Veg Biryani - By Rahat Zaid - Recipe Masters

Ingredients

• 3 cups biryani rice – washed and soaked for 20 minutes
• 2 medium onion – sliced
• 2 medium tomatoes – chopped
• 8-10 green chillies chopped
• 1 ½ tbsp ginger garlic paste
• ½ cup of well beaten yoghurt
• ¼ cup of cashew nut paste
• 2 medium potatoes – cut into big pieces
• 2 medium carrots – cut into one inch pieces
• 10-12 french beans – cut into one inch pieces
• 2 medium capsicums – cut into big pieces
• 10-12 cauliflower florets
• ¾ cup of green peas
• 1tsp black pepper corns
• ½ tsp caraway seeds – shah zeera
• 6 cloves- laung
• 6 green cardamom- elaichi
• 2 sticks of cinnamon- dalichini
• 1 black cardamom- badi elaichi
• 2 bay leaves
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp each coriander leaves and mint leaves - chopped
• Salt as per taste
• ¾ cup oil
• Few strands of saffron soaked in ¼ cup warm milk
• A little yellow color mixed in 2 tbsp of water
• Few drops of rose water