Easiest way to prepare Biryani:

Biryani..I guess everyone especially from Hyderabad  might be craving for this. I make this atleast once in a week. All of family members including my 2 year old daughter love to eat this. This is the easiest recipe for biryani and taste equally good..I hope everyone tries this and please do comment. 

Ingredients: 

• Basmati Rice 2 cups
  
• Medium sized Potatoes 1
  
• Carrots 2
  
• Beans 15
  
• Peas ½ cup
  
• Medium sized Onions 1
  
• Cashews 15
  
• Garlic Cloves 10
  
• Ginger 2” piece
  
• Green chillies 5
  
• Garam Masala 1 teaspoon
  
• Salt to taste
  
• Oil 2 teaspoons 

Preparation:

 

• Cut all the vegetables into 1”  pieces Grind Garlic cloves, ginger and green chillies into fine paste. Wash the rice and keep it aside.
  
• Heat a deep frying pan or sauce pan. Add oil to the pan and once it gets heated up add the garam masala powder followed by ground paste. Fry for a few minutes until the raw garlic smell turns to fried garlic smell.(light brown). 
  
• Now, add the cut onions,and fry for a minute. Add all the remaining vegetables except for peas if you are using frozen peas.
  
• Fry this mixture far 2 mins in medium flame. Add the washed rice and fry for another minute.
  
• Now add the peas, salt to taste and mix together.
  
• Transfer this mixture into a rice cooker and 3 cups of water and let cook.
  
• Garnish the cooked rice with fried cashews. 
  
• A very delicious biryani is ready to be served. This tastes good with raita.  
  

Alterations: 

• Replace half of the oil used with ghee for a better taste.
  
• Vegetables like cauliflower and broccoli can be added to make it more nutritious. 
  

Warnings:

• Be careful when adding the Ginger, garlic and chilies paste as this makes the rice spicy, adjust according to taste.
  

Do not add more water as the rice gets sticky if more water is added.