Vegetable Biryani

Vegetable biryani is the one, in which you can add more vegetables, as green vegetables and fruits are very important in the diet. Doctors recommend to eat more green vegetables and 1 cup of fruits(mixed fruits) daily. Actually i use to find difference between palav and biryani in my college days, as i know, when we cook vegetables and rice together, we call it as BIRYANI, when we cook rice and vegetables separately and mix it, then it is called PALAV. Vegetable biryani is quick recipe and easy to prepare at home, It looks very colorful when you add beetroot aspecially. you can make biryani with Basamati or Priya or any normal rice. Lets get into the preparation...



Ingredients:

• 3 cups Basmati/Priya rice
  
• 1/4 cup beans(cut into a small pieces)
  
• 1/4 cup potato(pealed and cut into a small pieces)
• 1/4 cup beetroot(pealed and cut into a very small pieces)
• 1/2 cup peas
• 1/4 cup cauliflower(cut into a small pieces)
• 1/4 cup carrot(cut into a small pieces)
• 1/4 cup corn(optional)
  
• 6 green chillies(cut into length wise)
• 1-2 cinnamon stick, broken
• 2 tbsp. cashew nuts, chopped
• 2 cardamon
• 4 cloves
• 2 star anise
• 4 or 5 bay leaves
• 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
  
• 1/2 tsp red chilly powder
• 1/2 tsp jeera powder
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp garam masala powder
• 2 tsp cooking oil
• 2 tsp of coriander leaves
• 2 boiled eggs(optional)
  
• salt as per the taste

Method:

1. Wash the rice and drain the water.
   
2. Heat a pressure cooker with little oil and add all the spices(cinnamon, cardamon, cloves, cashews, bay leaves, star anise) and fry for 2 minutes in medium flame.
   
3. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry for 2 minutes.
4. Add green chillies and fry for a minute.
   
5. Add all the cut vegetables(cauliflower, beans, peas, carrot, beetroot, potato) and fry for 5 minutes in a medium flame.
   
6. Add red chilli, jeera, coriander, garam masala powder and salt and fry for 2 minutes.
7. Now add the rice and fry along with vegetables for 2 minutes, so that each rice grain gets separated after it is cooked.
   
8. Add 5 cups of water to the rice and cover the lid of the pressure cooker and turn the flame to high. Water depends on the type of the rice you use. I used Priya rice.
   
9. After 2 whistles turn the flame to medium for 2 minutes and turn off.
10. You can add 2 boiled eggs(cut into half) on the top of the vegetable biryani.

Note: In this recipe, you can add more spices and masala powders, if you want it to be more spicy....

Serve hot garnished wth chopped coriander leaves with butter chicken, yogurt... It goes very well with butter chicken.