Recipe: Delicious Matka Biryani

Matka Biryani.

You can cook Matka Biryani using 42 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Matka Biryani

1. It's For of Rice-.
2. It's 1 cup of Basmati rice.
3. Prepare 4-5 of kernels black pepper.
4. Prepare 3-4 of cloves.
5. Prepare 1 inch of cinnamon, broken to small pieces.
6. You need 2-3 pods of cardamoms.
7. Prepare 1 of star anise.
8. It's 1 of bay leaves.
9. Prepare 1.5 litres of water.
10. It's to taste of Salt.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of ghee.
12. You need 1 tsp of lemon juice.
13. It's For of Gravy:-.
14. Prepare 1 of carrot, chopped.
15. Prepare 50 gms of French beans, chopped.
16. You need 1/2 cup of mixed bell peppers (red, green, yellow), chopped.
17. You need 100 gms of green peas.
18. You need 100 gms of paneer, cut in small cubes.
19. You need 1/2 cup of curd.
20. It's 1 tbsp of cashew nutes.
21. It's 1 tbsp of raisins.
22. Prepare 1 tbsp of garam masala.
23. You need 1 tbsp of biriyani masala.
24. You need 2 of tomatoes, chopped.
25. Prepare 1 of big onion, chopped.
26. You need 1/2 tsp of turmeric.
27. It's 1 tbsp of cumin-coriander powder.
28. It's 1 tbsp of Kashmiri red chilli powder.
29. It's 1 tbsp of garlic-ginger-chilli paste.
30. Prepare to taste of Salt.
31. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
32. It's 1 tbsp of butter.
33. Prepare 1 tbsp of ghee.
34. It's For of Biriyani:-.
35. It's 1/2 cup of Birasta (Fried onion strips).
36. It's 1/4 cup of mint leaves, chopped.
37. Prepare 1/4 cup of coriander leaves, chopped.
38. Prepare 2 tbsp of ghee.
39. Prepare 1 tbsp of saffron milk.
40. You need For of Garnishing:-.
41. Prepare 100 gms of grated cheese.
42. Prepare 2 of roasted Papad.

Matka Biryani step by step

1. For Rice- Add whole spices, ghee, lemon juice and salt in water and bring it to boil. Add rice and let it cook at high flame until the rice grains start to float on the surface.Let it simmer on medium flame until the rice is almost cooked, which can be check by pressing a grain between fingers.Take off the flame, strain, and pour cold water immediately all over it to stop further cooking process. Remove the whole spice and keep it aside..
2. Heat ghee and butter in a pan and add cumin seeds and let it crackle Add cashew nuts and raisins and saute for a minute. Add onion and saute till pink. Add ginger-garlic-chilli paste and saute for a min Add vegetables – carrot, peas amd french beans. Add salt. Once veggies are half-cooked, add tomato and saute. Add mixed bell peppers and saute. Add spices and mix. Once the mixture releases oil, add curd and mix well. Add paneer cubes and saute for a few minutes..
3. In a huge pan, spread a layer of vegetable gravy Spread a layer of rice over it. Sprinkle coriander and mint leaves over it Sprinkle saffron milk over it. Spread a layer of Birasta (fried onions)Pour ghee. Repeat all the layering process and cover the pan. Heat a tawa and place the pan over it. Let it cook on slow flame for 10 minutes. Turn off the flame..
4. Fill the cooked biryani layers in the earthen pot, garnish with roasted papad and grated cheese serve with haryali raita and sweet Paan..