Kuska Biryani - A Treat At Parties!

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 cup rice
• 2 cups water
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 -3 cloves
• 2 cardamoms
• 1 piece cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons ginger-garlic paste
• 3 -4 tomatoes
• 10 -15 green chilies, slit
• 1 bunch fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
• salt
• 3 -4 tablespoons cooking oil

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel.
• 2 then add bay leaves, cardamoms, cloves and the piece of cinnamon.
• 3 mix well in the oil.
• 4 add ginger-garlic paste and continue to mix well.
• 5 allow it to fry till the smell of ginger and garlic leaves the oil.
• 6 add the slit green chillies and diced tomatoes.
• 7 mix well.
• 8 once the tomatoes turn mushy, add salt to taste and chilli powder.
• 9 then add half the corriander leaves and water to cook the rice.
• 10 increase heat and add rice only once the water starts boiling.
• 11 reduce heat now and cook on low flame, adding a little of the corriander leaves each time you stir the rice.
• 12 once the rice is more than three-fourth cooked, pressure cook the rice till you hear 2 whistles.
• 13 garnish with the remaining corriander leaves and serve immediately with onion raita.