PANEER VEGETABLE BIRYANI

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY,            

LAVANYA SATISH,
 ABU DHABI

PANEER VEGETABLE BIRIYANI & RAITA
Ingredients:
Basmati rice - 2 cups
(washed & soaked in 4 cups of water for 15 min)
Onion - 1 big (sliced)
Beans, carrot, potato - cut in julians
Cauriflower - few florets
Peas
Butter - 1 tbsp
Cinnanom stick - 1/2 inch
Cardamom - 2
Bay leaf - 1
Cloves -2
Red chilli pwd -1 tsp

For masala paste:
Green chillies - 2
Garlic -2 cloves
Ginger - 1 inch
Coriander leaves (chopped) -handful
Grind this into a fine paste.
Method:
In a heavy bottomed pan add 1 tbsp of butter
Add the spices mentioned above once the butter melts
Add onions n fry them till it becomes slightly pink
Add the ground masala paste to it
Once the raw smell goes, add the vegetables
Add 1 tsp of red chilli pwd
Add salt according to your taste.
Mix it well
Now strain the water in a seprate vessel from the soaked basmati rice.
Add the rice to the pan n just give it a stir. ( too much stirring can break d rice)
Now once the masala has coated the rice well
Add the strained water
Just mix it once and close it with a lid.
Cook ot in a low flame.
Once in between u can remove the lid n give it a stir.
When the rice is done without any water content n stickyness remove it from the stove.
Serve it hot with onion tomato raita.
Tips:
People who love paneer can fry the paneer separately n add it to the biriyani once it is done n hot.