Easy Vegetable Biryani ( Pressure Cooker Method ) | Veg Biryani

Vegetable Biryani is a flavorful one pot meal of rice and vegetables cooked with aromatic spices in the Indian cuisine .I have made a Soya chunks biryani in a similar way , Check out that recipe by pressing here . Now off to today's recipe .

Veg Biryani / Vegetable Biryani Pressure Cooker Method

Ingredients :

• vegetables - 200 gm ( Carrot + Potatoes + Beans ) , Chopped
• Basmathi rice - 500 gm , soaked in water for 1/2 an hour ( 2 1/2 Cups of rice Approx )
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Onion - 300 gms , sliced
• Tomato - 1 no ,diced
• Ginger - 50 gms
• Garlic - 50 gms
• Green chiili - 4 nos , slit
• Mint leaves - A fistful ( I used Mint powder )
• Coriander leaf - A fistful
• Cloves - 2 no
• Cinnamon - 1 stick
• Ani seed - 1 no
• Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Bay leaf - 1 no
• Salt - to taste
• Yogurt - 1/2  cup , beaten
• Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - a pinch

Method: 

Soak the basmathi rice in water for 30 minutes .Set aside .Grind the ginger, garlic, fennel seeds in to a paste . set aside .

In a pressure cooker , heat oil and add the spices like cloves , cinnamon , aniseed , bay leaf ,  and fry for a minute .Now add the sliced onion , green chilli, mint and coriander leaves and fry till the onion turns slightly brown in color .

 

Now add  the tomato and cook till they turn soft .

 

Add the ground ginger garlic paste from mixer and cook till raw smell goes away .

 

Now add the chopped vegetables .

Add  turmeric powder , red chilli powder , salt  and mix .

Add yogurt and mix

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Add  2 1/2 cups of water and bring the contents to a boil . I add the rice and water in the ratio of 1:1 .

Add the rice .

Cover it with the Lid and cook for only one hisses .Remove from heat , Mix well .

Serve hot with raitha .