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Traditional mughlai gobi mussallam biryani

Aug-21-2018
Shraddha Tikkas
40 minutes
Prep Time
45 minutes
Cook Time
5 People
Serves
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ABOUT Traditional mughlai gobi mussallam biryani RECIPE

Mussallam is mughal word which means whole , gobi mussallam biryani is made using whole cauliflower and it makes a perfect centrepiece for any occasion. In this dish the gobi is first marinated and then cooked in spicy gravy and baked. It is served with biryani in an exotic way.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Hard
  • Dinner Party
  • Mughlai
  • Main Dish

Ingredients Serving: 5

  1. For Biryani: 2 cardamoms
  2. 5-6 peppercons
  3. 1 tsp Kewra Water
  4. 1/2 cup warm milk
  5. 5 Saffron strands
  6. 1 cup green peas
  7. 1 cup chopped capsicum
  8. 2 potatoes cut into wedges
  9. 1 bay leaf
  10. 2 tsp salt to taste
  11. 1 Cinnamon stick
  12. 2 star anniese
  13. 1 tsp biryani masala
  14. 2 green chilly chopped
  15. 1 handful roasted cashewnuts
  16. 2 tsp ghee
  17. 2 thinly sliced fried onions
  18. For Gobi mussallam: 1 whole cauliflower
  19. 2 tsp hung curd
  20. 1 tsp red chilly
  21. 1 tsp tandoori masala
  22. 2 tsp roasted chickpea flour
  23. 1 tsp Salt
  24. 1 tsp turmeric powder
  25. 1 pinch kasur methi
  26. For Biryani sauce/gravy : 2 large onions chopped
  27. 1 TOMATO CHOPPED
  28. 5 garlic chopped
  29. 1 tsp chopped ginger
  30. 1 tsp mussallam masala
  31. 4 kashmiri red chilly
  32. 1 tsp cashew paste
  33. 1/2 cup Coconut Milk
  34. For Tempering :1 capsicum
  35. 2 tso oil
  36. 1 pinch hing
  37. 1/2 cup mint leaves
  38. For Garnish: 1 tsp sesame seeds
  39. edible flowers
  40. 1 silver verk (optional)

Instructions

  1. Take some ghee in pressure cooker and add peppercons, cardamom in it. wash the rice properly and transfer it into the rice cooker, add water , salt and kewra water. pressure cook till it is half done..
  2. Soak saffron in warm milk and add it to the cooked rice. gently mix and keep it aside.
  3. Take a wok and add some oil in it, deep fry potato wedges and remove it. In same oil add bay leaf, cinnamon, star anniese, and chopped green chillies.
  4. Add carrots, peas, onions, capsicum, potatoes and let it cook for a while.Add biryani masala, salt and mix it well. Now add roasted cashewnuts and add the rice in it. Mix well and keep it aside.
  5. For Gobi mussallam: Take a bowl and mix hung curd, chickpea flour,salt,turmeric powder,kasuri methi and keep this marinate aside.
  6. In pressure cooker or a wok blanch gobi with some salt and turmeric powder till it is cooked. Remove it and apply the marinate on the cauliflower and keep it in fridge for 15 minutes. Take it out and bake or deep fry for a minute.
  7. For Biryani sauce: Take oil in a pan and add onions, garlic, ginger, tomato, kashmiri red chilly , salt.Let it turn mushy and then to a blend it smooth paste.
  8. Take oil in same pan and add the bay leaf. Add onion tomato mixture, turmeric powder, coconut milk and cashew paste. Let it simmer for some time and add the mussallam masala. Add some water and boil for a minute.
  9. For tempering: Take some oil and add capsicum, hing and keep it aside.
  10. Take a serving square dish and add a layer of the rice bed, then add fried onions followed by mint leaves, then biryani sauce and roasted cashews. Repeat this procedure till the top layer is covered with rice.
  11. Take the gobi and slit it open in the middle, place it on the rice bed and pour some sauce and the tempering on top of it. Bake it for 10 minutes.
  12. For garnish add some sesame seeds on top of gobi, mint leaves, fried onions and cashews with some edible flowers. Apply silver verk on gobi(But it is subject to availability).
  13. Serve hot with curd raita.

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Payal Singh
Aug-21-2018
Payal Singh   Aug-21-2018

would love to try this.

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