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Aloo Biryani Recipe is aromatic and flavourful rice. This is an excellent rice dish that is infused with lots of fragrant spices. This biryani is prepared by sautéing potatoes with onion, tomato along with spices and then cooked with rice. Apart from potato, you can add your favourite veggies to it.

For the 22^nd day of Blogging Marathon, I made this flavourful and tasty Aloo Biryani Recipe.

STEP BY STEP PICTURES OF MAKING ALOO BIRYANI RECIPE

Ingredients:

• Basmati rice- 2 cups
• Diced Potatoes – 2 medium
• Ginger garlic paste– 2tsp
• Sliced onions- 2
• Slit green chillies- 4
• Bay leaves- 2
• Cloves- 4
• Cinnamon stick– ½ inch
• Cardamom pods- 2
• Star anise – 1
• Turmeric powder– ½ tsp
• Shah Jeera – 1tsp
• Biryani masala- 2tsp
• Red chilli powder -2tsp
• Ghee- 2tbsp
• Oil – 2tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves- a handful
• Mint leaves- a handful

Preparation:

Wash and soak the basmati rice for 15-20 minutes.

Meanwhile slice the onions, green chillies and keep aside.

Heat a pressure cooker with ghee, oil and add shah jeera along with cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaves and cardamom pods.

Next add the diced potatoes along with sliced onions, green chillies and sauté them till onions, potatoes change its colour.

Then add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes. Next add chopped tomatoes along with biryani powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and sauté for a minute.

Add chopped mint, coriander leaves, yoghurt, mix well and fry for 2-3 minutes on low flame.

Drain the water from the rice and add to the pressure and mix everything gently so that you don’t break the grains.

Add 2 1/2 cups of water and mix well. Check the seasoning.

Close the lid and cook on a medium flame for 1 whistle.

Once the pressure is released from the cooker with the help of fork fluff the rice.

Transfer the Aloo Biryani into a serving bowl and enjoy with simple onion raita.

Note:

You can increase or decrease the green chillies according to your taste.

You can prepare this rice in a pot also instead of a pressure cooker.

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Aloo Biryani Recipe | Potato Biryani Recipe

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

35 mins

 

Aloo Biryani is aromatic and flavourful rice. This is an excellent rice dish that is infused with lots of fragrant spices. This biryani is prepared by sautéing potatoes with onion, tomato along with spices and cooked with rice.

Course: Biryani, Main Course, Rice Dish

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Aloo Biryani, Potato Biryani

Servings: 4 People

Author: Pavani

Ingredients

• Basmati rice- 2 cups
• Diced Potatoes – 2 medium
• Ginger garlic paste- 2tsp
• Sliced onions- 2
• Slit green chillies- 4
• Bay leaves- 2
• Cloves- 4
• Cinnamon stick- ½ inch
• Cardamom pods- 2
• Star anise - 1
• Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
• Shah Jeera – 1tsp
• Biryani masala- 2tsp
• Red chilli powder -2tsp
• Ghee- 2tbsp
• Oil – 2tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves- a handful
• Mint leaves- a handful

Instructions

1. Wash and soak the basmati rice for 15-20 minutes.
2. Meanwhile slice the onions, green chillies and keep aside.
3. Heat a pressure cooker with ghee, oil and add shah jeera along with cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaves and cardamom pods.
4. Next add the diced potatoes along with sliced onions, green chillies and sauté them till onions, potatoes change its colour.
5. Then add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes. Next add chopped tomatoes along with biryani powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and sauté for a minute.
6. Add chopped mint, coriander leaves, yoghurt, mix well and fry for 2-3 minutes on low flame.
7. Drain the water from the rice and add to the pressure and mix everything gently so that you don’t break the grains.
8. Add 2 1/2 cups of water and mix well. Check the seasoning.
9. Close the lid and cook on a medium flame for 1 whistle.
10. Once the pressure is released from the cooker with the help of fork fluff the rice.
11. Transfer the Aloo Biryani into a serving bowl and enjoy with simple onion raita.

Recipe Notes

• You can increase or decrease the green chillies according to your taste.
• You can prepare this rice in a pot also instead of a pressure cooker.

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