Vegetable Biryani

Ingredients:

three and a half cups of water
half cup of curd
one cup of mixed vegetables (carrot, beans, green peas, potatoes)
2 Onions
2 Tomatoes
2 cup of Basmati rice
3 tsps of ghee
1/2 tsp of cumin seeds
1/2 tsp of sounf
one tsp of dry mint leaves
1/4th tsp of turmeric powder
4 stalks of finely chopped coriander leaves
Bay leaf - 2
Cloves - 2
Oil - 6 tsps
Cinnamon stick - 2
Cardamom - 2
Ginger- garlic paste - 2 tsps
2 green chillies
1/2 tsp of red chilli powder
2 tsp of coriander powder
one tsp of salt

Procedure:

Soak Basmati rice for 15 minutes. Drain the water completley. Add a tsp of oil and microwave for two minutes or roast the Basmati rice slightly in ghee
In a sauce pan, talk half the qty of oil and ghee. Add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, cumin seeds and saunf. Saute for a while. Add green chillies, mint leaves, coriander leaves. Fry until crisp. Add onions and ginger-garlic paste and saute for 3 minutes. Add tomatoes, turmeric powder, chilly powder, coriander powder and saute till tomatoes become soft. Add the veggies with salt. Add rice. Transfer to a pressure cooker and add 1/2 cup of curd and three and a half cups of water and cook until two whistles. After release of pressure, add ghee and coriander leaves.