Mushroom Dum Briyani

Another tasty Briyani with Mushroom.. Here Rice and Mushroom gravy are cooked separately and then both are cooked together in low heat (Dum).  The best way to impress your vegetarian guests..

I have used Shimeji Mushroom for this recipe. You can use Button Mushroom or any other Mushroom.
Here is the recipe..

Recipe For : 2

Preparation Time : 1 hr

Ingredients: 

For Rice:

Basmati Rice          - 1 cup

Lemon Juice           - 1 tbsp

Oil                          - 1 tsp

Water                     - 3 cups

Salt                         - As required

To Grind(1):

Coconut                - 1 tbsp

Cashew Nuts        - 4-6

Poppy Seeds         - 1/2 tbsp

To Grind(2):

Tomato                 - 1

Others:

Mushroom                      - 250 gm

Oil                                   - 2 tbsp

Ghee                               - 1 tbsp

Whole Garam Masala     - Everything 2

Big onion                         - 1 (Big size)

Ginger-Garlic Paste        - 1 tbsp

Yoghurt                           - 1/4 cup

Salt                                  - As needed

Chilli Powder                   - 1 tsp

Cumin powder                 - 1 tsp

Coriander Powder           -1 tsp

Garam Masala Powder   - 1 tsp
Coriander Leaves            - 2 handsful
Mint Leaves                     - 2 handsful

Procedure:

• Boil 3 cups of water in  a sauce pan. When the water boils, add washed Basmati rice. When the water boils again, reduce the flame and switch it off in another 8 minutes. By this way, rice would have cooked only 3/4 th.. When you take out the rice it should be mashable with hands but it should be little chewy when you eat.. Drain the excess water and let the rice cool..

• . Grind both under ' To Grind' separately. Grate big onions. Chop Mushroom into little bigger pieces.
• Wash and chop coriander and mint leaves.
• Heat oil +Ghee in a pan. Add whole Garam Masala to it. After a minute, add grated onions.. Once it gets browned, add Ginger - Garlic paste.. Add tomato puree after a minute.
• When the raw flavor of tomato goes off, add in coconut paste. 
• Saute it for about a minute and then add chopped mushrooms.
• After some time, add yogurt and all powders.
• Add 1/4th cup of water and simmer the gravy.. Switch it off when the gravy gets thickened.

• Take a baking pan. Grease it. Place half of the rice. Then Gravy.. and throw coriander, some coriander and mint leaves.
• And then add rest of the rice, gravy and again Coriander, mint leaves.
• Cover the pan. I used baking sheet for it.

• Pre heat the oven to 180 degree Celsius. Bake it for 15 minutes. Let briyani sit in the switched off oven for 10 more minutes.
• If you wish fry onions, cashews and add it to the Briyani. Mix everything and serve it hot with Raita..
• If you don't have oven, simply heat a dosai pan. Place rice,gravy,coriander leaves in layers in a Pan and place it over the dosai pan.. By this, Dum briyani can be done on stove top.
• Enjoy your Briyani!!!