Mughlai Mushroom Biryani / Mushroom Briyani From Mughlai Cuisine

MUGHLAI cuisine is the style of cooking developed in south asia by the imperial kitchens of the muslim empire. Mughlai food is known for it's richness and taste. They did everything in style and splendour.

I had gotten tried of studying the whole day and was carving to eat some thing exotic, spicy but home made. I think it off and today was the day to try mughlai mushoom briyani. And I am the big fan of mushroom, so I just prepared it an exciting spicy recipe.. It turned out to be a very fragrant after the preparations.. 

These will be hardly any one who does not love briyani and this one is no exception. Mushroom is so simple to prepare and tastes delicious. It can be prepared in a jiffy. Most of the mughlai briyani they were used basmati rice but for a change I used seeraga samba rice. This is the simple and easy recipe and make within 20 mins. So try this yummy biryani and let me comment how it's turn out.....

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 25 mins

Serve - 4

Recipe cuisine : Mughlai

INGREDIENTS :

Seeraga samba rice - 1 cup

Button mushroom - 1 pocket

Cinnamon - 2 sticks

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp

Onion - 2 (sliced)

Tomato - 2 ( sliced)

Green chilli - 3 (sliced)

Salt - to taste

Water - 1 1/2 cup

Curd - 3 tbsp

Ghee - 5 tbsp

Mint and coriander leaves - few

SPICES POWDER :

Chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp

TO GRIND :

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Cashew - 10

Mint leaves - few

Coriander leaves - few

PREPARATION :

• Wash and soak the rice for 15 mins. drain the water completely and keep it aside.
• Clean the mushroom and cut in to pieces.
• Grind the grinding items which i have mention in the ingredients "TO GRIND" into a paste.

METHOD :

• Heat ghee in a pressure cooker and add cinnamon sticks, sliced onions and green chill and toss them well in the ghee.
• Now add ginger garlic paste and saute well, and then add in all the whole spices and cutted mushroom and toss well.
• Now add in chopped tomatoes and toss it for 5 mins untill the tomatoes had mushy.
• Then add in curd, chopped mint and coriander leaves and then soaked rice and saute it well in the masala.
• Now add water and salt, mix and close the cooker and whistled it for 3.
• When the cooker subside open it and fluff it. 
• Now the delicious hot mughlai mushroom biryani is ready .
• Serve it with onion raitha and mushroom pepper fry.
• Click mushroom pepper fry to view.

PICTORIAL :

Take grinding items

Put it into the blender

Grind it into paste

Take rice in a bowl

Soak it for 15 mins

Take ingredients to make biryani

Add ghee in a cooker

Add in cinnamon sticks

Then sliced onion and green chillies

Gingre garlic paste

Chilli powder

Turmeric powder

Garam masala powder

Coriander powder

Grinded paste

Cutted mushroom

Add in chopped tomatoes

Toss well untill it mushy

Add in curd

Mint and coriander leaves

Drain the soaked rice

Add in the rice

Now toss well in the masala

Add in water

Salt

Mix evenly

Close it and whistled it for 3

After whistled open it 

Fluff it lightly

Now it's ready 

Enjoy it with raita and mushroom pepper fry.........