Vegetable Biriyani

Vegetable Biriyani

Vegetable Biryani is a world-famous rice-based dish that consists of layering cooked rice and vegetables, typically in a casserole, before baking it in the oven. However, I have used a crock-pot, as the goal of cooking in a crock-pot is to cook with the least amount of oil and not requiring attention while cooking, well, for most of the time.


Biryani is normally made with basmati rice and flavored with cloves, cinnamon, cardamon, bay leaf, coriander, mint, ginger, garlic and onions. Traditionally, saffron milk was sprinkled on the top of the dish before cooking, so that the rice grains have variable white and yellow-orange color and a subtle saffron flavor.


Coming from Hyderabad (India), we love to cook the biriyani the hyderabadi style i.e. by applying pressure (also known as "Dum"); which means to seal the ingredients in steam so that the flavors remain within the dish. There comes the famous word "Hyderabadi Dum Biriyani"


Biryani is often served with a yogurt-based condiment such as raita. It is good for crowds and a favorite at wedding receptions and typical Indian family dinners.

Ingredients:

1. Rice - 5cups
2. Water - 6cups
3. Onion (Medium)- 1
4. Vegetables according to your choice
5. Mint leaves - 1cup
6. Fenugreek leaves -1 cup (do not add more than a cup to prevent bitterness)
7. Yogurt - 1 cup
8. Biriyani Masala - 2 1/2 tbsps
9. Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
10. Fried onions - 1 cup
11. Shahi jeera - 1tsp
12. Whole garam masala - 1tbsp
13. Bay leaf-1
14. Ghee - 2 tbsps
15. Oil -1 tbsp

Note- make sure to cut all the vegetables in about the same size to that the vegetables cook evenly.


Preparation Method: Please follow the video.

Banana Bread

It’s a fact that the banana bread recipe is one of the easy ones you can make, but what if I told you that you don’t even need an oven to bake this one? Interesting right? Yes, I made this banana bread with few simple ingredients, a hand mixer and a crock-pot, and homemade fresh banana bread is ready to be served!

Note: The cooking time varies by the size of the crock-pot; usually the smaller it is, the longer it takes. Please verify.

Chole

Chole is a curry made with chickpeas (also known as garbanzo beans), is a popular Punjabi curry that goes well with poori or bhatura (a kind of deep fried flat bread), and also goes well roti and rice.

Note: For a thicker consistency, continue to cook for an additional 1 hour in the crock-pot with the lid open.