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

Ingredients for rice

• Basmathi rice –2 cups
• Green cardamom - 3
• Cinnamon stick- 1
• Cloves - 3
• Bay leaves - 1
• Salt to taste
• Ghee – 2 tbsp
• Water –4 cups

Ingredients for gravy

• Potato -3 [parboiled]
• 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
• Curd -3 tbsp
• Water as needed

Ingredients For final layer

• Basmathi rice -2 cup
• Saffron milk - 3 tbsp
• Fried onion – 1/4 cup
• Mint leaves & coriander leaves- 1/4 cup
• Fried cashews, raisins- 1/4 cup
• Edible food colour - 2 tbsp
• Sauted carrot - 1/4 cup [Saute striped carrot with cardamom, cinnamon powder]

Preparation Method

• Wash & soak basmati rice for ½ an hour.
• In a bowl add saffron, add hot milk or water soak it for 10 min
• Heat pan add water let it boil then add cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, cardamom, basmathi rice, salt & ghee parboil.
• Then drain water, keep it aside
• In a bowl add boiled potato cubes, ginger garlic paste, red chilli, coriander, turmeric, garam masala, curd mix well, marinate for 10 min
• IHeat pan with oil & butter or ghee. Add green cardamom, fennel seeds, cinnamon stick, cloves, bay leaves, sauté.
• Add marianted potato, saute & cook for 5 min
• Then take 1 cup for later use
• Add boiled basmathi rice, fried onion, saffron milk, mint coriander leaves
• Add food colour, potato masala, sauted carrot, arrange layer by layer
• Then cover with aluminum foil, Heat iron dosa tawa, place dum biryani pot, let it cook on low flame for 25 min on low flame
• Once its ready, cut off heat, serve hot with raita

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Aloo dum biryani

Add 2 cups of basmathi rice

Wash and soak it for 30 min

In a bow ladd saffron and milk, soak it for 10 min

In a bowl add boiled potato cubes, turmeric, red chilli, coriander powder

Add ginger garlic, salt

Add garam masala

Add curd

Add lemon juice, marinate for 10 min

Boil water, add bayleaf, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, salt

Add soaked rice

Boil for 70 percent

Now its ready

Strain water, keep it aside

Heat 1 tbsp oil , 2 tbsp ghee, bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon, fennel, cloves

Add onion , green chilli

Add mint, coriander leaves

Add ginger, garlic

Add marinated potato saute for 3 min

Add salt, mix well

Cover lid, cook for 5 min

Saute for 1 min

Add boiled rice, mint coriander leaves

Add sauted carrot, cashews, raisins

Add fried onions

Add potato masala

Add edible food color

Add mint, coriander, fried nuts, mint corainder layer by layer

Cover with aluminum foil

Place it on iron tawa, cook for 25 min on low flame

25 min later, cut off heat

Perfect aloo dum biryani ready

Non-sticky tasty biryani ready

Serve hot

Perfect rich long grain dum biryani

Serve hot with salna