Instant dum biryani using jeera rice-How to make-Step by step photos

Cuisine Style: South India | Cooking Time:20 minutes[open pan] To Serve: 2 | Take with: Salna, Kurma, raita,pachadi | Type: Lunch

Ingredients for rice

• Jeera rice –2 cups
• Green cardamom - 3
• Cinnamon stick- 1
• Cloves - 4
• Bay leaves - 1
• Saffron - 1 tsp
• Hot water - 4 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp [optional]
• Salt to taste
• Ghee – 2 tbsp
• Water –4 cups

Ingredients for gravy

• Tomato -2 [chopped]
• Onion – 1 [sliced]
• Ginger – 1 tbsp [grated]
• Garlic – 1 tbsp [grated]
• Mint leaves -3 springs
• Curd - 1/4 cup or 4 tbsp
• Fennel seeds – 1 tbsp
• Green cardamom - 2
• Cinnamon stick- 1
• Bay leaves - 1
• Garam masala – ½ tbsp
• Red chilli powder – ½ tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Salt to taste
• Butter – 1 ½ inch cube
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Water as needed

Ingredients For final layer

• White jeera rice - 1 cup
• Yellow saffron rice - 1 cup
• Fried onion – 1/4 cup
• Mint leaves - 2 springs
• Melted butter & oil - 2 tbsp
• Masala Gravy - 1 cup

Preparation Method

• Wash & soak basmati rice for ½ an hour.
• In a bowl add turmeric and saffron, add hot water soak it for 10 min
• Heat pan add water let it boil then add cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, cardamom, jeera rice, salt & ghee parboil.
• Then drain water, divide the rice into 2 equal portions.
• Add saffron water in portion mix well & keep it aside.
• In a mixer jar add ginger, garlic, green chilli, mint leaves finely grind.
• Heat pan with oil & butter or ghee. Add green cardamom, fennel seeds, cinnamon stick, cloves, bay leaves, sauté.
• Then add onion sauté till light brown.
• Then add ground paste mix well.
• Add tomato, turmeric, garam masala & red chilli powder mix well.
• Then add salt & water mix well & let it boil for 5 to 8 min.
• Once its ready, cut off heat.

Preparation Method Final Cut

• In a pot add gravy, white jeera rice, fried onion, mint leaves, yellow saffron rice, gravy, fried onion, mint leaves layer by layer.
• Finally add hot melted butter and oil, cover lid with cotton cloth
• Heat iron dosa tawa, place dum biryani pot, let it cook on low flame for 10 to 15 min
• Once itsready, remove lid & serve hot with raita

How to make Instant dum biryani at home- Stepwise pictures

Heat 4 cups of water, add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaves & rice

Parboil

Jeera rice ready, cover lid, keep it aside

In a bowl add turmeric powder, saffron, add hot water, soak it for 10 min

Divide the rice into two equal parts

Add safrron turmeric water into 1 part

Mix well

In a mixer jar add, mint, garlic, green chilli and ginger

Coarsely grind

For fried onion:-Slice onion

Heat oil in a pan, add sliced onion

Deep fry on low flame till crisp

Fry for 2 min

Now its ready, remove it from oil

Drain on absorbent paper

Heat oil and ghee in broad pan, add cardamom, ciinamon, bay leaf, fennel, onion fry

Add ground mint mixture saute for 1 a min

Add tomato, red chilli powder, garam masala, turmeric powder

Boil for 5 min

Add curd, mix well, cook on medium flame for 2 min

Heat oil and ghee in broad pan

Take a pan, add gravy

Addd jeera rice, fried onion ,mint leaves

Add saffron rice, fried onion, mint leaves

Add gravy

Add fried onion, mint leaves

Add hot oil & melted butter

Heat iron dosa, place layered rice pan

Cover lid with cotton cloth, close it and cook for 10-15 on low flame

After 15 min, delicious jeera rice dum biryani ready

Serve hot with any raita or veg salna

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