Vegetable Biryani is a one pot rice dish made with basmati rice, vegetables and spices in a pressure cooker and garnished with ghee fried onion, cashewnuts and raisins and can be served with onion curd raita.One Pot Vegetable Biryani recipe is given below with step by step photos.
The following ingredients are needed to prepare One Pot Vegetable Biryani.
Ingredients:-
Basmati rice. -2 cup
Onion. -1
Tomato. -1
Green chillies. -2
Ginger garlic paste.-1tsp
Carrot. -1
French Beans. -few
Frozen peas. -1/4 cup
Mint leaves. -few
Red chilly powder. -1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder. -1/4 tsp
Garam masala. -1/2 tsp
Biryani masala. -1/2 tsp
Curd. -1/4 cup
Cumin seeds. -1/2 tsp
Stone flower. -a small piece
Cinnamon. -1 inch stick
Cloves. -3
Cardamom. -4
Star anise. -1
Bay leaf. -1
Salt. -to taste
Water. -1 & 3/4 cup
Oil. -2 tbsp
Ghee. -1tbsp
For Garnishing:-
Onion. -1 medium size
Cashewnuts. -12
Raisins. -1tbsp
Ghee. -1tbsp
Lemon juice.-1/2 of a lemon
For Onion Curd Raitha:-
Onion. -1 small
Green chilly.-1
Curd. -1/2 cup
Instructions:-
1). Wash and soak basmati rice in water for 30 minutes. Then drain and keep aside the soaked basmati rice.
2). Chop onion into thin lengthy slices.Chop carrot and french beans into thin 1 inch lengthy pieces. Chop tomato into smal pieces.Chop green chillies into small round pieces. Keep them on a plate along with frozen green peas. Keep aside cinnamon pieces, bay leaf, cumin seeds, rock flower, star anise, cloves and green cardamom. Keep aside 1/4 up curd and few mint leaves.
3). Heat 1tbsp ghee in a pan. Fry the cashew nuts and raisins in ghee and transfer to a plate. Thinly chop a very small onion and fry in ghee until golden brown and transfer to the plate.Keep aside the ghee fried onion, cashewnuts and raisins for garnishing the vegetable biryani.
Method:-
1). Heat 2tbsp oil in a pressure cooker. Add cumin seeds, bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, star anise and rock flower into the cooker and saute well. Add chopped green chilly pieces and saute well. Add chopped onion slices into the cooker and saute well.
2) Once onion starts to become golden colour add ginger garlic paste and saute well till raw smell goes out.
3). Add vegetables (chopped carrot, french beans and frozen green peas) into the cooker and saute well on medium flame for 2 minutes.
4). Add few mint leaves into the cooker and mix well.
5). Add required salt, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, garam masala powder and biriyani masala powder into the cooker and stir well.
6). Add chopped tomato into the cooker and saute well.
7). Add 1/4 cup curd into the cooker and mix well.
8). Add soaked basmati rice, 1 and 3/4 cup of water and 1tbsp ghee into
the cooker and mix all the ingredients in the cooker with a ladle and
boil on high flame for a minute.
9). Cover the cooker with lid and put the whistle on top and cook the basmati rice for 1 whistle on medium flame. Then switch off the flame.
10). Once the pressure releases open the cooker and gently fluff up the vegetable biryani with a fork.
11). Transfer the vegetable biryani to a wide botton pan. Squeeze lemon juice over the biryani. Garnish the vegetable biryani with ghee fried onion, cashewnuts and raisins.
11). Transfer the vegetable biryani to a wide botton pan. Squeeze lemon juice over the biryani. Garnish the vegetable biryani with ghee fried onion, cashewnuts and raisins.
For Onion Curd Raita:-
In a bowl add 1 chopped green chilly pieces , finely chopped onion and little salt. Mix all the ingredients in the bowl using your fingers. Add required curd into the bowl and mix well. Onion Curd raita is ready.
A very tasty One Pot Vegetable Biryani garnished with ghee fried onion, cashews and raisins is ready to serve with Onion Curd Raita.
Try the recipe and enjoy the very tasty Vegtable Biryani.
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