White Veg Biryani - Pleasant for the eyes and taste-buds

White Veg Biryani - Pleasant for the eyes and tastebuds

This white veg biryani i got it from a food magazine. i am generally not much interested in veg biryani. if the side is potato chips, then iam okay with veg biryani. but this white biryani was with a little twist.. coconut milk is one of the ingredient !

any rice or biryani or birinji made with coconut milk.. i always have a crush for it. in this recipe, the water is not totally replaced with coconut milk, but just little will do.

as always, i add more vegetables. all finely chopped. beautiful red and green vegetables in white pearly rice.

in this veg biryani, i add saunf.. which gives this awesome mild flavour to this biryani which makes you go for another serving. 

Let's make it veggiee....

Ingredients:

Spices

• basmathi rice - 2 cups
• green beans, carrot, potato and peas - together - 1 and 1/2 cup
• ginger - 1 piece
• garlic - 5 cloves
• green chillies - 4
• mint - 1 cup pressed
• onion - 1 large
• tomato - 1 small
• cinnamon - 2
• cloves - 4 
• cardamom - 3
• bay leaves - 3
• saunf - 1 teaspoon
• coconut milk - 1 cup
• oil - 3 tablespoons
• salt -  as required

Procedure:

• wash and soak the basmathi rice.
• cut the beans and carrot into small pieces. cut the potato into small cubes.
• cut and keep the onion and tomato ready.
• take the ginger, garlic, green chillies and saunf in a blender and grind it coarsely.
• heat the oil in the pressure cooker.
• add the cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and bay leaves.
• add the ginger-garlic-green chilli-saunf paste to the oil.
• add the onion and saute. followed by tomato.
• then add the mint. saute well. 
• add the cut vegetables and mix well. saute for another 10 minutes.
• then, add the rice and stir.
• then add the 1 cup coconut milk and 3 cups of water.
• add salt.
• let it come to boil. give a final stir, check salt and cover the pressure cooker. 
• let the pressure come. DO NOT add the pressure weight. reduce the heat to low and leave it for 10 minutes.
• after 10 minutes turn off the stove. let the pressure reduce. open the cooker and stir gently.
• awesome flavourful white veg birinji is ready.

serve it with some nice paneer masala gravy as side or even a simple onion raitha will be great.

Happy cooking !!