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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

CARROT BIRIYANI

Carrots are good source of vitamin A, vitamin B complex, potassium, fibre. Carrots help in lowering the risk of lung cancer, improves the vision, lowers risk of heart disease. Carrot biriyani is a unique rice recipe with rich color and delicious taste.
















Ingredients
4cups basmati rice
250 gms carrot
1 inch sized cinnamon
2-3 cloves
1 bay leaf
3-4 green chillies
2 tbsp ghee
curry leaves
corriander leaves
salt to taste

Method
Grate the carrots and keep aside.
Soak rice, 1inch sized cinnamon, 2 cloves, 1 bay leaf  in water for half an hour.
After half an hour drain the rice and keep it aside.
Heat 2-3 tbsp of oil and 2 tbsp of ghee in pressure cooker, add cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf and green chillies and let them fry for 2 minutes, now add the drained rice and fry for 2 minutes, add the grated carrot and fry for another two minutes.
Now add 6 cups of water, add salt and close the cooker and let it cook till 2 whistles.
Turn off the stove after 2 whistles.
Finally garnish the biriyani with curry leaves and coriander leaves.

3 comments:

Shweta Gowda said...
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Shweta Gowda said...

Hi Sandhya, I tried out carrot biryani last weekend, it came out well and easy to cook too.
Will u pls suggest some spicy curry which goes with this...

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