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Banarasi Tandoori Biryani

Banarasi Tandoori Biryani is a smoky biryani made with flavourful tandoori vegetables and long grain Basmati rice .
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Dish, Rice
Cuisine Indian Cuisine
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours

Ingredients

Rice

  • 2 cups basmati rice
  • 2 cardamoms
  • 2 black cardamom
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 small stick cinnamon
  • 2-3 bay leaves
  • 1 tbsp ghee
  • Salt to taste

First Layer

  • 2 tbsp oil + 1ghee
  • 1 onion large, chopped
  • 2 tomatoes chopped
  • 1 cup green peas boiled
  • 1/2 cup carrots cubed and boiled
  • 1/2 cup beans boiled
  • 2 green chillies
  • 1 tbsp ginger garlic chopped
  • 1/2 tsp red chilly powder
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp garam masala

Second Layer

  • 1 cup potatoes cubed boiled
  • 2 cups cauliflower boiled
  • 2 onions sliced
  • 1 cup cottage cheese cubed
  • 1 cup thick yogurt
  • 4 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tsp red chilly powder
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • Salt to taste

Other Ingredients

  • mint leaves
  • shahi jeera
  • ghee
  • Coal

Instructions

Marinade & Baking

  • First we shall marinade the vegetables and take the second layer .
  • Boil potato chunks and cauliflower .
  • Slice onion into thick slices .
  • Immerse cottage cheese into hot water for 5 minutes and drain.
  • Mix yogurt , ginger garlic paste and all spices .
  • Mix the marinade with veggies and keep aside for 1 hour .
  • After an hour arrange the marinated veggies and paneer in a tray .
  • Bake for 30 minutes or till they are slightly charred at 200 degrees .

Rice

  • Boil 6 cups water and add black cardamom , green cardamom , cloves and cinnamon .
  • Let the water boil for a few minutes .
  • Add salt and ghee .
  • Add the pre washed and soaked rice to the water .
  • Let boil till 80% cooked.
  • Drain the water and keep rice aside .

First Layer

  • Heat oil and ghee.
  • Add jeera , cloves , garlic , bay leaf , ginger garlic and onions .
  • Sauté the onions for a minute and add tomatoes .
  • Let cook for two minutes and add green chillies .
  • Add the boiled carrots , beans and peas.
  • Add red chilly powder , turmeric powder and garam masala and salt .
  • Cook for about five minutes .

Assembling the Biryani

  • On a stove top
  • When we have finished cooking our first Layer and our veggies are out of the oven we can proceed .
  • Place all the tandoori veggies on top of the first Layer .
  • Spread roughly torn mint leaves .
  • Spread the rice layer .
  • Poke holes into the biryani and add ghee .
  • Place a piece of foil and keep a red hot coal over it .
  • Pour ghee on the coal and capture the smoke by covering the pot with a lid .
  • Cook covered for 20 minutes on very slow fire .
  • Remove the coal piece .
  • Serve hot with any raita .

In an Oven

  • Take a oven proof dish .
  • Apply a layer of ghee .
  • Spread the first layer .
  • Spread the second layer.
  • Sprinkle and spread torn mint leaves .
  • Spread all the rice .
  • Arrange your garnishes .
  • Sprinkle shahi jeera .
  • Place a piece of red hot coal on a foil .
  • Pour ghee over it and cover the dish with a foil .
  • Bake in an oven for 30 minutes at 200 degrees .
  • Remove the coal before serving .

Notes

Banarasi Biryani - biryani with roasted veggies
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