Vegetable Briyani

Veg briyani is my all time favorite. Its a rich one pot hot meals.Not only me everybody will love this for sure. Especially kids will love this more. This is a perfect lunch box recipes for all. Try it in your home and drop me your feedback.

 Ingredients:                                                                      

1. Mixed Vegetables- 1 cup                                      
2. Peas(frozen)- 1 handfull                                        
3. Onion- 2                                                                        
4. Basmati Rice- 1 cup                    
5. Ginger Garlic paste- 1 sp            
6. Red chilli powder- 1 1/2 sp        
7. Coriander leaves                          
8. Salt
9. Ghee
10. Oil
                 
To grind:   

1. Mint Leaves- 12 no
2. Green Chilli- 5 no
3. Garlic- 4 no
4. Fennel seed- 1/2 sp
5. Cardamom- 2 small
6. Cloves- 1
7. Star anise- 1/2 piece

   To Temper:

1. Oil+ ghee
2. Jeera- 1 tbl
3. Bay Leaves- 1

 1. Soak the rice at least for 30 mins to 45 mins. Chop all the vegetables and keep aside.

        2. Grind the items given below to grind make it as a fine paste.

        3. Fry the onion in ghee for garnish and keep it aside.

      
         
Preparation:
                                                                                                              

                                                                           
                                                   
    Step 1: Heat a oil + ghee.

    Step 2: Temper the item given below to temper.

    Step 3: Add onion and saute for few mins.

    Step 4: Add 1 sp ginger garlic paste.

    Step 5: Now add the ground paste. Saute for few mins.

    Step 6: Add all the vegetables.

    Step 7: Mix the vegetables and paste well and saute for few mins.

    Step 8: Add chilli powder ans salt.

    Step 9: Mix everything well. saute for few secs.

    Step 10: Drain the water from rice and add to it.

    Step 11: Add 1 1/2 cup of water for 1 cup of rice. Once the water gets boil close
                   the cooker and pressure cook it for 2 whistles under low flame.

    Step 12: Off the flame and open the cooker and check whether it gets cooked.

    Step 13: Don't mix using big ladle immediately mix using fork. This prevents rice from broken.

    Step 14: At this stage add the fried onions.

    Step 15: Mix it gently. Server hot with onion raita.

                           

               
Note:

1. You can skip ginger garlic paste. its an optional only. If you add taste will be good.
2. Measurement of water for rice is an important think. You must be careful in that.
    For 1 cup of basmati you can keep 1 1/2 cup of water. That's enough.
3. Skip red chilli powder and add sambar powder also. If you like more spicy means
    you can add red chilli powder itself.
4. Instead of water you can add coconut milk also.                                                                                                    

Onion Uttapam

Onion Uttapam is always special in our house.. Will do this often normally on weekends. Try it in your house and drop me your feedback down at comment box.

 Ingredients:

1. Idly batter- 1 bowl
2. Onion- 2 big+1 small
3. Tomato- 1 big
4. Green Chilli- 2 no
5. Carrot- 1
6. Mustard seed- 1 sp
7. Bengal Gram(Kadalai paruppu)- 2 sp
8. Coriander leaves
9. Salt
10.Oil

Preparation:

1. Heat a kadai with little oil, add mustard seed, bengal gram once it burst it out add finely
    chopped 1 small onion and green chilli, salt and saute it well.

2. Add this mixture to idly batter and mix the batter gently.

3. Now heat the iron dosa pan and grease a pan with little oil and the pour one ladle of batter
    spread it as a thick size don't over spread it.

4. Sprinkle the chopped onion, tomato and grated carrot, coriander leaves.

5. Drizzle some oil if needed. Cook it in a low flame.

6. Once it cooked in one side flip it to other side and cook on low flame.

7. When it turned into brown color serve hot with any chutney's or sambar.