Wonderful Indian Cuisines – How To Make Vegetable Biriyani

India is known for her diverse culture which has many hidden delicious recipies.There are some dishes that are quite simple to make and are very tasty. Vegetable biryani is one such dish. It is prepared during festive seasons and has originated from North India. The veggies are basically marinated in yogurt based combination.

1st step: Your first action in making this dish will be to cook the potato cubes, carrots, and okra in a pan of boiling salted water. You will have to boil these contents for about 7 to 8 minutes. What you’ll have to do next is drain well and place the entire contents into a large bowl. The following step requires you to mix the contents with the celery, mushrooms, and eggplant.

Step Two: Make a mixture of ginger, garlic, curry powder, turmeric and unsweetened yogurt.You must take care that all the ingredients are mixed together properly. With a spoon add this mixture into the vegetable. Let the vegetable marinate for atleast 2 1/2 hours. This dish needs some time for marination, so it can’t be made quickly.

Step Three: For cooking the rice, first take a thick bottom pan and put butter into it. As the butter melts, add in the onion (sliced) and allow it to cook in medium heat for about 5 mins.Once they’ve turned into golden brown color, take off the pan from flame. For garnishing separate some of the cooked brown onions and reserve it. In a large pan cook the rice with water for about 9 mins.After the rice is cooked drain the water and keep aside.

4th step: Now take the marinated vegetable and add it to the cooked brown onions. Cook the vegetables for about 10 mins.Take a large casserole dish and put in atleast half of the cooked rice into it. On top of the rice, place a spoonful of cooked vegetables. Again on top of it put the remaining rice and cover the dish. In a preheated oven cook the biryani at 375 degree for about 25 mins .Once cooked remove from the oven.

Spoon the biryani on to a warm serving plate. Your final step will be to garnish the dish with the onions you held to the side. Also garnish the food with cilantro. You have now made yourself a Vegetable Biryani dish! Enjoy your taste of India!!

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