This is my first post on Indian mushroom recipes. I started with a simple and easy mushroom biryani recipe in pressure cooker. We call it as Kalan biryani in Tamil. When I was young , I used to think mushroom is a non-veg food. So I never thought of eating mushroom recipes. But after marriage , I tasted mushroom Manchurian in a vegetarian restaurant and loved it. I loved its softness. I tried the same for my daughter. She too liked it a lot. I’ll post that recipe later.
This time I wanted to try a rice variety with mushroom to pack for my husband’s lunch box. I googled so many recipes, got the idea and tried in my own way. It tasted great. My husband and his friends liked it a lot. I felt very happy that my first mushroom recipe is a huge success. Soon I will try to update this post with step by step pictures.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup – 250ml
- Mushroom – 5 nos (big)
- Green peas – 1/4 cup (optional)
- Cinnamon – 1 piece
- Cloves – 2 nos
- Cardamom – 1 no
- Biryani leaf – 1 small
- Big onion – 1 no
- Tomato – 2 nos ( very small.. if big use one)
- Ginger & garlic paste – 1 tsp
- Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Salt – as needed
- Basmati rice – 1/2 cup ( soak rice in required water for 10 mins)
- Water – 1 cup
- Cooking Oil & ghee – 1 tbsp each
To grind:
- Coriander leaves – 1/8 cup
- Mint leaves – 1/8 cup
- Cashews – 4 nos
- Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp
Lime juice – few drops
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METHOD
- Wash and clean the mushroom pieces by keeping little water in a bowl.
- Take the pieces out and wipe it with a clean cloth.
- Cut each mushroom into 3-4 pieces of medium size. Set aside..
- Wash & Soak rice in the required water till use (1:2 ratio) ( say for 10 mins).
- Grind all the items given under “to grind” to make a smooth paste.
- In a cooker base heat oil and add cinnamon, cloves , cardamom and biryani leaf. Then saute onions , ginger & garlic paste till its raw smell disappears..
- Now add the tomato pieces and saute till it turns mushy.
- Add red chilli powder , salt and turmeric powder.
- Add the mushroom pieces and the ground masala paste.
- Mix well and finally add the soaked rice with the required water.
- Cook for 1 whistle in low flame by adding a tbsp of ghee.
Fluffy , yummy biryani is ready to serve with a simple raita !!
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NOTE
- For variations , lime juice can be added at the end before serving instead of adding tomatoes.
- U can also fry the basmati rice in ghee before soaking in water..
- For cooking basmati rice , Rice and water quantity of 1:2 would be sufficient if you don’t soak the rice for 30 minutes. I used 2.25 cups which made the rice little mushy. My husband likes that way. So I used more water.
- If served for guests, add more ghee while sautéing.
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