Vegetable Biryani!

Biryani! Doesn’t that word conjure feelings of joy and comfort? Here's a recipe of authentic Vegetable Biryani! 

Ingredients:
2 cups Basmati Rice 
1 cup Mixed Vegetables (cauliflower, potato, carrot, french beans)
150 gms Green Peas
3 Finely Sliced Onion
2 Finely Sliced Green Chillies 
Salt to taste
1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
2 tsp Cinnamon(dalchini), Caraway Seeds(zeera)
4 Cloves (laung)
1/2 tsp Black Pepper Powder
4 Tomato
1/2 cup Yogurt (curd)
4 tbsp Vegetable Oil
1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds  
3 tbsp Dry Fruits (cashew nuts, raisin)        



Method:
- Wash the basmati rice well before cooking.Then take rice with 3-3/4 cup water and a little salt added to it and 2 tbsp of dry fruits.Cook it in pressure cooker or in a pan or microwave.

- Cut all the vegetables into small thin pieces and fry each one of it separately in oil. Fry the green peas also.

- Take 1 tblsp oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, green chilli, cinnamon and caraway seeds powder, cloves, black pepper powder and stir for about half minute. Then add onions and saute them for a minute ot till they get pink in color.

- Add salt and red chilli powder and stir.

- Add fine chopped tomatoes and fry till they are properly cooked.
Take the yogurt and make it fine by putting in a blender for just 2 rotations. Add this fine yogurt and stir well.Heat it for about 10 seconds.

- Add all the fried vegetables.

- Add the cooked rice and mix well with very light hands so that the rice grain doesn't break. Cook for about 3 minutes.

- Take this vegetable biryani out in a rice serving dish.

- Garnish with dry fruits and green coriander leaves. Serve the vegetable (veg ) biryani hot with raita and pickle.