Quick Vegetable Biryani in Pressure Cooker | Bachelor Cooking | Step by Step Pic + Video | Veg Biryani in Cooker | Simple and Yummy Recipes

Vegetable Biryani is a quick rice recipe made by mixing rice with sauteed vegetables and some spices. It is a one-pot cooking recipe made using a pressure cooker. This recipe is perfect for bachelors. I call this as bachelor biryani recipe because with very few ingredients this veg biryani can be done in a few minutes. 

I have used seeragha samba rice, you can also make this recipe using basmati rice. Whenever you want to make a quick biryani recipe, try this method, definitely, you will love this. Seeragha samba rice gives a unique flavor to this recipe.  I have shared both step by step pic and video recipe of how to make vegetable biriyani in a pressure cooker.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup seeragha Samba Rice or basmati rice
• 1 Onion, medium-sized, chopped
• 1 Tomato, large-sized, chopped
• 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
• 2 Green Chilies
• ¼ cup curd
• 2 tbsp chopped Mint leaves
• 2 tbsp chopped Coriander leaves
• ¼ cup chopped Carrot
• ¼ cup chopped Green Beans
• ¼ cup chopped Green Peas
• 1 Potato, chopped
• ¼ tsp Chilly powder
• ¼ tsp Garam masala
• 2 tbsp Oil

Whole Spices

• 1 Cinnamon Stick
• 5 Cloves
• 1 Star Anise
• 3 Cardamon
• 1 Bay leaf
• Little Stone Flower

Method:

• Wash the rice 2-3 times and soak in the water for 30 mins. Kee aside.

• Heat oil in a pressure cooker, when hot enough add the whole spices and fry for a few seconds.

• Next, add the chopped onions and fry till it turns light golden brown in color in medium flame.

• Add ginger-garlic paste, green chilies and saute for a min on low flame.

• Next add the chopped tomatoes, little salt, and cook in medium heat till the tomatoes become soft and mushy.

• Add the curd and mix well. Next, add the mint and coriander leaves and give a good mix.

• Next, add all the chopped vegetables and mix well. Cook for 2 mins in medium flame.

• Then add the chilly powder and garam masala. Mix well.

• Add the soaked seeragha samba rice or basmati rice. Drain the water, add only the rice to the pressure cooker. Add 1 1/2 cup water and salt. Mix well.

• When it starts boiling, cover the pressure cooker with the lid. When the steam releases, place the weight.

• Cook for 2 whistles on medium heat and switch off the flame.

• When the pressure goes down, open the lid add the ghee and gently mix the rice.

• Serve hot with onion raita.

💥 Step by step pic how to make Vegetable biryani in a pressure cooker

Heat oil in a pressure cooker, when hot enough add the whole spices and fry for a few seconds.

Next, add the chopped onions and fry till it turns light golden brown in color in medium flame.

Add ginger-garlic paste, green chilies and saute for a min on low flame.

Next add the chopped tomatoes, little salt, and cook in medium heat till the tomatoes become soft and mushy.

Add the curd and mix well. Next, add the mint and coriander leaves and give a good mix.

Next, add all the chopped vegetables and mix well. Cook for 2 mins in medium flame.

Then add the chilly powder and garam masala. Mix well.

Add the soaked seeragha samba rice or basmati rice. Drain the water, add only the rice to the pressure cooker. Add 1 1/2 cup water and salt. Mix well.

When it starts boiling, cover the pressure cooker with the lid. When the steam releases, place the weight.

Cook for 2 whistles on medium heat and switch off the flame. When the pressure goes down, open the lid add the ghee and gently mix the rice. Serve hot with onion raita.

Watch the making here

Soya Chunks Biryani in Pressure Cooker | Soya Biriyani | Meal maker biryani | Simple and Yummy Recipes

Soya Chunks Biryani or Meal maker biriyani in pressure cooker is a perfect one-pot meal recipe which is very healthy and high in protein. Also, it's a very super easy recipe to make during this lockdown. This recipe guarantee to satisfy your cravings in a healthy way.

