BM # 71
Week 3, Day 3
Theme: One Pot Meals
Parda Biryani
2 1/2 cups basmati rice
2-3 bay leaves
8-10 black peppercorns
1 tsp cumin seeds
2-4 cloves
1 small piece cinnamon stick
1 big Cardamon
2 star anise
Pinch turmeric
Salt to taste
Wash the rice well and soak for about 30 minutes.
Heat a pan.
Add 2 tbsp oil + 1 tsp ghee.
Add whole spices in the order they have been mentioned.
Add rice and roast for 3-4 minutes.
Add about 8 cups water , salt and turmeric.
Let the rice cook till 90% done.
Drain in a colander.
Let cool.
Ingredients
1 cup cauliflower flowerets
1 medium carrot, cut lengthwise
1 medium potato, cut lengthwise
10-15 beans , cut into 2″ pieces
1/2 cup fresh green peas
Place a steamer on gas.
Let the water boil.
Place all vegetables, sprinkle salt and steam the vegetables.
Keep aside.
Stuffing
Method
Heat oil/ ghee.
Add onions, garlic and capsicum. Saute till translucent.
Add the prepared vegetables and cottage cheese.
Saute for a minute or two.
Add all the spices and roast the vegetables till oil separates.
Add curd, cream and milk.
Let boil once .
Keep side.
Ingredients
1/2 cup milk
Few strands saffron
Ghee
Add saffron to the milk.
Ingredients
1/3 cup wheat flour
1 tsp kalonji / onion seeds
1/4 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp butter
Salt to taste
Milk to bind the dough
Method
Sieve the flours.
Add onion seeds, salt and baking soda.
Add butter and rub it with your hands , so as to resemble crumbs.
Use milk to bind a soft smooth pliable dough.
Cover with a wet muslin cloth and keep aside.
Take a deep pan or pot.
Brush it with ghee.
Spread a thin layer of rice.
Now spread a layer of the stuffing, again a thin layer.
Repeat a rice layer.
Drizzle ghee and sprinkle milk with saffron.
Repeat the layers, making sure the layers are thin and you add ghee and milk in between the layers.
The last layer has to be the rice layer.
Cover and cook on very slow flame till rice is completely cooked.
Roll out the prepared dough.
Invert a bakeware dish on top this dough and cut 1″ extra so the dough can overhang the bowl.
Transfer the rice to a bakeware dish.
Sprinkle fried onions, coriander leaves, mint leaves, fried cashews, raisins.
Cover the bowl with the cut chapati, before placing it, make sure to moist the edges.
Gently stick the edges to seal. Place in a preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or till nice and golden.
The biryani is going to be very hot so be careful while cutting the parda.
Take a sharp knife and rotate it around the edges of the bowl to cut the parda on the biryani.
The roti can be enjoyed with Raita or pickle. It can also serve as a spoon.
This is the post I have been waiting Vaishali..after reading about it so much, I have been wanting to make..looks fabulous!
This parda biryani is totally new for me — it looks so flavorful and delicious.
Wow such a elaborate biryani. Love that parda recipe. Bookmarking this 🙂
Am bookmarking this briyani am in search of different briyanis and this dish sounds awesome for me.
Wow! stunning pics as usual, and it looks delicious!!