Simplified Veg Biryani

Hello Friends,

Making biryani is a tedious task. But if you are interested in Veg Biryani, then I have this simplified version of the original Veg Biryani which is relatively easy to make. So, here it is:

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice (uncooked) – 1 Cup

Chopped Carrots, Capsicum, and French Beans – 1 Cup

Medium size Potato (cut into Cubes) – 1

Medium size Onion (Sliced) – 1

Green Chilli (sliced) – 1

Cloves – 3

Cardamom (crushed) – 1

Cinnamon stick – 1

Dried Bay leaf (Bagara leaf) – 1

Oil – 2 tblspn

Ghee – 1 tblspn

Garam Masala (powdered) – ¼ tspn

Tomato (chopped) – 1

Red Chilli Powder – ½ tspn

Water – 1 ½ Cup

Ginger-Garlic paste – ½ tspn

Salt as per taste

Fresh Mint leaves – Handful

Fresh Coriander – For Garnishing

Procedure:

1. Heat oil and ghee in a vessel or pressure cooker
2. Add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf and toss for few seconds
3. Add onion and mint leaves. Toss for a minute and add ginger-garlic paste. Cook for 30 seconds
4. Add all the vegetables and green chilli and cook for 2 minutes
5. Add red chilli powder, salt and garam masala.
6. Add rice and water and let it cook as you cook ordinary rice. Ensure that the rice grains do not break or get overcooked.
7. If cooked in pressure cooker, then cook until 2 whistles and wait for 10 minutes before opening the cooker lid.
8. Garnish with finely chopped coriander

Serve hot for best taste….!!

Please comment on the recipe if you like it.

Easy Egg Fried Rice

Hello Friends,
I am sorry, for I could not write for 3 days.

After this very very short hiatus, I am back with a recipe which is very simple and easy to make, even by the bachelors. Egg fried rice is easy and quick to make and yummy to eat.

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice -- 1 cup

Eggs -- 2

Finely chopped Cabbage, Carrots and Beans. Capsicum (optional). All together -- ½ cup.

Finely chopped Spring Onion -- ¼ cup

Chopped Green Chilli -- 1

Dark Soy Sauce -- ½ tspn

Chilly Sauce -- ½ tspn

Freshly ground Pepper -- ½ tspn (Ready-made Pepper powder would also do)

Oil -- 3 tblspn

Salt as per taste

Procedure:

1. Add ¼ tspn pepper, ¼ tspn salt and eggs and whisk everything together.
2. Heat 1 tblspn of oil in a pan and add the beaten eggs to it. Toss for a minute and keep aside.
3. Take another pan. Heat 2 tblspn of oil and add the chopped vegetables, chopped spring onion and chopped chillies. Toss for 2-3 minutes. See that vegetables are not overcooked (they should be semi-cooked)
4. Add soy sauce, chilli sauce, pepper and salt.
5. Toss for few seconds.
6. Finally, add rice and fried eggs to the above vegetables and mix everything together well.

Serve hot…..!!

Please comment on the recipe if you like it.