Chettinad Biryani

Recipe Type:	Veg.
Difficulty:	Average

Ingredients:

• 300 gms Basmati Rice
• 100 gms Cauliflower (chopped)
• 100 gms Carrot (chopped)
• 50 gms Beans (chopped)
• 25 gms Peas
• 1 Onion (chopped)
• 1 flake Ginger
• 1 flake Garlic
• 3 Red Chilies
• 1 tsp Coriander Seeds
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
• 3 tsp Tomato Puree
• 3 tsp Oil
• 2 tsp Ghee
• Salt to taste

Cooking Instructions:

• Wash and soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes.
• Now make a fine paste of red chilies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, garlic and ginger.
• Heat a pan and put some ghee into it.
• Add the soaked rice (no water) in it and cook till rice start sticking together.
• Remove the rice from fire.
• Heat a pan and put oil into it. When the oil turns hot, add chopped onion in it.
• Stir till the onion turns golden brown in color.
• Now add the paste and all the vegetables to the onions.
• Add a little water, tomato puree and salt to the vegetables.
• Add the sauté rice and some more water so as to cover the rice with water.
• Cover the pan and let the rice cook for 5 to 7 minutes.
• Chettinad Biryani is ready to eat. Serve it hot with lime juice.