Vegetable biryani recipe | Good Food

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1small cauliflower broken into small florets
• 2large sweet potatoes peeled and cubed
• 1large onion sliced
• 1l hot vegetable stock
• 3 tbsp hot curry paste (Madras is good)
• 1 red chilli seeded and finely chopped
• large pinch of saffron strands
• 2 tsp mustard seed (black or white)
• 500g basmati rice
• 140g trimmed green bean halved
• 2 lemons juice only
• a handful of fresh coriander leaves
• 50g packet salted roasted cashew nuts
• poppadums and raita, to serve (optional)