Vegetable dum briyani or Hyderabad briyani

Ingredients

Rice (soaked) - 2 cups

Water - 2 cups

Beans - 1 cup chopped

Carrot - 1 cup chopped

Potatoes - 1 cup chopped

Onions - 2

Ginger - grated or chopped

Masala items - bay leaf, cinnamon, clove, cardamom.

Garam masala - 1 tsp

Ghee - 3 tbsp
Saffron strands soaked in milk.
Salt to taste.

Procedure

cut the veggies in length-wise.

In a pressure pan, add 1 teaspoon ghee. Add bayleaf, cinnamon, clove.

Add chopped onions and slited green chillies along with ginger. Saute for a while.

Add the chopped veggies and stir well.

Add 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder, red chillie powder, garam masala and salt. Mix well.

Meanwhile, soak the basmati in water for 30 minutes

Add the soaked basmati rice and saute well for 5 minutes.

Add water, saffron soaked milk, 2 teaspoons salt and 1 tbsp butter and close the pan with the lid. Let it cook till 1 whistle.

Keep the pressure pan on top of the dosa tava and dum it for ten minutes in simmer.

Yummy Vegetable dum briyani is ready. 

In a tava, add oil. Add the spices and chopped onions.

Fry the onion till golden brown.

Garnish the dum briyani with fried onion. Delicious hyderabad dum briyani ready to serve.