It is a protein-rich biryani recipe. It is very easy to make and yummy to eat and also at the same its very healthy. This recipe is also perfect for the lunch box.
Click the link here for the video recipe 👉 https://youtu.be/eiu2ylyHCRA

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of Jeera Rice or Basmati Rice
• 1 Onion, thinly sliced
• 1 large Tomato, chopped
• 2 Green chilly
• Few Mint leaves
• Few Coriander leaves
• 1 tsp Red Chily powder
• ½ tsp Turmeric powder
• ½ tbsp Biryani masala or garam masala powder
• Salt as required
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 2 tbsp Ghee

For Marination:

• 1/2 cup Soya Chunks
• 2 tbsp Curd
• Red Chili powder
• Turmeric powder
• Salt

Whole Spices:

• 1 Cinnamon Stick
• 3-4 Cloves
• 3 Cardamon pods
• 1 Star Anise
• 1 Bay leaf
• little Stone flower

Preparation:

• Soak the soya chunks in hot water for 30 mins. After 30 mins squeeze out the excess water.

• Place the soya chunks in a bowl. Add curd, chili powder, turmeric powder, and salt. Mix well and keep aside and allow it to marinate.

• Wash the rice 2 to 3 times thoroughly and soak the rice in water for 30 mins.

Method:

• Heat oil and ghee together in the pressure cooker. Add the whole spices and fry for a few seconds.

• Add onion, and green chilies and saute till onion turns golden brown in color in medium flame.

• Next add tomato, ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, turmeric powder, and biryani masala powder. Saute till tomatoes turn mushy and soft on medium flame.

• Next, add the marinated soya chunks, mint leaves, and coriander leaves and cook for about 3 mins on medium flame.

• Add the rice and 3 cups of water and salt. Mix well and bring it to a boil.

• Cover the pressure cooker and cook for 2 whistles on medium flame and then switch off the heat.

• Serve hot with onion raita.

Vermicelli Pulao | Egg Semiya Pulao | Semiya Pulao | Egg Vermicelli | Vermicelli Biryani | Lunchbox Recipes| Simple and Yummy Recipes

Vermicelli Biryani | Egg Semiya Pulao is a very quick and easy one-pot meal dish that can be either made for breakfast or lunch. It is also perfect for kid's lunch box recipes. It tastes really delicious and easy to make as well.

I have added mixed vegetables and scrambled eggs to this recipe to make it more healthy. You can skip the egg in this recipe. Serve this with simple onion raita.

Click here for the video recipe 👉 https://youtu.be/yrS-tNH12Ns

Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Serves : 3 persons

Ingredients:

• 150 gms or 2 cups Vermicelli
• 1 large Onion, chopped
• 2 Green chilies
• 2 Tomatoes, chopped
• ½ tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
• ½ tsp Red chili powder
• ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
• ¼ tsp Garam masala
• few Mint leaves
• ¼ cup Carrot, finely chopped
• ¼ cup Beans
• ¼ Green peas
• ½ tbsp Ghee
• 800 ml or 4 cups of Water
• few Coriander leaves
• 1 tbsp Oil
• Salt as required

Whole spices

• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 3 Cloves
• 2 Cardamon pods
• 1 Bay leaf

For Egg Mixture

• 3 Eggs
• little Red chili powder
• ½ tsp Pepper powder
• ½ tbsp Oil
• Salt as required

Method:

• Heat ghee in a heavy-bottomed kadai or wok. When hot add the vermicelli and fry till it turns light brown in color. Keep aside to cool

• Heat oil in wide heavy-bottomed kadai, when hot add the whole spices and fry or few seconds.

• Add onions, green chilies and fry till onions turn golden brown in color on medium heat.

• Next add tomatoes, ginger garlic paste, red chili powder. turmeric powder, garam masala, mint leaves, and a little salt. Saute till tomatoes become soft and mushy on medium heat.

• Next add the vegetables - carrot, beans, peas. Saute and cook the vegetables for 3 mins on low heat.

• Add the water and required salt. Mix well and boil. for 5 mins on medium heat.

• Next, add the roasted vermicelli and mix well.

• Cover and cook the vermicelli on low heat till done.

• When done add chopped coriander leaves and gently mix it. Keep aside.

• Break 3 eggs to a bowl. To it add little chili powder, pepper powder, salt as required and whisk it.

• Heat oil in a wide non-stick pan, when hot pour the egg mixture and gently scramble the eggs and cook till done.

• Next, add the scrambled to the vermicelli and gently mix it. Serve hot with onion raita.

Egg Biryani in Pressure Cooker | Pressure Cooker Egg Biryani | Quick Egg Biryani Recipe | Simple and Yummy Recipes

Egg Biryani - an easy and quick biryani recipe made using a pressure cooker. Among all the biryani recipes, egg biryani is very easy and it can be made very quickly at home. It tastes very delicious too. Serve this biryani hot with onion raita and salad by the side.

