Mushroom Biryani in Pressure Cooker | Simple and Yummy Recipes

An easy and delicious South Indian style mushroom biryani in pressure cooker. It's a one pot cooking recipe without any layering. In South Indian biryani varities, seeraga samba rice is used. This is called as jeera rice in english. I have used seeraga samba /Jeera rice for this recipe. Instead, you can also use Basmati rice.

I have shared the easiest method of cooking biryani in pressure cooker. There is no grinding for this recipe. I have used only the whole spices for this recipe. This is a perfect recipe for bachelors and working women. 

Check my other vegetarian biryani recipes in the below links

• Brinjal Biryani

• Tomato Biryani

• Simple Vegetable Pulao

Also check my OnePotCooking recipes here.

Course : Main Course
Cuisine : South Indian
Prep Time : 20 minutes
Cooking time : 20 minutes
Serves : 3

Here is the recipe and scroll down for the video recipe and Step by Step pictures

Ingredients:
Whole Spices

• 3 Cinnamon sticks
• 6 Cloves
• 4 Cardamon pods
• Little mace
• 1 Star Anise
• little Black stone flower / Kalpasi
• 1 Bay leaf

Other Ingredients

• 2 Onions, thinly sliced
• 1 large Tomato, chopped 
• 1/2 cup Curd ( optional )
• 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
• 10 sliced & slit Green Chillies
• Handful of Mint leaves, roughly chopped
• Handful of Coriander leaves, roughly chopped
• 1 packet / 200 gms of  Button Mushroom
• 1 tsp Garam Masala
• 2 cups of  Basmati Rice
• 2 tbsp of Ghee
• Salt as required
• 2 tbsp of Oil

Preparation:

• Rinse the basmati rice with water or till the water runs clear of starch. Soak the rice in 3 cups of  water and keep aside.
• Wash the mushrooms thoroughly, chop it and place it in water so that it doesn't turn brown in colour.

Method :

• Heat oil and 1 tbsp of ghee in a pressure cooker, when hot add all the following whole spices one by one : cinnamon, cloves, mace, cardamon, star anise, stone flower, bayleaf and fry & allow them to splutter.

• then add the thinly sliced onions and fry till they start turning golden brown in colour.

• then add the green chillies, mint & coriander leaves and fry for a minute.

• add ginger garlic paste, chopped tomatoes, little salt to it. Stir and saute in a medium flame till the oil separates.

• next add the mushrooms and mix well. Saute and cook for 2 minutes.

• then add the curd and mix well.

• next add the rice along with water and give a good mix.

• add salt and garam masala to it and mix well. Bring it to boil.

• add the coriander leaves and mix gently.

• close the cooker with the lid. When the steam releases place the weight/whistle and cook for 2 whistles.

• when the steam goes down, remove the lid, add the remaining 1 tbsp ghee and squeeze half a lemon and very gently mix the rice.

• serve the biryani with raitha and pickle.

Step By Step Instructions of How to make Mushroom Biryani in Pressure Cooker

• Heat oil and 1 tbsp of ghee in a pressure cooker

• When hot add all the following whole spices one by one : cinnamon, cloves, mace, cardamon, star anise, stone flower, bayleaf and fry & allow them to splutter.

• Then add the thinly sliced onions and fry till they start turning golden brown in colour.

• Then add the green chillies, mint & coriander leaves. Fry till the leaves get wilted.

• Add ginger garlic paste, chopped tomatoes, little salt to it. Stir and saute in a medium flame till the oil separates.

• Next add the mushrooms and mix well. Saute and cook for 2 minutes.

• Then add the curd and mix well.

• Next add the rice along with water and give a good mix.

• Add salt and garam masala to it and mix well. Bring it to boil.

• Add the coriander leaves and mix gently.

• Close the cooker with the lid. When the steam releases place the weight/whistle and cook for 2 whistles.

• When the steam goes down, remove the lid, add the remaining 1 tbsp ghee and squeeze half a lemon and very gently mix the rice.

Video Recipe here