How To Cook Basmati Rice For Dum Briyani

Basmati rice is one of the best known varieties of rice out there. The word basmati comes from the sanskrit word ' vasmati ' which means "fragrants" or "aromatic". Is this possible at home ? definitely the cooks rice should comes out well with good long grain looks...... so use this method to all dum briyani, pulao, fried rice etc!!

When the rice cooked in whole spices, fresh cilantro and mint leaves the taste is excellant when we use in the Dum briyani recipes... 

Preparation time : 1/2 mins

Cooking time : 15 mins 

Item : cooked rice for pulao, biryani

Recipe Category - Basic

INGREDIENTS :

Basmati rice - 1 cup

Cinnamon - 2 small sticks

Cloves - 8

Fennel seeds - 1/4 spn

Cilantro as needed

Mint leaves as needed

Salt - 1 1/2 spn

Coconut oil - 2 spn

METHOD :

• Use best quality indian basmati rice you can find and afford.
• Stock the rice for 1/2 mins, In a pan add water, and all the whole spices too that
• Now add in salt, cilantro, mint leaves, oil and let them to boil.
• Now drain the rice and add to the boiled pan.
• Let them to boil for 15 mins and cook it on high flame .. keep a eye on it...
• The aroma flavour comes out from it, so it should make the briyani good.
• Now the rice is 3/4 cooked when you taste it should have a bite.
• Atlast drain it and cooked basmati rice is ready to make dum briyani, fried rice and pulao.

  PICTORIAL :

Take all your ingredients

Take rice in a bowl and soak it for 1/2 hour

In a pan add water

Add in cinnamon sticks

Add in cloves

Some chopped cilantro

Few mint leaves

Add in Salt

Some coconut oil

Bring it to rolling boil

Add in soaked rice

Cook it on the high flame and keep eye on it

Now the rice is look length and 3/4 cooked

Drain it

 Now It's ready to make Dum Briyani

 Perfect rice is soft and fluffy, 
which is perfectly seperated

It's done for the process