Veg Biriyani in Pressure Cooker
A quick and easy one pot veg biriyani in pressure cooker. This vegetable biryani makes cooking life easy during busy days as they are great for lunch-box.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2 cups of Jeera Rice
- 3 cups of Water
- 2 Carrots, peeled
- 10 Green Beans
- 2 Onions, peeled
- 1 tbsp ginger - garlic paste
- 3 tbsp Ghee or Sunflower oil
- 2 tsp Fennel seed
- 5-6 cloves
- 1 inch long cinnamon stick
- 2 cardamom, Crushed
- 1 tbsp of Cashew and Raisins each
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash the rice in cold water 3 times. Drain and keep aside.
- Slice one onion thin and lengthwise. Cut the other onion, carrots and beans into small and thin pieces. Keep aside.
- Keep the pressure cooker on low flame. Add oil or ghee. When hot, fry the cashews and raisins to a brown shade. Careful not to burn them. Remove them into a bowl.
- Now add the thin sliced onion to the hot oil. Add a little salt and stir well. Fry the onion till a light golden flame. Remove them to the bowl of dry fruits. This mix is for the garnish.
- Now add the remaining ghee or oil into the cooker. Add the fennel seed, cinnamon and cloves to the hot oil. Let it splutter for some seconds.
- Now add the ginger-garlic paste and stir for 10 seconds. Stir in the diced onion, carrots, beans and a pinch of salt. Saute for 1 minute.
- Now add the rice and again stir fry for 1 minute. Add water, crushed cardamom and salt to taste. Mix will.
- Close the cooker and put the vent weight. Cook for 4-5 minutes (not more than that). Keep a timer for exact time.
- After 4 (or 5 minutes) switch off the heat. Let it rest until the pressure inside settles (may be 10 ). After 10 minutes, manually release the pressure.
- Now open the cooker. Give it a mix gently. D not overdo the mixing. Now add the cashew, raisin and fried onion and again give a gentle mix. Let it sit for a minute.
- Your pressure cooked veg biriyani is ready. Enjoy hot with your favorite dish.
Notes
- Now-a-days I usually use jeera rice to make biriyani and long basmathi rice to make fried rice and pulav. Jeera rice is also known as jirakashala rice, seeraga samba etc.
- To cook the rice, instead of water you can also use the whey liquid (left over liquid paneer is made). Whey gives a unique flavor to the biryani.
- You can add veggies like bell pepper (capsicum), cauliflower, tomato and also garam masala powder to the biriyani.