VEGETABLE BRIYANI

VEGETABLE BRIYANI

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice – 250 grams
Kesar – ½ tsp
Warm water – ½ tsp
Salt- 1tsp
Onions – 2 medium size
Cashew – few
Raisins – few
Potatoes – 2
Cauliflower- 250 grams
Carrots – 3
Capsicum – 2
Tomatoes – 3

To Make a Paste

Garlic – 6 cloves
Ginger – small piece
Cardamom seeds (small) – 3
Green chili- 5
Khaskhas – 1tsp
Dalchini – 1 piece
Turmeric – 1 level tsp
Chili Powder – 1 level tsp
Onions – 2
Coriander leaves – chopped one cup
Mint – 150 grams

Method:

Blend the ingredients of the paste in the blender with little water
Boil rice when almost cook drain water and let it cool down
Put saffron in a cup with ½ tsp of warm water and rub until it dissolves
Add to the rice with the salt
In a pan, heat oil
Fry cashewnuts and remove
Fry raisins and take it out
Fry onions and keep aside
Keep little onions aside and rest put then in the paste and fry it for sometime
Add potatoes, carrots, cauliflower (cut it into small pieces)
Cook for some time
Add capsicum and cook further
Grease the serving dish
Put a layer of rice
Cover with vegetables
Repeat the top layer should be of rice
Sprinkle with beaten curd
Garnish with cashew and raisins and fried rice