Recipe#11799

Title: Biryani 03

From: heman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Hem Ramachandran) 
 Subject: LACTO: Vegetable biriyani 
 Message-ID: heman-090894132503@slip-1-85.ots.utexas.edu 
 Organization: University of Texas at Austin 
 Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 21:05:04 GMT 
 Archive-Name: vegan/vegetable-biriyani 

2 cup basmati rice
 1 cup vegetables steamed(green peas,beans,carrots,cauliflower etc)
 2 medium size onions  chopped
 2 T raisins 
 2T cashew nuts or slivered almonds
 2 tsp salt
 1 tsp turmeric powder
 1 /2 tsp cinnamon powder
 1/4 tsp clove powder
 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
 1/4 tsp chilli powder
 1/4.tsp coriander powder
 3 T butter
 Soak the basmati rice in water for 30 min and drain well.Melt 1
 1/2 T butter in a skillet and saute' the onions and raisins and
 cashew nuts till they turn golden brown.Keep aside.
 Melt rest of the butter in the skillet and add basmati rice and
 fry till they don't stick together.Add all the spices and mix well.
 Preheat the oven to 375F .Empty the basmati rice into a baking pan
 add salt and 1 1/2 cup of water. Cook for 20 min or until the rice
 is done.  Add the vegetables , onions , raisins and cashewnuts to
 rice and mix well.