Vegetable Briyani (Best and easy one)

The vegetable briyani is a easy dish but makes a course a feast, what actually requires is good practice and patience which will make you a best chef.

Here goes the secrets of what is required to make it taste yummy

I have attached pictures for a step wise look as the process of cooking it makes a big difference.

Add, half lemon when you add rice, this will stop rice from getting over cooked and the rice will separate out

Ingredients:
Seasoning:
Kadal pasi - 1 piece
Cardamom , elakkai - 2
Bay leaf - 1
Cinnamon -2
Cloves -2
Sombu - a pinch

Use deliberate amount of oil and ghee (1 karandi oil and 2 spoons ghee)

Grind paste:
Chilly - 2
Ginger - Small piece
Garlic Pods - 4-5
Coriander - a small bunch

Grind all this to a paste.

Other Ingredients:
Carrot -1
Beans - a bunch (10)
Peas - a handful
Potato - 1

Cut to small pieces

Onion -2
Tomato -1
Mint leaf - handful
Chilly Powder - 1/2 spoon
Garam Masala -1/2 spoon
Lemon- 1 spoon
Salt - to taste (1 spoon)
Taste maker - 1 spoon
India Gate Basmati Rice (Use India gate , this comes better and easy) - 2 cups
Water - 4 cups

 Process:
Take a pressure cooker and add oil and then add all the seasoning agents
Now, add the ground paste , onions 

Once done, sought for two min, when onion color turns white add cut vegetables.
Sought for three minutes, once done add tomato
Sought for three minutes , now add rice and lemon and fry
Sought for two min and then pour 4 cups of water

Now, keep the cooker for one whistle.
Switch off and when the pressure goes, add mint leaf on top.

Serve hot with Raita and chips!

Please let know your comments after trying this :)

Guava and Banana Milkshake

Guava:

This food is low in Saturated Fat, and very low in Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Vitamin A, Folate, Potassium, Copper and Manganese, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber and Vitamin C.

Banana:

This food is very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Potassium and Manganese, and a very good source of Vitamin B6.

Can be given to children and also can be taken as an energy drink when you feel lost after a days heavy work

Ingredients

Guava - 1 (ripe)

Banana -1

Sugar- 2 spoon

Milk (chilled and frozen) - 2 cups

Icecream (Vanilla flavor) - 1 cup

Ice - 10 cubes

Process:

Mix all this in a mixer and grind to a thick mixture, add crushed ice if needed

Serve chill.. delightful, smoothie ready

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