Heat oil in a pan.

Add cashew nuts, almonds and raisins and fry and strain it.

Add sliced onions, deep fry it and strain half onions for garnish and keep the other half in the pan itself.

Add cumin seeds, black pepper, cloves, mace, green & black cardamon, cinnamon to crackle and keep it aside.

Now, add ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, nutmeg powder and also 2 tbsp water and saute it.

Cut all the veggies in equal size and add these in the pan and mix it well
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Add curd and mix well

Add 1 cup of water and salt as required and cover it.,cook it for 5 minutes..

.Soak basmati rice for half an hour.

After the rice being soaked, cook half done rice and switch off the flame.

Add clarified butter in a pan.

Now, add half done rice and saffron in the first layer

In the second layer, add veggies of thick gravy and also put crushed mint leaves into it.

Now, repeat the first and second layer again.

Lastly, add fried cashew nuts, almonds, raisins and fried onions.
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Cover it and now switch on the flame.

Cook for 2-3 minutes in high flame.

Keep the pan on the tawa and cook for 10-12 minutes in low flame.

Veg biryani is ready to eat.

Serve hot with pomegranate raita and cucumber and carrot salad

Beat the yogurt till smooth.

Season with black salt, sugar, red chillie powder and roasted cumin seeds.

Add anardana and mix well.

Serve chilled