Mushroom (veggie) Dum Biriyani. THE BIRYANI GRAVY FOR THE MUSHROOM DUM BIRYANI In the same pan add in a tablespoon of oil. Saute for a couple of minutes till the onions are soft. Sunday Biryani is a ritual that my children love to follow and on most Sundays I make this Mushroom Biryani as it is the most loved by both of them.

You can cook Mushroom (veggie) Dum Biriyani using 24 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Mushroom (veggie) Dum Biriyani
- Prepare 2 cups of basmati rice.
- It’s 2 of large carrots.
- You need 1 cup of chopped onion.
- You need 1 tsp of Ginger paste.
- You need 1 tsp of Garlic paste.
- Prepare 1 of Green chili chopped.
- It’s 1/2 cup of green peas.
- Prepare of French beans finely chopped.
- It’s 1 cup of Cilantro leaves chopped.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Mint leaves chopped.
- It’s 2 cups of Soy chunks (soaked in water. Later squeeze the water and cut into small pieces ).
- It’s 1-2 cups of Brown Italian mushrooms.
- It’s 1 tbsp of Coriander powder.
- It’s 1 tsp of Garam masala.
- You need 1/4 tsp of Allspice powder.
- Prepare 1 of clove.
- You need 2 of cardamom pods.
- You need 4 tbsp of Ghee.
- Prepare of Cashew nuts , raisins ( fried in ghee ) to garnish.
- Prepare 1/2 of Lemon / lime.
- It’s to taste of Salt.
- It’s 1 pinch of Saffron a pinch soaked in 2 tbsp milk.
- It’s 1/2 cup of Paneer ( cottage cheese) cubes, slightly fried in oil.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Green peas.
All biryani has its own taste and flavors. This vegetable biryani is tasty, spicy and delicious. The next day itself i made this biryani along with mushroom manchurian. It turned out to be super delicious.
Mushroom (veggie) Dum Biriyani instructions
For Masala: In a pan, add some ghee . When ghee gets heated, add ginger garlic paste, chopped green chili, mix well . Add onion and fry everything well till onion becomes transparent. Next add all the vegetables (chopped carrots, beans, soy chunks, green peas). Sauté everything well and cook for a minute till everything is almost cooked. Then add cilantro, mint leaves, soy chunks, mushrooms. Also add coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala and salt to taste and sauté everything well and wait for masala to become thick and dry. Keep it aside..
Rice cooking : In a pot. add some ghee. As it gets hot, add 1 cinnamon stick or allspice powder, 2 cardamom, 1 clove and fry it well. Into it add rice and few drops of lemon juice and fry it for 2 minutes or rice becomes dry. Add 3 1/2 cups of boiling water into to it. Add salt to taste. Cover the pot and wait for rice to cook. Once the rice is cooked, drain the excess water if any and spread the rice in a plate so that rice doesn't become sticky..
Dum process: In a large cooking dish, level a part of prepared vegetable masala, Level a part of rice on top of it. Add few drops of lemon, few drops of saffron milk, little bit ghee, fried paneer, fried raisins and cashews, chopped cilantro leaves. Level vegetable masala and rice again. Repeat this process until everything is used. Cover the cooking dish tight and cook this in slow heat for 10 mins or so until steam comes..
Serve hot. This photo is taken after mixing everything..
Similar Recipe, Capsicum Biryani Babycorn Biryani Paneer Biryani Soya Chunks Biryani Cabbage Soya Chunks Biryani Vegetable Biryani Tomato Biryani Many More. Unlike other Biryanis, This mushroom biryani is not layered and dum cooked, but a one pot recipe like I mentioned above. You can also make the biryani in a pressure cooker. Usually seeraga samba rice is used while making most biryanis in South India. But you can also use basmati rice instead of seeraga samba rice.