MIXED VEG BIRYANI

Prep Time : 20 mins 

Cooking Time : 25 mins 

Serve: 4 

 INGREDIENTS

 Gobind bhog rice- 500 gms 

Sliced onion- 1 big size 

Ginger garlic paste- 1 tbsp

Red chilly powder- 1/2 tsp 

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp 

Garam masala powder- 1/2 tsp

 Curd- 1/2 cup

 Carrot- 2 

Beans - 1 cup

 Cauliflower florets- 1/2 cup 

Potato- 1/2 cup 

Salt to taste 

Cashew nuts- 1 tbsp 

Almonds- 1 tbsp 

Raisins- 1 tbsp

 Crushed mint leaves- 1 tsp 

Black pepper- 3-4 

Cumin seeds- 1/4 tsp

 Green cardamom- 2-3 

Black cardamom- 1 

Mace (Javitri)- 1 piece

 Cloves- 2-3 

Cinnamon- 1 inch stick 

Grated nutmeg/Jaifal- 1/4 tsp 

Saffron- few strands 

Clarified butter- 2 tbsp 

Oil- 4 tbsp 

 METHOD 

Heat butter in a pan. 

 Add cashew nuts, almonds and raisins and fry and strain it. 

 Add sliced onions, deep fry it and strain half onions for garnish and keep the other half in the pan. 

 Add cumin seeds, black pepper, cloves, mace, green & black cardamon, cinnamon to crackle and keep it aside.

 Now, add ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, garam masala powder, nutmeg powder and also 2 tbsp water and saute it. 

Add curd and mix well. Cut all the veggies in equal size and add these in the pan and mix it well

 Add 1 cup of water and salt as required and cover it.,cook it for 5 minutes. 

.Soak gobind bhog rice for half an hour.

 After the rice being soaked, cook half done rice and switch off the flame. 

Add clarified butter in a pan. 

 Now, add half done rice and saffron in the first layer In the second layer, add veggies of thick gravy and also put crushed mint leaves into it. Now, repeat the first and second layer again. Lastly, add fried cashew nuts, almonds, raisins and fried onions. 

Cover it and now switch on the flame. 

 Cook for 2-3 minutes in high flame. 

Keep the pan on the tawa and cook for 10-12 minutes in low flame. 

Veg biryani is ready to eat.

 Serve hot with pomegranate raita

BAINGAN BHARTA

Prep Time : 15 mins
 Cooking Time : 15 mins
 Serve : 2

 INGREDIENTS
 Baingan - 100 gms
 Chopped tomato - 1
 Chopped green chilly - 1
 Chopped green garlic leaves - 2 tbsp
 Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbsp
 Oil - 1 tbsp
 Salt - to taste

 METHOD
 Take microwave safe bowl add peeled and chopped baingan and tomato sprinkle some water cover it and select for five mins
. When beeps.removes and mash the baingan and tomato very well.
 Heat oil ina pan add hing and cumin seeds to crackle now add chopped onion and saute for few mins. now add green garlic leaves,green chilly and coriander leaves and mix well.
 Add the mashed baingan and tomato and mix well cook for two mins
 Add salt and garnish with coriander leaves.

ALOO PARATHA

Prep Time :30 mins

 Cooking Time : 15 mins

 Serve : 3

 INGREDIENTS

 Wheat flour - 1 cup

 Finely chopped onion - 1

 Finely chopped green chilly - 2

 Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

 Boiled n mashed potato - 1 cup

 Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp

 Coriander powder - 1 tsp

 Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

 Carom seeds - 1/4 tsp

 Onion seeds - 1/4 tsp

 Salt - to taste

 Oil - 2 tbsp

 Butter - 50 gms

 Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbsp

 METHOD

 Take a large bowl mix wheat flour,carom seeds,onion seeds,salt and one tsp oil to make a soft dough. Keep aside for 30 mins Heat one tbsp oil in a pan,add onion and fry till golden brown.

 Add ginger garlic paste and saute for one mins.

 Add all spices and mix well.

 Now add boiled and mashed potato and salt and mix well

 Turn off the flame.

 Now stuffing is ready

 Divide the dough into equal parts and roll out.

 Stuff the filling in the dough and roll into balls.

 Flatter the balls into thick round shape paratha.

 Grease the pan with little clarified butter and heat on a medium flame .

 Aloo Paratha is ready to eat.

 Serve garma garam parathas with baingan bharta

APPLE KHEER

Prep Time : 15 mins
 Cooking Time : 25 mins
 Serve : 2

 INGREDIENTS

 Apple - 2

 Milk - 2 cup

 Corn flour - 1 tsp

 Sugar - 2 tbsp

 Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

 Cashew nuts - 1 tsp

 METHOD

 Remove the skin of the apple and cut in a small pieces

. Heat clarified butter in a pan add apple and one tbsp sugar and cook for five mins in low flame.

 Now turn off the flame.

 Heat milk in a heavy bottom vessel

. Once boiled keep it in the low flame,stirring in between. 

Add carmalize apple and sugar and mix well

. Cook for five mins in low flame

. Add cardamom powder and cashew nuts and mix well.

 Serve hot.