This is a quick biryani recipe that can be made within 30 mins. This can be served as lunch or dinner. Also, it is best for the lunch box recipes. In this recipe post, I am sharing the recipe of egg biryani in a pressure cooker with step by step photos and a video recipe.

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 20 to 30 mins
Serves  2-3 persons

Click here for the video recipe https://youtu.be/C-dlhR1k_io

Ingredients:

• 3 Boiled Eggs
• 250 gms Basmati Rice
• 300 ml of Water
• 1 Onion medium-sized, thinly sliced
• 2 Tomatoes, chopped
• 2 Green chilies
• 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
• 1/2 cup Mint leaves
• 2 tsp Red chilly powder
• 1 tsp Garam masala powder
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp Curd
• few Coriander leaves
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 1 tbsp Ghee
• Salt as required

Whole Spices

• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 4 Cloves
• 3 Cardamon pods
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1 Star Anise
• few Stone flower

Method:

• Wash and soak the rice for about 15 minutes

• Boil eggs and peel them and make slits on them

• Heat a pan with some oil, add red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix well.

• Add the eggs and fry/roast the eggs for 3 mins on low heat and keep them aside.

• Take a pressure cooker and add oil, ghee to the cooker and roast all the whole spices.

• Next, add the onions and saute till they turn golden brown on medium heat.

• Add green chilies, ginger garlic paste and saute on low heat for 2 mins.

• Add tomatoes and little salt to it. Cook till the tomatoes turn mushy and soft.

• Next add curd, chili powder, turmeric powder, garam masla, coriander powder and mix well. Cook for 5 mins on low heat.

• Then add the mint leaves and mix well and cook for a minute.

• Then add the soaked basmati rice, water, and salt as required. Mix well.

• Add the coriander leaves and give a mix.

• Finally, place the eggs one by one on the rice.

• Close the pressure cooker with the lid. When the steam releases, place the weight and cook for 2 whistles and switch off the heat.

• When the steam releases, open the lid and serve the biryani with onion raita.

Pressure Cooker Chicken Biryani | How to make Chicken Biriyani in pressure cooker | Seeraga Samba Biryani | Chicken Biryani | Simple and Yummy Recipes

Chicken Biriyani in Pressure Cooker - an easy, flavourful and one-pot chicken biryani recipe. When you have no time to make the dum biriyani, try this version using a pressure cooker. This pressure cooker chicken biriyani can be made under max 30 mins.

I usually make biriyani in this method only. Most of the times I use only jeera rice ( seergha samba rice ) to make this chicken biriyani recipe. But this chicken biriyani recipe can be made also using basmati rice.

Click here for the video recipe 👉 https://youtu.be/m2FMXb8PeCk

Preparation time: 5 mins

Cooking time: 20 to 30 mins

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• 1½ cup or 300 gms of Jeera Rice  ( seeragha samba rice ) or Basmati Rice
• 1 large Onion, chopped
• 1 Tomato, chopped
• 1 Cup Mint leaves, chopped
• ½ kg Chicken Pieces
• few coriander leaves
• ½ Lemon
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 1 tbsp + 1 tbsp Ghee

Whole Spices needed

• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 2 Cloves
• 2 Cardamon pods
• 1 Star Anise
• 1 Bay leaf
• little Stone Flower
• little Mace

To Grind to a paste

• 1-2 Cinnamon sticks
• 4 Cloves
• 3 Cardamon pods
• 5- 6 Green chilies
• 1 tsp Fennel seeds
• 8-10 Garlic cloves
• small pice Ginger
• ½ cup Coriander leaves

Preparation:

• Grind all the ingredients in a blender or mixie to a fine paste by adding little water and keep aside.

• Wash and soak the rice in 3 cups of water and keep aside

Method:

• Heat oil and ghee together in a medium flame, when hot add all the spices one by one and fry for a few seconds.

• Next, add the chopped onions and fry till it turns light brown in color in medium heat.

• Next, add the chopped tomatoes and salt. Fry till the tomatoes become mushy.

• Then add the chopped mint leaves and fry for a minute.

• Next, add the ground paste and combine well. Saute the mixture in low heat until the oil separates.

• Add the chicken pieces and mix well. Cook for about 10 mins on low heat. Stir occasionally.

• Then add the soaked rice, water, and salt as required. Mix well and bring it to a boil.

