Name: Mushroom and Green peas Biryani recipe by Sreeja Arun at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: White button mushroom diced 1 cup; Fresh shelled green peas 1 cup; Onion medium 2; Tomato small 1; Green chili 5; Ginger Garlic paste 2 tbsp; Chopped coriander leaves 1/4 cup; Chopped mint leaves 1/4 cup; Red chili powder 1/2 tsp; Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp; Whole spices as per choice; Fennel seeds 1/2 tsp; Bay leaf 1; Lemon juice 1 tbsp; Jeera rice 1 cup; Salt to taste; Oil/ghee 2 - 4 tbsp

Ingredients Serving: 4

White button mushroom diced 1 cup
Fresh shelled green peas 1 cup
Onion medium 2
Tomato small 1
Green chili 5
Ginger Garlic paste 2 tbsp
Chopped coriander leaves 1/4 cup
Chopped mint leaves 1/4 cup
Red chili powder 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Whole spices as per choice
Fennel seeds 1/2 tsp
Bay leaf 1
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Jeera rice 1 cup
Salt to taste
Oil/ghee 2 - 4 tbsp

Instructions

Slice the onions as thin as possible, cube the tomato into smaller pieces.
Slit the green chillies and remove the seeds and keep it aside.
For cooking the rice:
Wash and soak the rice for 20 to 30 minutes.
Drain the water from the rice and add it to a pressure pan.
To this rice add shelled green peas, whole spices (cloves,cardamom, star anise, cinnamon as per your taste) and 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
Also add 2 tbsp of ghee and little salt and pressure cook the rice for 1 whistle. Note: for 1 cup of rice take 2 cups of water.
For mushroom masala:
In a thick bottomed pan, take 2 tbsp of ghee and saute the fennel seeds and onions till it becomes translucent.
Add green chillies, ginger garlic paste, chopped herbs to the above and saute them till the oil separates.
Add tomato and nicely mash it.
Finally add diced mushrooms, salt to taste and saute till the masala thickens and becomes a little dry.
To this add cooked rice little by little with mixing the masala evenly. Mix the contents gently in order not to mash the peas.
Finally add the remaining 1 tbsp of lemon juice and stir in gently.
Serve it hot with raita.

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