Veg. Dum Biryani

Name: Veg. Dum Biryani
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1.5 cup soaked Basmati rice,; 4-5 cloves,; 2 pieces of cinmamon; as required Starannise, javintri, bay leaves, jeera, garlic,; as required ginger,; 1 onion; 1/2cup french beans, cauliflower, carrot, peas, mint leaves; 1 cup curd, saffron strands (soaked in little warm milk), salt; 1/2 tsp turmeric,; 1 cup fried onion, jeera,; 1 tsp ghee; ,1. 5tsp biryani Masala; 1.5-2 tsp red chilli powder,; 1 Charcoal,; 1 cup dough

Asti Sheth @AstiSheth

The most familiar and loved rice variety.
Dum is derived from the Persian word Dumpukht which means air-cooked or baked in handi. It doen't have any handles and is the vessel of choice for "dum' cooking. To "dum" cook a biryani, the meat, rice and spices are layered in a handi.

Asti Sheth @AstiSheth

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Ingredients

1hour 30minutes

4 people

1.5 cupsoaked Basmati rice,
4-5 cloves,
2 pieces of cinmamon
as required Starannise, javintri, bay leaves, jeera, garlic,
as required ginger,
1 onion
1/2cup french beans, cauliflower, carrot, peas, mint leaves
1 cupcurd, saffron strands (soaked in little warm milk), salt
1/2 tsp turmeric,
1 cup fried onion, jeera,
1 tsp ghee
,1. 5tsp biryani Masala
1.5-2 tsp red chilli powder,
1 Charcoal,
1 cup dough

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Steps

1hour 30minutes

1

Under Cook (80%) soaked rice by adding 2 cloves, 1 small stick of cinmamon and little salt. Drain with cold water bath and keep aside.
Take 2 tbsp ghee in a pan, add jeera and all the remaining khada masala. Add french beans, carrot, peas and cook for 2 minutes. Add cauliflower, cook for 1 minute. Now add onion and saute for 2 minutes.
2

Add all the dry masala, mint leaves. Stir it and switch off the stove. After 1 minute add beaten curd. Mix it well.
3

In a handi pour some cooked veg gravy and top up with cooked rice. Drizzle saffron milk and fried onion. Make 3 similar layers and on the top pour little veg gravy. Now seal the lid with dough and place on tawa on low flame for 25-30 minutes. Once done switch off the stove.
4

Now lit the charcoal nicely, place in a small bowl and put in the handi and pour 1 tspn ghee and cover it with lid/ dish for 10 minutes.
5

Serve hot and delicious Biryani with raita, papad and lachha pyaz.