Vegetable Biryani

Ingredients:

Butter/oil : 1 tbsp

Cloves: 3

Cinnamon : 1 inch

Star/anise : 3

bay leaves : 5

Elachi : 3

Nutmeg powdered : a pinch

carrot (dice/julienned) : 1/2 cup

beans : 1/2 cup diced

green peas (frozen or fresh soaked 4 6 hrs) : 1/2 cup

capsicum : 1/2 cup

potato : 1 small size cut

onion : 1 medium cut length wise

cashews : 3 spoons

Lima beans : 1/4 cup (optional)

Mint : 1 medium bunch ( 1 cup finely cut or paste it)

Cilantro :1 cup finely cut

green chillies : 8 -10

Rice : 3 cups

water : 6 cups

Yogurt/coconut milk : 2 tbsp

salt : to taste

Method :

Wash rice 3 times and soak in it for 30 min. While is getting soaked do the below procedure.

Heat butter/oil in a pan. Add elachi, cloves, cinnamon, star/aniseed, nutmeg powder bay leaf and fry it for a min. Add cashews and roast it. Add green chillies and onion. Saute it.

Add cut veggies (carrot, beans, potato, capsicum, lima beans and peas). Cook for 4 min by adding half quantity of the actual salt.

Add mint, cilantro and cook for another 3 min.

Add yogurt or coconut milk and cook for 3 min.

Add the above mixture to rice and remaining salt to the rice, mix well. Let it cook.

Once the biryani is cooked. Add spoon of butter/ghee and squeeze little lime juice on top. Mix well and transfer it to a bowl.