Navratan Biryani

Preparation :

Wash and drain rice (2 cups of Tilda jasmine rice ) and keep aside. Dice french beans (1 cup), carrot (1 nos) and paneer (1/2 cup) into small cubes . Chop onion (1 nos) , tomato (1 nos), coriander and cashew nuts, keep them aside. Wash and rinse red cherries (1 cup) and red grapes (1 cup) (pineapple 1 cup optional) . Now dissolve (4-5 nos) strands of saffron in (4 tspn) milk. 

Cooking : 

Step 1:  Fried mix : In a pan add olive oil (1 tspn) and sauté onion into pink to golden brown.Then sauté paneer cubes, cashew nuts and raisins (1 tspn)  till golden brown . Now sauté tomatoes for 1-2 mins and keep them aside. 

Step 2 : Rice:  Boil rice, add a pinch of salt and cook it.

Step 3 : Veggie mix : Heat a small pan on medium heat. Add olive oil, then add ginger- garlic paste (2 tbspn) chopped french beans , carrots, green chillies ( 2 nos), red chilly (1 nos)  and green peas (1 cup) , add turmeric (1 tspn), salt (1 tspn) , kitchen king masala (1 tspn) , biryani masala (1 tspn) , little water , mix well. Cover the pan with a lid and let the vegetables cook for 3-4 mins. Now add some red cherries and red grapes, mix well cook for 1-2 mins and close the heat. This veggie mixture should be dry and not watery.

Step 4 : Biryani layers:  Keep a non-stick medium size pan on medium heat. Now add 1 tbpsn (olive oil) then add bay leaves (2 nos) , black pepper (2-4 nos) , cloves (2-3 nos) , cumin seeds (1 tspn) ,cinnamon (1 inch). Add half of the cooked rice along with briyani masala, and mix gently. Take care rice should not break . Reduce heat to low.  Add a layer on fried onions , fried tomatoes, fried paneer ,cashew nuts , raisins and pinch of salt. Then add a thin layer of rice followed by the veggie mix along with the fruits . Add the saffron strands dissolved in milk. Now close the pan with a tight lid. Let the biryani simmer for 5 mins on low heat.  

Step 5 : Open the lid mix the cooked biryani if required.  Garnish with coriander and fried onions.  Serve hot with raita .

Recipe:  vegetarian

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 40 mins

Contains nuts

      

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