Vegetable Biryani
Authentic Indian vegetable biryani made the traditional way — no shortcuts, just proper home-cooked flavour.
Ingredients
- Rice - For 1
- Sauce – For 1
- 3 tbspn rice
- 1 tbspn oil
- 1 tbspn oil
- 75 gm onion
- 75 gm onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 100 gm frozen peas
- 1 tspn fresh ginger
- 4-6 cardamom pods
- ¼ tspn turmeric
- ¼ tspn cinnamon
- ½ tspn paprika
- ½ tspn cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tspn salt
- 1 tbspn chopped tomatoes
- 120 ml water
- 1 tspn tomato purée
- 1 tbspn lemon juice
- 100 ml water
- ½ carrot
- 4 – 6 mushrooms (depends on their size)
Method
- 1
Finely chop the onion.
- 2
Rinse the frozen peas in warm water and drain.
- 3
De-seed the cardamom pods.
- 4
Rinse the rice well and drain.
- 5
Finely chop, crush or grate the garlic.
- 6
Finely chop or grate the ginger.
- 7
Chop the carrot into thin lengths.
- 8
Chop the mushrooms into approx 1 inch pieces (not critical).
- 9
Pre-heat the oven to 170˚ C.