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

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