Quasi meatball biryani

Name: Quasi meatball biryani
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 gms Cottage cheese (paneer); Boiled potato 1 large; 1 cup Chickpea flour (besan); 2 cups Basmati rice; 2 onions; 3/4 cup Diced vegetables (beans, carrots, potatoes); 2 tbsp Hung curd; 2 tbsp ghee; 1 cup oil; 1 tsp Khada Masala (bay leaves, cinnamon stick, stone, cloves, cardoman, star anise, shah jeera); 10-12 piece Cashews nut; 2 tsp chilli powder; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 3 tsp coriander powder; 1/2 tsp garam masala; 1/2 tsp saunf; to taste Salt; as needed Water; Wheat dough to seal the vessel and lid (optional)

Shweta Hitesh Joshi @cook_12297161

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Shweta Hitesh Joshi @cook_12297161

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Ingredients

4 people

250 gmsCottage cheese (paneer)
Boiled potato 1 large
1 cupChickpea flour (besan)
2 cupsBasmati rice
2onions
3/4 cupDiced vegetables (beans, carrots, potatoes)
2 tbspHung curd
2 tbspghee
1 cupoil
1 tspKhada Masala (bay leaves, cinnamon stick, stone, cloves, cardoman, star anise, shah jeera)
10-12 pieceCashews nut
2 tspchilli powder
1 tspturmeric powder
3 tspcoriander powder
1/2 tspgaram masala
1/2 tspsaunf
to tasteSalt
as neededWater
Wheat dough to seal the vessel and lid (optional)

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Steps

1

Soak basmati rice for an hour
2

Add salt, half tsp chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, saunf and little oil to besan. Mix well, add some water to knead a tight dough.
3

Mash boiled potatoes, add around 150 gms of shredded cottage cheese. Add salt as per taste and mix well. Grease palm, take a small ball of besan dough. Flat it and put a smaller ball of potato-paneer mixture on it
4

Cover it to form a ball, such that the filling is inside and besan dough forms the outer cover. Make as many balls
5

Deep fry all the balls in oil
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In a separate vessel cook basmati rice Al-dente. Take out all the half cooked rice in a muslin cloth. Run over called cold water so that rice doesn't stick.
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In a thick bottomed vessel, put ghee, once heated add khada Masala and let it crackle. Add cashew nuts. Let in turn Pinkish, add chopped onions.
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Once the onion turned Pinkish, add chopped vegetables and rest of spices. Add Hung curd and mix well. Add besan balls to it. Add 1. 5 cup of water and salt to taste. Put a lid and let it cook on simmer on 5-7 mins, so that balls become a little tender. Add cubes of the rest of paneer.
9

Open the lid, take out half of the preparation in a bowl. Make a bed of half of the rice on the vessel.
10

Cover the rice with the gravy and balls which we have taken out in a bowl (in step 9). Now meticulously put the rest half rice to it to make a bed. Cover the vessel with lid. Seal it with wheat dough and let the biryani cook on simmer for 10 mins. Close the stove. Let the juices mix
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Your yummy quasi meatball biryani is ready. Serve with dahi tadka or mirchi ka salan