Baby corn Biryani Recipe
This biryani has become one of my favorite in recent days. If I didn't prepare any non veg biryani, then I choose to prepare this biryani. The crunchiness of the babycorn makes the recipe more yummier.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Spices to add
- Cloves - 6 to 7
- Cardamom - 1
- Cinnamon stick - 3 inch crushed to pieces
- Star anise - 3 to 4
- Bay leaf - 1
- Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Mace - 1 optional
Other ingredients
- Basmati Rice - 2 cups
- Onion - 1 big
- Green chilli - 2 slit lengthwise
- Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup
- Mint leaves - 1/4 cup
- Baby corn - 200 gms
- Biryani masala - 3 tbsp
- Chilli powder - 1 tsp optional
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
- Thick Coconut milk - 1 cup
- Water - 2 cups
- Ghee - 3 tbsp
- Salt - as per taste
Instructions
- Soak the rice for 20 to 30 minutes. Strain and keep aside. Heat the pressure cooker or a big vessel. Add 2 tbsp ghee or oil. When it is hot add the spices mentioned in Spices to add. When they start spluttering add the onion, green chilli and salt.
- Add the ginger garlic paste and sauté them till the raw smell goes off. Add the chopped coriander and mint leaves. Sauté then till nice aroma comes.
- Now add in the babycorn and little turmeric and sauté for 5 min in medium flame. Add the biryani masala and mix them. Sprinkle little water now.
- When the babycorn is well coated with the masala, add the coconut milk and water.
- When it starts boiling, immediately add the rice. Give a stir and close the pressure cooker. Let it cook in slow flame to 10 to 12 minutes and switch off the stove.
- When the pressure completely goes off open the lid and add the remaining ghee. Give a stir slowly without breaking the rice and close the lid again for another 5 minutes.
- Now open and serve the hot hot babycorn biryani with Aloo Raita
Notes
- The timing for the pressure cooker depends on the cooker make. Check for the manual if in doubt. Normally 10 to 12 minutes should work out good.
- I didn't add any Chilli powder and garam masala in this as my kids feel it will be spicy and also the biryani masala which I use gives correct spiciness to the biryani. If you don't have biryani masala, then replace them with Chilli powder and garam masala and adjust accordingly to your taste buds.