Dum Biryani

            This recipe is very famous but I like to make it in my style.This is a pure veg. version of dum biryani. It is full of flavors and it tastes awesome.It takes 1 hour to make dum biryani. You can make it quickly if you do some preparations.

• Ingredients:

1. Raw rise 1 cup
2. Chopped onion 2 tbsp
3. Julian cut onion 1/2 cup
4. Chopped capsicum 2 tbsp
5. Chopped beans 2 tbsp
6. Boiled green peas 2 tbsp
7. Saffron 9-10 strands
8. Milk 5 tbsp
9. Clove,whole pepper and cinnamon each 1 tsp

• Tomato Gravy:

1. Finely chopped tomatoes 1 cup
2. Finely chopped onions 1 tbsp
3. Ginger garlic paste 1tbsp
4. Boiled and chopped carrots 2 tbsp
5. Boiled and chopped cauliflower 2 tbsp
6. Coriander leaves few
7. Mint leaves few
8. Ghee and Oil

• Curd Marination:

1. Curd 1 n 1/2 cup
2. Kasturi methi 1 sbsp
3. Garam masala 1 tsp
4. Haldi powder 1 tsp
5.  Kitchen King Masala 1 tsp
6. Chilly powder 1 tsp
7. Dhania jira powder 1 tbsp  
8. Dry ginger powder(saunth) 1 tsp
9. Saunf  (valiyari) powder 1 and 1/2 tsp
10. Cashew nut ( kaju ) powder: 1 tsp

• Method:

1. Soak milk and saffron in a bowl and keep a side
2. Take one bowl and add curd to it.
3. Mix chilly pwdr, haldi pwdr, dhaniya jeera powder, kitchen king and garam masala powder with the curd.
4. Add also kasturi methi, saunf and kaju powder and dry ginger powder to it.
5. Let curd marinate for 30 mins.
6. To make tomato gravy, Chop tomatoes finely and make ginger garlic paste.
7. Cut and boil carrots ,cauliflower and green peas.
8. Cut capsicum and onions .
9. Cut some onions in Julian style.

      To prepare rice:

1. Take a big bowl and boil  water in to it.
2. Add salt, cloves, whole pepper and cinnamon.   
3. Add 1 tbsp oil to and add raw and washed  rice to it.
4. Cook it   80 % for 15-20 mins and strain it in a big vessel.
5. Keep it aside.

     To make Gravy:

1. To make gravy take a pan and add 1 tbsp ghee to it.
2. Add ginger garlic paste to ghee and cook it until it changes the color.
3. Add finely chopped onions and tomatoes and adjust seasonings.
4. Cook it for few minutes.
5. Add marinated curd  to it.(step 2 and 3)
6. Cook it for a while.
7. Take 1 tsp oil in a pan and stir fry onions ,capsicums and beans.
8. Transfer these veges to the tomato gravy.
9. Add mix boiled and  chopped carrots, cauliflower and beans to tomato gravy.
10. Add few coriander and mint leaves.
11. Gravy is ready.
    

      Birasto: 

1. Take 1 tsp oil in the same pan and stir fry Julian cut onions on high flame to make birasto.
2. Birasto is brown onion keep it in a separate bowl.
3. Turn of the flame when onion changes the color to brown.

       To assemble biryani:

1. Take one thick bottomed pot to assemble the dum biryani.
2. Grease the pot with 1 tsp ghee and add half of the cooked rice to it.
3. Sprinkle half of saffron milk on the rice and add coriander and mint leaves on it.
4. Sprinkle half of the browned Julian onions over it.
5. Make layer of tomato gravy over the layer of rice. 
6. Make another layer of left over rice on the tomato gravy.
7. Sprinkle saffron milk, browned onions ,coriander and mint leaves.
8. Now cover the pot with a silver foil.
9. Place a flat pan on a burner and put the biryani pot on the flat pan.
10. Cook it on low flame for 30 mins.
11. Serve it with pickle and raita.   

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