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Vegetable Biryani














Ingredients
For 4
For 100

Rice
225gms
5.65kg
Split green gram  
115gms
2.8kg
Potatoes
115gms
2.8kg
Carrots
115gms
2.8kg
Peas
115gms
2.8kg
Tomatoes
115gms
2.8kg
Onions
115gms
2.8kg
Coconut
½
12
Cumin
a pinch
15gms
Chilli powder
½ tsp
30gms
Turmeric
a pinch
15gms
Sultanas
10gms
250gms
Cashewnuts
15gms
350gms
Peanuts
15gms
350gms
Fat
100gms
2.5kg
Curds
75gms
1.8kg
Salt
to taste
100gms


Grind together coconut, cumin, turmeric, chilli powder and onions and extract milk. Clean and soak rice and gram. Prepare vegetables and blanch tomatoes. Heat fat; add peas and carrots. Cook for 5 minutes. Add blanched tomatoes and salt. Cook till peas and carrots are tender. Boil, peel and slice potatoes. Fry in hot fat till brown. Remove. Fry rice and gram – add coconut milk and vegetable stock (3 fingers above rice). When rice is three – fourth done, add cooked vegetables, curds and salt. Cook on a slow fire with live coal on top of the lid. When dry, remove and serve garnished with fried potatoes and fried sultanas, cashewnuts and peanuts.