NAWABI TARKARI BIRYANI

INGREDIENTS 1 kg Basmati rice 1 kg mixed vegetables- green peas, carrots and beans 300 gms onions, sliced 300 gms ghee 3 tsps khada masala 300 gms curd 1 cup of milk or cream 1 gm of saffron METHOD Wash and dice the carrots and beans. Mix with the peas and cook for a few minutes in boiling water. Save the stock and transfer the vegetables into a bowl of chilled water.

In a handi, heat 200 gms of ghee and add sliced onions. Sprinkle khada masala and stir till the onions brown. Add the curd and cook for a few minutes. Add the vegetables and the stock to make a gravy.

Boil Basmati rice till it is half cooked. Drain and add to the vegetables. Add the milk or cream and the remaining ghee. Sprinkle saffron and seal the handi with dough. Lower the heat and cook on dum for 15 minutes. Serve hot.


NOTE :
For a nonvegetarian option, replace the vegetables with 300 gms of mutton