Vegetable Dum Biryani

Name: Vegetable Dum Biryani
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 4-portion
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1.5 cups Vegetables of your choice Par boiled . ... .; 2.5 cups Basmati Rice [ wash and soak for min ... 30 .; 2 tbsps Poppy seeds water [ Soaked in some ... .; 1/3 cup Cashew nuts ... .; 1/2 cup Curd ... .; 2 tbsps ghee .. .; 1/2 cup onion Boiled paste .. .; 1 cinnamon . stick on; 3 - 4 ... Big pods cardamom .; 1 tbsp jeera Shahi ... .; 2 green chillies . [ paste; 2 chillis .. . dried red; Salt .; water .; yellow and green color .; strands Saffron milk in . warm

pinksocks @cook_7828550

Day 2 of the 30 day blogging :) SNC gave me an opportunity to try and make the Dum Biryani. :)
This recipe is part of the 30 day Blogging Marathon for this month. Check out other participants here in the Blogging Marathon page.
Theme 1- Occasions.
Occasion for Day 1- Guests at short notice.
Trust me this biryani took only 1.5 hours in all to complete. It was all made from scratch. I made the mughali version.

pinksocks @cook_7828550

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Ingredients

45 mins

4-portion

1.5 cupsVegetables of your choice Par boiled . ... .
2.5 cupsBasmati Rice [ wash and soak for min ... 30 .
2 tbspsPoppy seeds water [ Soaked in some ... .
1/3 cupCashew nuts ... .
1/2 cupCurd ... .
2 tbspsghee .. .
1/2 cuponion Boiled paste .. .
1cinnamon . stick on
3 - 4 ... Big podscardamom .
1 tbspjeera Shahi ... .
2green chillies . [ paste
2chillis .. . dried red
Salt .
water .
yellow and green color .
strandsSaffron milk in . warm

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Steps

45 mins

1

I took cauliflower, potatoes, turnips, peas and carrots - vegetables
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Par boil the rice and keep aside. Fluff them using 2 forks.
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In a pan, heat the ghee.
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Add the cardamom pods,jeera, red chilly and onion paste.
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Cook until nice and light brown.
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Add the vegetables, green chilly paste, salt and some water.
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In a grinder, pound poppy seeds and cashew nuts ti a fine paste.
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Mix this paste in the curd and whisk.
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Add the mix to the vegetables on a slow flame.
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Let them cook until fat leaves the masala.
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Set aside until further use.
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Divide the rice in 3 portions. Add green color to one batch and yellow color to another batch.
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Mix all 3 together.
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In a big vessel, add one layer of rice, then the vegetables. Repeat twice.
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Top it finally with the rice and add spoonfuls of the saffron and milk on top of it.
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Heat a griddle/tava on slow flame.
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Put this vessel on the tava.
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Cover with a towel then a plate.
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Put something heavy on top of it.
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Let it cook for 15-20 min.
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Serve with sides of your choice.