• Then add the few chopped coriander leaves. Cover the pressure cooker with the lid.

• When the steam releases place the weight and cook for 2 whistles on medium flame. Then switch off the heat.

• When the pressure goes down open the lid. Squeeze ½ lemon and 1 tbsp ghee. Gently fluff up the rice. Mix very gently.

• Serve hot with onion raita

Tomato & Green peas Biryani in Pressure Cooker Method | Tomato Peas Biryani | Simple and Yummy Recipes

Tomato and Peas Biryani - Quick and easy one-pot delicious biryani recipe that can be made under 30 minutes using a pressure cooker and also perfect for lunch box recipe. The combination of tomato and green peas gives a nice flavor to the rice.

This is a very easy lunch box recipe to pack for your kids. It tastes great with simple onion raita and potato chips. Now green peas are in season, it's perfect time to use peas in our recipes.

Preparation Time: 5 mins

Cooking Time: 15-20mins

Serves: 2

For the Video Recipe Click here 👉 https://youtu.be/QfoeEPCaZAU

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups of Basmati Rice
• 1 cup fresh Green Peas
• 1 Cinnamon stick ( small pice )
• 3 Cloves
• 1 Star Anise
• 1 Bay leaf
• little Stone Flower
• 1 Onion, medium-sized, sliced
• 1 tsp Chilli powder
• Few Mint &  Coriander leaves
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1 tbsp Ghee
• Salt to taste

To Grind

• 1 Cinnamon stick ( small pice )
• 3 Cloves
• 5 to 7 Garlic cloves
• small piece of Ginger
• 4 Green chillies
• 1 tsp Fennel seeds
• 3 Tomatoes, roughly chopped

Preparation

• Wash basmati rice thoroughly and soak the rice in 2 ½ cups of water and keep aside.

• Place cinnamon, cloves, garlic, ginger, fennel seeds and tomatoes in a mixie jar and grind to a fine paste and keep aside.

Method

• Heat oil and ghee in the pressure cooker, when hot add all the whole spices ( cinnamon, cloves, star anise, Bay leaf, stone flower ) and fry for a few seconds.

• Add the sliced onion and fry for 2 minutes on medium heat.

• Next, add mint leaves and fry till onion turn golden brown.

• Then add the ground paste, chilli powder and salt. Mix well and cook till oil separates on medium heat.

• Then add the soaked basmati rice along with the water. Add required salt and mix well.

• Bring it to a boil. Add coriander leaves, green peas and mix well.

• Cover the pressure cooker. When the steam releases, place the weight/whistle and cook for 2 whistles.

• When the steam goes down, remove the weight/whistle and open the lid.

• Gently mix the rice and serve with onion raita.

Paneer Biryani Recipe | Paneer biryani in cooker | How to make paneer biryani in pressure cooker | Simple and Yummy Recipes

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Paneer Biryani is an aromatic rice dish made with basmati rice, paneer, and some whole spices. This is such a very simple and quick biryani recipe prepared in a pressure cooker. It's a one-pot cooking recipe and takes only 30 mins to prepare. Serve it with onion raitha for lunch or dinner. It also makes a perfect lunch box recipe for working people and kid's lunch boxes.

This recipe doesn't require any marination of paneer, but if you like you can marinate it. Also, this recipe doesn't require much preparation. Whenever I have a craving for biryani recipe, I typically follow this recipe. If you want to make vegetable or chicken biryani, follow this same recipe.

Check Video recipe of Paneer Biryani here 👉 https://youtu.be/X8uBqQHyK4M

Check out my other biriyani recipe collections below

• Tomato Biryani in pressure cooker
• Brinjal Biryani in pressure cooker
• Mushroom Biryani in pressure cooker

Cuisine : Indian
Preparation Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 100 gms Paneer
• 1 cup Basmati Rice
• 1 medium-sized Onion, chopped
• 1 medium-sized Tomato chopped
• 3 slit, Green chilies
• ½ tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
• few Mint Leaves
• few Coriander Leaves
• 1 tsp Garam Masala
• 1½ cup of water
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Ghee

Whole spices

• 1 Cinnamon Stick
• 4 Cloves
• 4 Cardamon
• 1 Star Anise
• 2 Bay leaves
• few Stone flower
• Salt as required

Method:

• Heat oil and ghee in the pressure cooker, when hot add the cashew nuts and fry till golden brown and keep aside.

• Add all whole spices and fry for a few seconds.

