Mint Mushroom Biryani / Easy Mint Biryani
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Recipe type: main lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2
 
Mint Mushroom Biryani is a flavorful one pot meal made from fresh mint leaves and mushroom. Serve this biryani with raita or potato kurma.
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup of Basmathi Rice
  • 7 Baby Bella Mushroom or any mushroom, Chopped
  • 2 Tsp of Oil
  • 2-3 Tsp of Ghee(clarified butter)
  • 3 Cloves
  • 1 Big Cinnamon Stick
  • 1 Cardamom (Green)
  • 1 Black Cardamom
  • ½ Tsp of Fennel Seeds
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 1 Red Onion, Chopped
  • 2 Tsp of Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 1 Tsp Coriander Powder
  • ½ Tbsp of Lemon Juice
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 Cups of Water
  • 1 Tbsp of Fried Onions (optional)
  • To Grind
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  • 1 Cup of Mint Leaves (Fresh), Tightly packed
  • ¼ Cup of Coriander Leaves
  • 3 Green Chilly
Instructions
  1. Soak the basmati rice for 20 mins, drain the water and wash it twice in tap water. Keep it aside.
  2. In a blender (mixie), add green chilly, mint, coriander leaves and water, grind it to a fine paste.
  3. Heat a cooker with oil and add 2 tsp of ghee, when it is hot, add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom (black and green), bay leaf and fennel seeds, fry it for few secs.
  4. Add onion and little salt, fry until it turns golden brown.
  5. Add ginger garlic paste, fry until raw smell goes off.
  6. Add ground mint paste, coriander powder and mushroom, fry well for 2 mins.
  7. Add basmati rice, water, salt and fried onions, mix well. Cook this for 2 whistles in a pressure cooker.
  8. Open the cooker, add lemon juice and ghee, gently mix well with fork.
  9. Hot, flavorful mint mushroom biryani is ready to serve with raita.
Notes
You can use any vegetables of your choice like carrots or potato or peas.
Adding ghee gives a rich taste.
Adding lemon juice is must because that gives tartness to this biryani. Please dont avoid it.
I used 3 green chilly, if you want less spicy. Reduce it to 2. Green chilly adds a flavor to this rice.
If you want, you can add garam masala.
Recipe by FoodyBuddy at http://foodybuddy.net/2015/08/24/mint-mushroom-biryani-recipe-easy-mint-biryani.html