Vegetable Biryani

Ingredients:
Basmati Rice – 2 cups
Onion – 1
Tomatoes – 4
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
Mint leaves – 1 cup
Biryani leaves – 4
Saffron threads- 1tsp
Oil – 3Tblsp
Butter 1 Tblsp
Raisins, Cashews - 2 tsp (optional)

Vegetables
Potatoes – 1
Cauliflower – 1 cup
Broccoli – 1 cup
Peas - ½ cup
Lima beans – ½ cup
Carrot – ½ cup
Red/Green Peppers – 1 cup

Spices
Black Pepper – 1 tsp
Roasted Cumin powder – 1 tsp
Cardamom powder – 1 tsp
Red Chilli Powder – 2 tsp
Curry Powder – 2 tsp
Garam Masala – 2 tsp
Turmeric – 1 tsp

Directions
1. Soak the saffron in warm milk for more than half an hour.





2. Add water and little salt to rice and cook until it is almost done but not yet.

3. Fry each vegetable separately in oil until they are 75% cooked. Keep aside the vegetables. Potato should be cooked instead of frying it.
Fry raisins and cashews in little oil and set aside.

4. Prepare the mixture as below.

i. In a pan, heat oil and add the Biryani leaves. Add chopped onions and fry
until translucent.
ii. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry for a min. Add all the spice powders.
iii. Add mint leaves and sauté for a min.
iv. Add tomatoes and cook for 5 mins.

5. To the above mixture add the fried vegetables, raisin, cashews, butter and add litter water and cook for 5 mins.

6. Preheat the oven to broil at high. ( You can also use a pressure cooker on low flame)

7. In a aluminum pan, layer 1/3 rice and pour 1/3 saffron and then 1/3 of the vegetables mixture as shown in image.

8. Repeat this 2 more times and cover the lid. Let this sit in the overn for 60- 90 mins

Server veg biryani with raita.