Vegetable Biryani Kerala Style

Vegetable Biryani Kerala Style

  A very simple and easy Biryani recipe, Vegetable biriyani…….This goes well with raitha, pickle etc. Let's see how to prepare Kerala style vegetable biriyani.........

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Ingredients

1. Basmati rice – 1 cup

2.Onion – 1

3.Green chilli – 2.

4. Ginger – 1 tsp.

5.Garlic paste - 1 tsp.

6.Tomato -1.

7.Mixed Vegetables - 2 cups
          (Carrot, beans, cauliflower, fresh peas, potatoes etc. )
8.Mint leaves – handful
9.Coriander leaves – handful
10.Lemon juice-1 tbsp / dry lemon.

14.Garam masala – 2 tsp

 15.Green cardamoms

16.Cloves

17.Cinnamon

18.Bay leaf

15.Salt as required

16. Yogurt  1/2 cup.

17. Olive oil and ghee.

18. Fennel seeds – 1 tsp.

19.Cashew nuts – 10gm.

20.Raisins – 10gms.

For Garnishing – fried onions (optional)

Methods of preparation:

1. Cut onions into thin strips and fry it in oil till golden brown. Add it before serving.

2. Cut carrots, beans and potatoes lengthwise. Chop tomatoes.

3.Wash and soak basmati rice for 20 minutes, drain and keep it aside.

4.Wash cauliflowers,cut it into florets and put it in boiling water with a little salt for 2-3 minutes. Drain the water and keep it aside.

5. Soak soyabean chungs for 30 mins.

6.Heat oil in a pan, add whole garam masala, then add vegetables.  add ginger-garlic paste and sauté for a few more minutes.

7.Add green chillies, garam masala, mint and coriander leaves, lemon juice / dry lemon, needed salt and sauté for some more time. Then add 2 cups of boiling water. Cook well.

8.Take 2 table spoon of olive oil in a pan. Add bay leaves and soaked rice. Allow it to cook.

9. Now our rice is ready.

10. Take a pan, spread ghee on the bottom of the pan, Spread biriyani masala which we already cooked, springle some fried onions and leaves,  1/2 of the rice evenly spread over the vegetable masala.

11.Sprinkle some fried onions,coriander leaves, cashews and raisins over it and the remaining rice, also some the saffron milk (saffron is optional) .

12. Keep it in a medium flame for 5 minute, Mix the biriyani very well after 30 minutes.