Mushroom (veggie) Dum Biriyani

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Soumi @cook_4476533
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Ingredients

60 min
4 servings
  1. 2 cupsbasmati rice
  2. 2 large carrots
  3. 1 cupchopped onion
  4. 1 tspGinger paste
  5. 1 tspGarlic paste
  6. 1Green chili chopped
  7. 1/2 cupgreen peas
  8. French beans finely chopped
  9. 1 cupCilantro leaves chopped
  10. 1/2 cupMint leaves chopped
  11. 2 cupsSoy chunks (soaked in water. Later squeeze the water and cut into small pieces )
  12. 1-2 cupsBrown Italian mushrooms
  13. 1 tbspCoriander powder
  14. 1 tspGaram masala
  15. 1/4 tspAllspice powder
  16. 1clove
  17. 2cardamom pods
  18. 4 tbspGhee
  19. Cashew nuts , raisins ( fried in ghee ) to garnish
  20. 1/2Lemon / lime
  21. to tasteSalt
  22. 1 pinchSaffron a pinch soaked in 2 tbsp milk
  23. 1/2 cupPaneer ( cottage cheese) cubes, slightly fried in oil
  24. 1/2 cupGreen peas

Cooking Instructions

60 min
  1. 1

    For Masala:
    In a pan, add some ghee . When ghee gets heated, add ginger garlic paste, chopped green chili, mix well .
    Add onion and fry everything well till onion becomes transparent. Next add all the vegetables (chopped carrots, beans, soy chunks, green peas). Sauté everything well and cook for a minute till everything is almost cooked.
    Then add cilantro, mint leaves, soy chunks, mushrooms. Also add coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala and salt to taste and sauté everything well and wait for masala to become thick and dry. Keep it aside.

  2. 2

    Rice cooking :
    In a pot. add some ghee. As it gets hot, add 1 cinnamon stick or allspice powder, 2 cardamom, 1 clove and fry it well.
    Into it add rice and few drops of lemon juice and fry it for 2 minutes or rice becomes dry.
    Add 3 1/2 cups of boiling water into to it. Add salt to taste. Cover the pot and wait for rice to cook.
    Once the rice is cooked, drain the excess water if any and spread the rice in a plate so that rice doesn't become sticky.

  3. 3

    Dum process:
    In a large cooking dish, level a part of prepared vegetable masala, Level a part of rice on top of it. Add few drops of lemon, few drops of saffron milk, little bit ghee, fried paneer, fried raisins and cashews, chopped cilantro leaves. Level vegetable masala and rice again. Repeat this process until everything is used.
    Cover the cooking dish tight and cook this in slow heat for 10 mins or so until steam comes.

  4. 4

    Serve hot. This photo is taken after mixing everything.

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