Veggie Masala Rice - Biriyani Style!

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I made some biriyani style masala rice last night. I followed my own verion of the recipe, which is not exactly the veggie biriyani, but somewhat like it..hence the name veggie masala rice.



Ingredients

Vegetables - Onions,Tomatoes and at least 2 of the vegetables from - potatoes,cauliflower,green peas,carrots,capsicum. I leave the selection of vegetables flexible to adjust as per availability and as per your liking.
Spices - Turmeric powder,Salt,Red Chilli powder,Cumin seeds,Cumin powder,Coriander powder,garam masala,giner garlic paste.
Rice - 2 cups.

Steps ->
1. Cook rice in an electric cooker with salt and water as you would cook the usual steamed rice.
2. Heat Oil in a pan. Add some cumin seeds. Add chopped onions after the cumin seeds turn white. Let the onion fry for a while. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add the remaining vegetables chopped finely (except for tomatos) and let them cook for a while. Whn vegetables have started becoming soft, add choped tomatoes and all the remaining spices. Let this vegetable cook well in the closed vessel.
3. Take a big vessel and apply some oil to its base and sides. Spread a thin layer of above veggie mix at the base. Then put a thin layer of rice. Another layer of veggie and so on. I had total 3 layers each of veggie and rice. Steam this mixture without stirring on low heat for 5 mins.
4. While serving put the serviing spoon vertically into the vessel to make sure you serve a good balance of rice and veggie.
5. Garnish with chopped coriander and some green chutney as you like. Curd would also be nice to have with this rice.

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