I am a great fan of Biryanis , and love to make them on Sundays or holidays . Like every blogger I hate to repeat the recipes . Shouldn’t that make the family happy ? No , actually they do not like because whenever they want to repeat a dish I am hesitant . Wonder who is right ?
Whenever I want to make a Biryani my search begins on fridays , so that I can get all the required ingredients on Saturday and cook on Sunday . I really can’t remember the recipe source of this Biryani but I know that everyone loved this Awadhi Biryani . The pictures do not do justice , seriously .
The rice gets its flavours from the whole spices that are tied in the muslin cloth . The veggies get their flavour from the ginger garlic paste , the torn mint , fried onions are always a must in any Biryani . What I liked about this Biryani was the use of flavourful reserved water from rice . The finale to the Biryani is saffron and ghee which fill the house with a aroma that is heavenly . A Biryani which I should actually repeat , but will I ? Ha ha ..
Awadhi Biryani
Ingredients
Method
Assembling the rice
Awadhi Biryani
Ingredients
- 400 gms basmati rice
- 7 tbsp ghee
- 2 onions large and sliced
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 8 cloves
- 3 green cardamoms
- 2 1 ”sticks cinnamon
- 3 tbsp ginger paste
- 3 tbsp garlic paste
- 100 gms green peas
- 100 gms baby potatoes
- 100 gms cauliflower
- 100 gms French beans
- 100 gms carrot
- 1/2 cup curd
- Few drops kewra essence
- Few strands saffron
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash and soak rice for 30 minutes.
- Heat ghee and fry the sliced onions. Keep aside.
- In the same ghee add 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 2 cloves, 1 stick cinnamon, few peppercorns and sauté till they lend out a wonderful aroma.
- Add ginger garlic paste, vegetables and sauté.
- Add salt and yogurt and cook the vegetables .
- In another pan , boil8 cups water.
- Take a muslin cloth and place 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon stick , cardamom and a bay leaf .
- Bring together the corners of the muslin cloth and tie them.
- Put this bag in the boiling water.
- Add salt and rice.
- Let the rice cook till 80 % done.
- Drain the water , reserve it and discard the spice bag .
Assembling the rice
- Spread half the rice in an oven proof dish.
- Now spread a layer of veggies .
- Next sprinkle torn mint leaves and fried onion.
- Repeat the rice, Vegetables , mint and fried onion onion.
- Dot the rice with ghee
- Sprinkle about 1 cup of the reserved water.
- Dissolve the saffron in a tbsp of warm water.
- Sprinkle dissolved saffron and kewra.
- Cover the rice with a lid and seal the dish with dough .
- Place the rice dish in a oven .
- Bake the biryani for 15 minutes at deg C.
Even I love biryani and this biryani looks delicious! I always reserve some water in which rice is cooked and add it to layer biryani to finish the cooking process.
The biryani looks fantastic Vaishali..too good a find. I also find it hard to repeat a dish, especially when we have so many to cook from..hehehe
Awadhi biriyani looks absolutely fabulous and can guess the aroma of this biriyani will definitely please a briyani lover without any fail.
Awadhi biryani looks delicious and i love the idea of using the reserved water from the cooked rice i’m sure that it gives more flavor to the biryani!!!
Just reading the list of fragrant ingredients that have gone into the making of this biriyani makes me want to try it out. Fantastic biriyani, Vaishali.
I love biryanis and I’m always looking for new biryani recipes. This Awadhi biyani sounds soo flavorful and delicious. I am going to try this one out soon.
Its the same in my house, biryanis on Sundays. Now I have to try this so as to not repeat our regular biryani. Lovely dish.
I have never added kewra in biryanis ever. This one looks so flavorful and inviting.
OMG! The flavors of this biryani must have been divine. I love kewra essence and I have never used it in biryani. A must try for me!
Yes, we never like to repeat recipes right! Even my family is annoyed sometimes when I say I don’t have time to repeat dishes!!!And this is such a divine tasting briyani with Kewra essence!!
Love this Biryani, had it long time ago at friends place. Love the flavors.
What a flavorful biriyani and I am sure the whole house must have smelled like heaven when you were making it. I am definitely making this soon!
Wow another rich biriyani for the BM queen!! looks fabulous vaishali. I have recently started making traditional biriyani’s for our weekend lunch. Would love to try this for one of our meals!!!
The way you’ve described the biryani is making me drool. This is a must try dish, however not on a Sunday: )
OMG what an awesome flavorful biryani – the perfect one pot meal
I know your recipes must taste as awesome as they look. So must be this Biryani. I’m gonna try it today for sure