SURAN KI BIRYANI (YAM BIRYANI)
Ingredients for grinding
1star anise
½ mace
1- 2cinnamon sticks
1black cardamom
Small piece of nutmeg
1-2 bay leaves
½ tsp caraway seeds
5-6 green cardamom
INSTRUCTIONS
Fine grind everything to form powder form OR use Shilpa’s Masala Mill Special Biryani Masala
OTHER INGREDIENTS
1bay leaf
¼ tsp caraway seeds
2-3 green cardamom
1kg yam ,peeled,cut into chunks
1-2 potatoes
½ cup Oil
1cup Tomato purée
1tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp cumin powder
½ tsp coriander powder
¼ tsp turmeric powder
1tsp kasoori Methi
Salt to taste
2-3 dried prunes or chaat masala
1-2 tbsp Ginger garlic green chilli paste
1cup Fried onions
2cups rice ,soaked
Water
Coriander leaves , chopped
Mint leaves ,chopped
2-3 green chillies
Kewda essence( optional)
Food colour ( optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
boil soaked rice with excess water until rice is 70-80 % done. Drain rice and keep aside to use later.Discard water or u may use it to rinse your hair🥰
Heat oil in kadhai
Add bay leaf, caraway seeds and green cardamom. Fry for a min
Add yam and fry for few mins
Add chili powder , coriander powder, cumin powder , salt, turmeric powder,kasuri Methi,garam masala and chaat powder. Add ginger garlic and chilly paste
Add potatoes
Bhunao the yam and potatoes with masalas
Add 1tbsp water and continue to bhunao
Add the ground spice mix. Reserve 1tsp for use later
Continue to bhunao by adding little water again
Add tomato purée and some of the fried onions
Bhunao for 3-4 mins then add enough water to cook the yam and potatoes ( 90% done)
Add kewda essence
Add coriander leaves, mint leaves and green chillies
Remove half mixture to layer the biryani
LETS LAYER THE BIRYANI
add half rice over the yam and potatoes mix
Add coriander leaves, mint leaves and green chilies
Add fried onions
Sprinkle the reserved ground masala
Add the reserved gravy and layer with rice again
Garnish the rice again with fried onions, ground masala ,coriander leaves
Add food colour( if desired)
Cover and give Dum for 10-12 mins
That’s it,your delicious vegetarian, vegan Yam Biriyani is ready
Serve hot with papad, boondi Raita and salad
SPICE LEVEL:🌶🌶