VEGETABLE BIRYANI - Indian Cooking Recipe

VEGETABLE BIRYANI

(pilau)

= a vegetable dish with rice

Ingreidents

Rice

Vegetables – any chopped

Oil

Jeera, methi

Rai seeds

Fresh green chilli and ginger

Haldi, jeera and dhania powders

Hing

Water and salt

Method

1. Wash rice and drain. Soak a little.

2. Put a little oil in a pan, add methi seeds and when browned add jeera and rai seeds, fry until they crackle.

3. Add a small pinch of hing.

4. Add rice and chopped vegetables, stir and cook for a further few minutes until rice is golden, shirring to prevent sticking.

5. Add boiling water (about three times the about of rice), haldi, jeera and dhania powders – salt to taste.

6. Bring to the boil, lower heat, cover pan and simmer very slowly until all the water has been absorbed .Keep warm in the oven.