add into the pan
  • Mix with vegetables and cook for 2 minutes
  • Add water and bring it to boil
  • When the water will start to boiling,simmer the gas and cover it with a lid
  • Cook until vegetables are done
  • Add Paneer cubes and mix with vegetable gravy
  • Take 1/2cup vegetable gravy in a cup
  • Keep it aside
  • Add half portion of cooked rice on cooked vegetables,p our half portion vegetable gravy,saffron diluted milk and biriyani masala
  • Add remaining half portion of rice on it then again pour remaining half portion of vegetable gravy,saffron diluted milk and garam masala
  • Add a little salt, remaining garam masala, fried onions, kewra essence ,gulab jal,chopped mint and coriander leaves and 1teaspoon ghee or clarified butter over it
  • Cover the pan with the aluminium foil, then put the lid
  • Place a tawa on gas stove,and put the biriyani vessel on it
  • Cook for of low flame for 25-30 minutes,turn off the gas
  • Allow to rest for 10 minutes
  • Your Veg Dum Biriyani is ready to serve
  • Serve it with raita