Mushroom Biryani

Mushroom Biryani is a recipe from South Indian Kitchen. It goes good with onion raitha and onion cucumber salad.

Once I ordered for Mushroom Biryani at Hotel Saravana Bhavan, Chennai (hotel that is crowded always). I just loved the aroma and taste of it. From then whenever I go to Saravana Bhavan, I started ordering this Mushroom Biryani.

This was the first time that I tried this Mushroom Biryani at home and it was good along with raitha and salad.

Do try this and let me know how it came out?

Ingredients
Basmathi Rice - 200 gms (washed, soaked in water for 20 min)
Mushroom - 200 gms (cut into 4 quarters or 6 pieces)
Onions - 3 (thinly sliced lengthwise)
Tomatoes - 3 or 4 (cut lengthwise)
Carrots - 1 (cut into medium-sized pieces)
Capsicum - 1/2 (cut into thin pieces lengthwise)
Green Chillies - 2 (slit on one side)
Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsp
Mint Leaves - a small cup
Corriander Leaves - a small cup
Biryani Masala Powder - 4 tsp
Coconut Milk - 400 ml
Saffron food color - a pinch
Salt - to taste

To Season
Butter - 1/2 tsp
Ghee - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Cloves - 5
Bay Leaf - 1
Anistar - 1
Maratti Mokku - 1
Green Cardamom - 2
Cinnamon - 2 or 3 small strips

To Garnish
Ghee fried Cashews - 5 or 6
Carrot - few pieces (thinly cut lengthwise)
Capsicum - few pieces (thinly cut lengthwise)
Sliced Lime pieces - 2

Procedure
(1) Heat a non-stick pan and add the items given in To Season one-by-one
(2) Add the sliced onions, little salt and saute it till turns brown
(3) Add green chillies, ginger-garlic paste and saute till raw smell is off
(4) Add the tomatoes and cook till it turns soft
(5) Once it leaves out oil, add corriander and mint leaves
(6) Add all the chopped vegetables and saute for few minutes.
(7) Add the Biriyani masala powder, salt if required and saute for few minutes.
(8) Add the chopped Mushrooms & saute till masala gets well on with the vegetables and mushrooms
(9) Grease the rice cooker pan with ghee in bottom and sides
(10)Pour the coconut milk, gravy & soaked basmathi rice to the greased pan
(11)Add the food color, check for the salt and add if required
(12)Once cooking is done, the rice cooker switches its mode to keep warm
(13)After 5 minutes standing time, transfer Mushroom Biryani into a serving dish
(14)Garnish the Biryani with items given in tO Garnish
(15)Now its ready to be served with raitha and salad.