Veg. Biryani with Raita

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice - 4 cups

Potatoes - 2 nos.

Carrot finely chopped - 1 cup

Green peas - 1 cup

Beans finely chopped - 1 cup

Corn granules - 1 cup

Flower gobi small pieces - 1 cup

Turmeric powder - 1tsp

Coriander powder - 1tsp

Cummin powder - 1 tsp

Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 tbsp

Onion - 3 nos. (Medium ones)

Tomato - 3 nos. (Big ones)

Garlic - 1 whole bunch

Green chillies - 4 nos. 

Oil - 4 tbsp

Edible cooking color 1tsp each of green & orange color

For Garnashing: 

Sliced fried onion - 1/2 cup

Fried cashewnut - 1/4 cup

Method :

1) First take carrot, gobi, green peas, beans & corn granules in a pan and add water and add 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder and boil for 10 minutes.

2) by the time its boiling take a big pan and put 2 tbsp oil and when hot put big cut pieces of onion, tomatoes, garlic pods & green chilles and cook till onion turns light pinkish color and tomatoes are cooked. Put off the gas and blend the same in a grinder.

3) after grinding into puree again take 2 tbsp in a pan and add the puree alongwith all masala and keep it till it boil.

4) now cut potatoes in small pieces and along with potatoes take all veges and put it in a puree and add some water and keep it for cooking for 15 to 20 minutes till potatoes are tender.

5) now take rice and wash the same nicely and then keep rice for boiling along with salt and little oil. When rice is nicely boil drain all the water and wash the rice in running cold water and keep aside.

6) by now veges will be ready now. Now take a large pan and add one layer of boil rice and then add layer of veges along with little veges gravy, put another layer of rice and veges and then final layer of rice.

7) now mix edible color separately in half cup water each and pour the same on top of rice and cover the pan with lid and simmer the gas and keep it for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes biryani will be ready and serve the same by garnishing with fried onion and cashew nuts along with raita ....