This is the most famous, delicious, mouth watering recipe of South India, Karnataka. A mixture of rice with basic veggies like carrots, beans, soya bean, peas and magic Indian masalas will churn out Vegetable Biryani. There are many variations to this recipe, no two tastes similar, it solely depends on what suits your taste mild/spicy, oily/non-oily...Here i present you the recipe Vegetables Biryani with Soya Beans to give that additional proteins ;). The list of ingredients seems long, but the taste of Biryani is worth the time and effort. Its the best one pot meal and one of the favorites of most f people in India. Mind you that i have seen die hard fans of Biryani, so get set goooo;0
Ingredients:
Washed and chopped mix of veggies - 1/4 kg (Carrots, beans, potatoes, peas)
Soya chunks (2 hands full)
Peeled garlic - hand full
Onions chopped lengthwise - 4
Finely chopped tomatoes -4
Fresh Mint leaves - handful
Green Chillies - 4-5 (or as per your taste)
Biryani Masala - 4-5 tsp (I prefer Shakti Biryani masala)
Thick curds - 1 cup
Rock salt - 3 tsp
Turmeric - 1 pinch
Cooking oil -7-8 tsp
Ghee - 2-3 tsp
Lemon Juice - 1/2 tsp
Dry Masalas:
Cinnamon - 2 sticks
Star Anise - 4
Bay leaf - 2
Fennel / Soonf - 1/2 tsp
Method:
Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker, once it is hot, put all items given under dry masalas and fry for a second. Meanwhile soak soya chunks in warm water for about 10 mins with salt. Squeeze the water and keep it ready.
Add in garlic, onions, green chillies and fry till onions become transparent.
Throw in the tomatoes and saute until it leaves out all its juices
To the mixture, now add all the veggies along with soya chunks.
Now add fresh mint leaves, turmeric and biryani masala and give it a good mix
After a minute add curds, water (1:2) rice and water ratio.
Once the water starts boiling put washed rice, add salt as per your taste and squeeze some lime juice
Shut the pressure cooker and switch it off at one whistle to give our biryani a grainy texture.
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