Delicious Vegetable Biryani

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Vegetable Biryani is delicious, and one of the most famous recipes of Indo-Pak region, with appetizing appearance and fantastic taste. The rice is blended with cauliflower, carrots, peas, and capsicum and cooked with spices. This combination produces excellent flavor, and it becomes irresistible when served with curd.
Makes: 4 - 5 serving
Total Prep Time: 50 minute
Ingredients:
• 2 cups Cauliflower, cut in cubes
• 2 Medium size potatoes cut in cubes
• 2 capsicum, cut in cubes
• 2 medium carrots cut in cubes
• ½ cup boiled peas
• 2 large tomatoes cut in cubes
• 2 large size onions
• ½ oz. Ginger paste
• ½ oz. Garlic paste
• ½ oz. Red chili powder
• ½ Cup Oil
• ¼ oz. Turmeric powder
• 2 Cinnamon sticks
• 8 whole black paper
• 6 cloves
• 1 oz. Cumin seeds
• 3 black cardamoms
• ¼ oz. Nutmeg and mace powder
• 2 bay leaves

Preparation:

1. Get the rice washed and soaked for about 20 minutes and boil it in a large pot of salted water that contains ½ oz. cumin seeds and bay leaves. Cook it for 15 minutes and drain the water out of it. Keep the rice aside for a while.
2. Now heat the oil in a vessel and add onions to it. Fry the onions till it becomes light brown.
3. Add cinnamon sticks, black paper, cumin seeds, black cardamoms and cloves into the oil. Fry the spices for 1 mint.
4. Add ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, turmeric powder and fry it again for a minute.
5. Add tomatoes and cover the pan for 3 minutes until the tomatoes get soft.
6. Now add all the vegetables (cauliflower, capsicum, potatoes, carrot) and salt in the pan mix it well and cover it. Cook for 8 -10 minutes on a low flame.
7. When the vegetables are cooked, add boiled peas in the mixture and layer it with the boiled rice.
8. Add some powder of nutmeg and mace on the top layer of rice. Now cover your vessel tightly and cook the rice for 8 to 10 min with a very low heat.
9. Mix all the rice and veggies gently.
10. Spicy and delicious vegetable rice is ready. Serve it with a bowl of curd.