Vegetable biryani

Ingredients:

Basmathi rice                             : 2 cups
Onions                                       : 2 nos medium chopped
Carrot                                         : 1 diced
Cauli flower                               : 1/4
Capsicum                                   : 1/2 chopped

Beans                                         : 100 gms cut into small pieces
Peas                                           : 50gms
Paneer                                        :  50 gms diced and fried
Green chillies                             : 2 nos  slit lengthwise
Ginger                                        : 1/2" pc }  make a paste
Garlic                                         : 2 cloves}
Yoghurt                                      : 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Chilli pdr                                   : 1 tsp
Coriander pdr                            : 2 tsp
Tomato                                      : 1 chopped
Coriander leaves                       : 1/2 cup chopped
Oil or ghee                                : 3 tbsp
Whole garam masala                : clove-2, cinnamon- 1/2 " pc, bay leaf- 1


Method:


Heat oil or ghee in a kadai add whole garam masala to it.Fry for a second add chopped onions and   saute this till the onions become translucent. Now add the ginger garlic  paste and saute for a minute. Add green chilles and chopped tomatoes to this. Saute till the tomatoes become soggy. Now add yoghurt and mix well. Add all the vegetables and paneer to this. Add chopped coriander leaves and finally the rice(wash it well before adding). Add 4 cups of water and salt to this and mix well. Transfer this to a rice cooker and switch on to cooking mode. When it comes to the warm mode transfer this to a hot pack and garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with raita , pappad and pickle. 



 
        

Lemon Rice

Ingredients:

Cooked rice               : 2 cups

Lemon Juice              : juice of 1 lemon
Turmeric pdr             : a pinch
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds           : 1 tsp
Red chillies               : 2 break itno 2
Curry leaves             : 1 sprig
Urad dal                   : 1 tsp
Roasted peanuts       : 1 tbsp(optional)
Channa dal               : 1 tsp
Oil                            : 1 tbsp


Method:

Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds. When it splutters add channa dal, urad dal, red chillies and saute for a while and add curry leaves, turmeric pdr. Saute for a minute and add the cooked rice. mix well and add the roasted peanuts. Saute for a minute in reduced flame and finally add lemon juice and mix well. Have it with potato chips or kondattam!!