Ambur Style Vegetable Briyani Recipe
A simple one pot meal chokeful of vegetables and all things yum. Quick fix lunch /potluck meal.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Seeraga[Jeeraga] Samba Rice
- 4 no.s Red chilies
- 1" piece Ginger
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 1 cup Chopped mixed vegetables [Carrot,beans,peas,potato etc]
- 1/4 cup Prepared Soya Chunks,small Check step-by-step pics for the link to prepare soya chunks before cooking.
- 1 inch cinnamon,broken
- 1 no. Bay leaf
- 2 no.s Cardamom
- 2 nos Cloves
- 1 no. Star Anise
- 1 no. Onion,sliced
- 2 large Tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 1 Tbsp Thick Yogurt
- A pinch Turmeric
- A handful Mint leaves
- Juice of half a lemon
- Salt to taste
- Coriander leaves to garnish
Instructions
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Soak the red chilies in warm water. Slice onions, peel garlic and ginger and keep aside. Soak rice for 15 minutes and then drain and keep aside.
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Take the ginger,garlic, tomatoes and red chili in a mixie jar and puree.Keep aside.
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Heat ghee and oil in a pressure cooker and add cinnamon, cloves,star anise,bay leaf,cardamom. Saute for a minute and add sliced onion. Saute. Once they turn translucent,add the pureed tomato mixture,turmeric powder,salt,curd/yogurt.
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Squeeze in the juice of 1/2 a lime and mix well. Next put in the mint leaves ,mix. Add the chopped vegetables,prepared soya chunks and mix well. Add the soaked and drained rice.
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Mix well, add water and cover and pressure cook for 4 whistles / 10 minutes on high flame and 5 minutes on low flame [total 15 minutes].Let the pressure release on its own. Open the cooker and garnish with coriander leaves. Fluff up after a couple of minutes.
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Serve this delcious Ambur Style Vegetable Briyani Recipe with pappad / crisps and raita.
Recipe Notes
- You can use regular rice for this but Seeraga [Jeeraga ]samba is best suited.
- It will not taste all that good with Basmati rice.
- Instead of using chili powder, use the soaked chilies and grind with tomatoes for a better flavor.