Chettinadu Vegetable Briyani

I  always love to try different types of Briyani. Vegetable Briyani is one of the best ,healthiest  and nutrition packed one pot meals. Its also a good Time saver. Today's recipe is one such Briyani, Chettinadu Vegetable Briyani. This Briyani differs from that of usual Briyani in the masala and spices which is added to it.

Here comes the recipe..

Recipe For : 2

Preparation Time : 45 minutes

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice                    - 1 cup
Big Onion                         - 2 (medium size)
Carrot                               - 1 (medium size)
Fresh Peas                        - a handful
Butter Beans                     - a handful
Tomatoes                          - 2
Coconut                            - 1/4 cup
Turmeric Powder             - 1/4 tsp
Chili Powder                    - 1/2 tsp
Coriander Powder            - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala Powder    - 1/4 tsp
Salt                                  - As required
Whole Garam Masala     - Each 2
Coriander leaves             - few
Mint leaves                     - few
Ghee                               - 1/2 tbsp
Oil                                  - 1/2 tbsp

To Grind:

Small Onion                - 8 to 10
Coriander Leaves        -  a handful
Mint Leaves                - a handful
Green Chili                 - 2
Chopped Ginger         - 2 tsp
Chopped Garlic          - 2 tsp

Procedure:

• Chop carrot into little bigger pieces. Boil carrot, peas and Butter Beans. You can also use other vegetables like Potato and French Beans 
• Chop Big onion lengthwise. Chop tomatoes finely. Grind everything under ' To Grind' to obtain masala. Extract coconut milk from coconut using the link How to prepare coconut milk?. Wash rice and keep it aside. I used half coconut milk and half water for the recipe. You can increase or decrease the amount of coconut milk as per your taste.
• Heat oil + ghee in a cooker
• Add rice to it. saute for some time. You can see rice getting dry. That is the perfect time to switch off the flame. This is done to prevent the rice getting sticky.
• Take out the rice 
• Add more oil + ghee and add everything listed in 'whole garam masala'.Whole Garam Masala includes Cinnamon stick, Cloves, Briyani leaf, Star aniseeds and Cardamom.
• After a minute add chopped onions to it.
• When they turn translucent, add boiled vegetables to it.
• After some time add chopped tomatoes to it.
• Add the ground masala, salt, turmeric powder, Chili powder, Coriander powder and Garam Masala powder. Saute well until raw flavor of masala goes off.
• Add rice, 1 cup of coconut milk and 1 cup of water.. 
•  Add coriander leaves and mint leaves. Check for salt. Add salt if needed.  Mix everything well and keep the cooker for 1 whistle. Your tasty briyani is ready..
• Adjust the spice, according to your taste. You Can also use Seeraga Samba Rice (Briyani Rice) for this recipe.
• Enjoy your briyani with raita.