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Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, mughlai vegetable biriyani. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mughlai Vegetable Biriyani is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Mughlai Vegetable Biriyani is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have mughlai vegetable biriyani using 30 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mughlai Vegetable Biriyani:

1. Get For Rice:
2. Prepare 1 cup Basmati rice
3. Prepare to taste Salt
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp Lemon juice
5. Prepare For Vegetables:
6. Get 1/4 cup Beans
7. Prepare 1/4 cup green peas
8. Get 1/2 cup carrot, chopped into small cubes
9. Take 1/4 cup cauliflower cut into small florets
10. Take For Masala:
11. Make ready 1 tsp cashewnuts
12. Take 1 tsp khus khus (white poppy seeds)
13. Make ready 1 tsp fresh grated coconut
14. Make ready 3-4 tbsp Olive oil
15. Make ready 1 onion grated
16. Prepare 1 bay leaf
17. Prepare 1 thin piece of cinnamon
18. Take 3 cloves
19. Get 1 cardamom pods
20. Take 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
21. Prepare 1 tomato, pureed in a blender
22. Make ready 1/4 cup yogurt
23. Get 1/2 tsp garam masala
24. Prepare 1 tsp chilli powder
25. Make ready 1/4 tsp cumin powder
26. Prepare For layering:
27. Make ready As needed Cilantro
28. Prepare 4-8 Mintleaves
29. Take 1/4 tsp saffron dissolved in warm milk
30. Get 1 tbsp ghee

Instructions to make Mughlai Vegetable Biriyani:

1. Wash and drain the rice. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil in a large pan. When the water boils, add the rice, salt and lemon juice. Stir gently and cook until the rice is about 3/4th cooked.
2. Drain the rice in a colander. Gently wash it in cold water. Let it drain well.
3. Boil plenty of water in a large pan. Add the beans, peas and carrots. Boil for 2 minutes. Add the cauliflower, and boil 2 more minutes. All the vegetables must be half cooked.
4. Drain the vegetables well, and wash in cold water to stop the cooking process. Drain again and set aside.
5. Grind the cashew, khus khus and coconut into a smooth paste, using as little water as possible. Set aside.
6. Heat oil in a large skillet. Add grated onions, and cook on low heat till the onions are brown.
7. To the onions, add the bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom.
8. Add the ginger and garlic pastes. Stir and let it cook for about 30 seconds.
9. Add the coconut, khus khus, cashew paste. Stir another 30 seconds.
10. Add pureed tomatoes and cook for about 2 to 3 mins.
11. Add yogurt and mix well. And add garam masala, chilli powder, and cumin powder. Stir for 1 minute.
12. Now add the reserved vegetables and salt. Cook for 10 minutes or till the vegetable is almost done. Add water, and simmer another 3-5 minutes.
13. Take a large baking dish. Lightly oil the inside. Layer everything in this order – half the rice, half the chopped cilantro, half the chopped mint, all the vegetables and gravy, remaining half of the rice, saffron dissolved in milk, remaining half the cilantro and mint. Drizzle the top with ghee.
14. Cover the baking dish and bake in a 350f oven for 15 minutes or till the rice is cooked through but not much. Turn the oven off, and let the biryani sit in the hot oven another 10 minutes.
15. When the biryani is done, top with the fried onions and cashewnuts.
16. Serve biriyani hot with raita or curd.

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