If you are looking for an easy biryani recipe which can  be made in a jiffy and can be

made for lunch box too, then i can say this is the best tasty biryani which can be

quickly done in pressure cooker . Generally biryani means Dum biryani , which is an

elaborate procedure but i know it is worth trying out Dum biryani too. But this

pressure cooker biryani do taste equally well. I make this once a week as it is an

easy one pot meal . Some times even for a weeknight dinner also i make this

vegetable biryani . So try out this easy Vegetable Biryani – made in pressure cooker.

PREPARATION TIME: 20 MINUTES COOKING TIME: 15 MINUTES SERVES 3-4

INGREDIENTS:

BASMATI RICE 1 CUP

MIXED VEGGIES* 1 AND 1/2 CUP

WATER 1AND 1/2 CUP

RED CHILLI POWDER 1/2 TSP

GINGER A SMALL PIECE

GARLIC 3-4 PODS

MINT LEAVES 10

FENNEL | SOMBU 1/4 TSP

CARDAMOM 2

ONION 2

TOMATO 1/2

OIL 2 TBLSP

GHEE 1 TSP

SALT AS NEEDED

*I used carrot, beans, green  peas and potato. You can add cauliflower, frozen corn,

broccoli,butter beans and capsicum too.

METHOD:

Wash the rice and soak it for 20 minutes.

Mean time chop the veggies and slice the onions and tomatoes.

Grind the mint leaves, fennel , ginger, and garlic into a very fine paste.( use little

water from the soaked water in the rice for grinding. Do not add extra water.)

In a pressure cooker add oil and ghee and add in the cardamom pods and add

the sliced onions.

When it turns translucent add in the tomatoes. Saute for a few minutes .

Add the ground mint paste and saute for few minutes in a low flame . Let the raw

smell of the garlic disappear.

Add the chopped veggies and mix well so that the masala will get coated to the

veggies nicely.

Add in the red chilli powder, turmeric powder, and salt. You can use sambar

powder too instead of red chilli powder.

Mix well. Keep the soaked water aside and add the rice only and saute for 2

minutes.

Now add in the water and keep the cooker closed. Let this cook till one whistle

and after that keep it in a very low flame for 5 to 7  minutes. Biryani will be

ready.

Fluff it up with fork and serve hot with any raitha of your choice. I highly

recommend to enjoy this biryani with Kothamalli thokku or Pudina Thogayal.

Note:

You can replace red chilli powder with sambar powder.

My mom grinds 2-3 green chillies along with the mint leaves and don’t add red

chilli powder or sambar powder.

You can skip adding turmeric powder too.

My mom grind few coriander leaves too.

Bay leaves can be added while adding cardamom.