Vegetable Birnji Rice

Vegetable brinji is a rice preparation in which rice is cooked with freshly ground garam masala and coconut milk with veggies.This rice is milder than biriyani,bit spicier than pulao,a one pot meal easy to cook.Here follows the excellent recipe....

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Basmathi rice	2cups
Onion	2no.(medium size)
Tomato	3nos.(medium size)
Ginger&garlic paste	2tsp
Green chilly	5-6nos.
Carrot(diced)	2nos.
Beans	10-15nos.
Green peas(fresh or frozen)	1/2cup
Red chilly powder	1/4tsp
Coriander powder	1tsp
Coconut(grated)	4tbs
Mint leaves	1/4cup
Lemon juice	1tsp
Coriander leaves	to garnish
Cloves	5nos.
Cinnamon	2 inch piece
Fennel seeds	1+1/2tsp
Ghee	1tsp
Oil	3tbs
Salt	to taste

Method

                  Soak the basmathi rice  and keep aside,grind the cloves ,cinnamon,fennel to a powder, then add in the green chilly, mint and grind it to a fine paste.Finally grind the coconut and 1/2 tsp of fennel seeds to a fine paste separately.

Heat the pressure cooker or pan with the oil and ghee,saute the onion then ginger&garlic paste.Now add in the ground paste and saute it for a minute.Then add the tomatoes and cook it until mushy.Add the vegetables and mix it well.

Add the coconut paste,chilly powder and coriander powder and give it a stir,add the required water and let it boil.Finally add the coriander leaves and rice,cover it with the lid and cook it for two whistles in a medium flame.Open the cooker after the pressure subsides and fluff it with a fork gently.

Brinji is ready to enjoy.

Enjoy it with raitha and veg or non- veg curry.

• Potatoes can be used and added in the end(after adding the rice).
• Cashews can be added for extra richness.
• I used 11/4cups of water for one cup of rice and soaked for 20 minutes.

Sending this to Cooking with Seeds - Rice Event.

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