• Next add the onions, green chilies and fry till the onions turn golden brown in color.

• Add the chopped tomato, ginger-garlic paste, and little salt. Cook till the tomatoes become mushy.

• Add mint and coriander leaves. Saute for a minute.

• Next add curd, red chilly powder and saute.

• Add paneer cubes and mix well.

• Add the soaked rice, water, and salt as required. Mix well.

• Add garam masala powder, few coriander leaves and mix well. Bring it to a boil.

• Cover the pressure cooker, when the steam releases add the weight. Cook for two whistles and switch off the flame.

• When the pressure goes down, open the pressure cooker. Add ½ lemon juice and ½ tbsp ghee. Mix it very gently.

• Finally, add the fried cashews. Serve hot with onion raita.

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

Tomato Biryani in Pressure Cooker | Thakkali Biryani | How to make Biryani in Pressure Cooker | Lunch Box Recipes

A simple one-pot South Indian style delicious Tomato Biryani recipe made using the pressure cooker. It is a one-pot meal, hence it is perfect for a lunch box recipe. It's is very simple and easy to make. 

 ↓ Video Recipe ↓

I love this tomato biryani more than the vegetable biryani. Even you can make it for a quick weeknight dinner. Serve this biryani with simple raitha or potato chips or fryums. It tastes best with potato chips.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Serves: 2

Ingredients :

• 1 Onion, medium-sized
• 5 Green Chillies
• 2 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
• 2 Cinnamon sticks
• 4 Cloves
• 3 Cardamon
• 1 Bayleaf
• Few Cashew nuts
• Few Mint leaves ( optional )
• Few Coriander leaves
• 1 tsp Chilly powder
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Garam masala powder
• 1 cup of Basmati Rice
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 2 tbsp Ghee

To Grind

• 3 or 4 Tomatoes
• 1/2 tbsp Fennel seeds
• 1/2 tsp Poppy seeds

Preparation:

• Chop the onion lengthwise.

• Grind tomatoes, fennel seeds, poppy seeds in a mixer/ blender to a fine paste.

• Wash the rice and soak in 2 cups of water.

Method :

• Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker. When hot add cashew nuts, cinnamon sticks, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf and fry for 30 seconds.

• Add sliced onions and saute till it turns golden brown in color.

• Now add the mint leaves and saute.

• Add the tomato paste, ginger garlic paste, chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt and cook for 5 minutes.

• Next, add the soaked rice along with the water to the cooker ad mix well.

• Add turmeric powder, garam masala powder and bring it to a boil. Taste it and adjust the salt.

• Finally, add the coriander leaves and give a good mix and close the cooker with the lid.

• When the steam releases, place the whistle/ weight and cook for 2 whistles and remove from the stove.

• After the steam goes down, open the cooker and very gently mix the rice.

• Serve along with curd raitha, potato chips, pickle.

Brinjal Biryani / Eggplant Biryani | Biriayni in pressure cooker | Onepot meal

One of my favaourite food is Biryani. This is one of the most popular and classic recipe which doesn't need much introduction. Today I'm going to share a biryani recipe cooked with ' Brinjal '. Surprised !!...... yes me too surprised when i heard this for the first time.

Paneer Peas Pulao

Paneer Peas Pulao is a very popular recipe. I tried this recipe for yesterday's lunch and served with chicken masala as side dish. I love the combo of paneer and peas. This pulao is easy and simple to make and yet delicious too.

Ingredients

• Basmati Rice - 2 cup

• Onion, chopped lengthwise - 1

• Green Chillies - 2, chopped
  

• Peas - 1/2 cup

• Paneer - 100 gms, cut into cubes.
  

• Cinnamon - 2 sticks

• Cloves - 3

• Star Anise - 1
  

• Cashew Nuts - few

• Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp

• Cumin seed powder - 1/2 tsp

• Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
  

• Oil - 3 tbsp
  

• Salt to taste

Method

• Cook basmati rice along with peas with enough water and spread it on a plate to cool and reserve it.

• Deep fry paneer cubes and keep them lukewarm water and keep aside.
  

• Heat oil in a wok, add cinnamon , cloves, cashew nuts, star anise and fry for 1 Min.

• Then add salt, pepper powder, cumin powder and coriander powder to it and fry till raw smell goes off.
  

• Add add onions, green chillies and fry till it becomes golden brown.

• Add cooked rice with peas and paneer cubes and mix well and serve hot.
  

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