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Today we will make Veg biryani in the Matka
You will enjoy its taste
Come, let us start the cooking
We are using 3/4 cup of Basmati rice after cleaning, washing.
We soaked it in the water before half an hour.
We will preheat water to cook it
Add 3 to 4 cups of water in the vessel.
Add 2 to 3 bay leaves to it
Add 1 inch of cinnamon stick and 2 green cardamoms to it after crushing.
Add 4 cloves and 6 to 7 black peppers.
Add a teaspoon of clarified butter
Add a 1/2 teaspoon of salt
Cover and wait till it boils.
In the meantime, we will mix the spices in the veggies.
Add a 1/2 cup of finely chopped french beans.
Add a peeled and finely chopped potato.
Add a 1/2 cup of finely chopped cauliflower.
Add a 1/2 cup of finely chopped capsicum
Add a 1/2 cup of curd to it
Add 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder
Add a 1/2 teaspoon of red chilli powder to it
You can increase or decrease its quantity according to your taste
Add a teaspoon of coriander powder to it
Add a 1/4 teaspoon of Garam Masala to it
Add more than 1/2 teaspoon of salt
Mix all the ingredients well.
The spices and curd have mixed well with veggies
Keep it aside for a while so that they absorb spices well.
The water has boiled
We will remove the extra water from the soaked rice
Add the soaked rice to the boiling water
We will semi cook rice almost 80%
The rice has cooked 80%
We cooked rice for 6 minutes
To avoid the rice from over cooking, we will remove it from the water.
We will stir it using a stariner
Now, we will cook the veggies
Preheat the pan
Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of clarified butter in it
Let it heat
It has melted
We will add cashews to it
We took 7 to 8 cashews
Roast it till they appear brown
They have become brown
Add 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds in the wok
Saute it
Add a 1/2 teaspoon of ginger paste
Add 2 finely chopped green chillies
Add 1 black cardamom after peeling it.
If you like onion then, you can perform the same procedure which we performed with cashews.
Roast onion likewise until golden brown
The veg biryani taste amazing without onion too.
You should tryna make it
Add the marinated veggies in Masala mixture
Stir and cook it on the high flame
Stir and cook till it boils
The Masala mixture has boiled
Now, we will stop stirring it
Cover and cook veggies on the low medium flame for 3-4 minutes
4 minutes have passed, let us check the veggied.
There is a soothing fragnance
Press and check the potatoes
It still appears stiffer to us
Cover and cook it 2 minutes more
Press again to check it
It is pressing and cutting. It has cooked
We don't have to over cook the veggies
We have to keep them crunchy
Add the 2 tablespoons of water which we separated from the rice to it
Mix them well
Switch off the flame because it has cooked
Now we will take a mud pot
We will place the layers of rice and veggies in it
Add some clarified butter to it
Grease it from all the corners
Add half veggies to it
Add the layer of cooked rice over it
We will separate the cinnamon stick and bay leaves from it
Add the layer of veggies over it
Add the finely chopped green coriander
Add the finely chopped fresh mint leaves
Add the layer of cooked rice
Garnish with finely chopped green coriander
Add some finely chopped mint leaves
Add the roasted cashews
We dipped 15 to 20 saffron strands in the 2 tablespoons of milk before 10 to 15 minutes
The Saffron strand has left its colour
Add it over them
It helps to enahance the colour, taste and fragnance.
You can avoid it if you want too
Still, the biryani will taste good
Add some clarified butter
Sprinkle some Garam Masala over it
Close the pot
We are kneaded dough to seal it
Expand it thinly as shown
Seal it using the dough
It has ready to be steamed cooked in the pot
Place it on the stove
Steam cook it on the low flame for 20-25 minutes
20 minutes have passed
The biryani has steamed cooked
Switch off the flame
Let it rest for 10 minutes then serve it
Remove the pot from stove as it is still hot
It will stay hot for an hour or two
Open it whenever you feel like serving
Serve the hot Biryani
Firstly, we will remove the dough
Steam is releasing from it
It is a hotter Biryani
The veg Biryani cooked in the pot is ready to serve
It is tastier to eat
Cooking it is an easier process
Be attentive
Do not over cook the rice
Cook them till 80-85%
Strain it and cool it
Grease the pot well with clarified butter before adding anything in it
Spread the layers and keep the flame on low
You will prepare yummy veg buryani in the pot
So you cook it and eat it
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