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Pressure cooker biryani

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Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Rice
  • 4 Cloves
  • 2 Small Cardamom
  • 2 Cinnamon Sticks small
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 8-10 Black Pepper Corn
  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • ½ tsp Red Chilli Powder
  • 1 tbsp Coriander Powder
  • 2 tbsp Biryani Masala
  • ½ cup Thick Curd
  • 1 cup Onion sliced
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic grated
  • ¼ cup Cauliflower Florets
  • ¼ cup Beans chopped
  • ¼ cup Carrots chopped
  • ¼ cup Potato big pieces
  • ¼ cup Mint Leaves chopped
  • ¼ cup Coriander Leaves chopped
  • ¼ cup Soya washed& boiled
  • 4 tbsp Oil
  • Water
  • Salt

Instructions
 

  • Wash and soak rice in water for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes drain the water and keep it aside.
  • Heat oil in pressure cooker. As the oil gets hot add bay leaf, cardamom, black pepper, cloves and cumin seed.
  • Let them roast for few seconds. Now add fine chopped onions and cook till they are brown.
  • Once onions are brown add ginger, garlic, mint and coriander leaves. Mix them well and cook till raw smell of garlic is gone.
  • Once garlic is roasted add potatoes, carrots, beans, cauliflower and soya chunks. Saute well and cook till veggies are roasted. Add salt and mix well.
  • When you see veggies changed their color add red chilly powder, coriander powder, biryani masala and curd and mix them well.
  • Cook veggies for 5 minutes with masala. Now add drained rice, mix it well and let the rice cook with masala for 5 minutes.
  • Keep stirring otherwise rice will stick to the pressure cooker. Now add 1 and ¾ cup of water, take one whistle.
  • As soon as whistle comes, switch off the heat and let the cooker cool down. When pressure cooker is completely cold, open the lid and gently fluff the rice.
  • Vegetable biryani is ready to serve. Serve it hot with raita.

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Notes

Shilpi’s Quick Tricks
 
  • It is important that you soak rice for 30 minutes before cooking. This will help in making non mushy yet perfectly cooked rice.
  • Here I have used basmati rice so I added 1 and ¾ cup of water for 1 cup of rice. If you are using some other quality of rice you may have to add more or less water.
  • It took only one whistle at my place to cook the rice completely. You may have to take more or less according to the pressure cooker and the quality of water at your place.
  • Here it is very important to roast the veggies nicely before adding rice. This will make them taste better.
  • For authentic taste do add mint leaves, coriander leaves, curd and of course biryani masala
 
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