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| BRINJAL BIRYANI OR BRINJAL PULAO |
INGREDIENTS:
Basmati Rice - 2 cups
Brinjal - 7 medium size
Onions - 3
Tomatoes - 3
Garlic - 5
Ginger - 2 inches
Green Chillies - 3
Mint leaves - 1 cup
Coriander leaves - 1 cup
Chilly powder - 1 tsp.
Bay leaves - 3
Cloves - 4
Cardamom - 2
Cinnamon - 2 inches
Star anise - 2
Oil - 5 tbsp.
Ghee - 2 tbsp.
Salt - to taste
Water - 4 cups
METHOD
Clean the rice and soak it in water. Cut the brinjals length wise and keep the size medium.
Grind ginger,garlic, green chillies in blender to a fine paste
Add oil and ghee in the Wok. Once the oil is hot.
Add cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, cloves to the oil.
Add onions and saute it well till transparent .. Then
Add tomatoes and saute till it turns mushy..
Now add the masala paste and saute till the oil oozes out.
Add mint leaves and coriander leaves and saute well..
Add brinjal pieces, salt and chilly powder and cook for about 5 minutes in medium flame.
Add 4 cups of warm and bring it to boil. .
Add the rice now and simmer the flame and close it with lid.
Once rice gets cooked garnish it with the coriander leaves.
Yummy brinjal biryani or brinjal pulao is ready to taste..
Goes well with any raita...
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