Vegetable Biryani

Soak basmathi rice in water for 30 mins, drain and wash the rice in tap water for 2 times. Keep aside.

Wash and finely chop the vegetables, onion and tomatoes. Slit the green chilies. In a blender, add ginger and garlic and make a ginger garlic paste.

Take a pressure cooker, heat ghee, when it is hot, add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, fry for a min. Add chopped red onion, slited green chillies and salt, fry for 2 mins, until onion turns golden brown. Add ginger garlic paste, fry for few mins until raw smell vanishes.

Add chopped tomato, mint leaves and coriander leaves, saute until tomatoes turns soft and mushy.

Add carrots, beans, potato and peas, saute this for few mins. Add curd and rice, saute this for few secs.

Add milk, check the salt. Close the lid and pressure cook it for 2 whistles. Turn off the flame.

Open the cooker, add lemon juice, mix gently with fork.

Serve hot with any spicy gravies like aloo palak, korma or cucumber raita and potato chips.