Beetroot Biriyani (Pressure Cooker Method)

Serves - 3 person

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time : 15 minutes 

Beetroot Biriyani (Pressure Cooker Method)

Beetroot  Biriyani is a colourful healthy dish  for kids Lunch box.It enhances hemoglobin who are anemic. 

Chut phut one pot meal  It is very healthy meal, especially for pregnant women.

Ingredients

1. Beetroot – 2 Medium size
2. Onion – 2
3. Tomato – 2
4. Green chilli – 1
5. Red chilli powder – 1//2 tspn
6. Curd – 1 tspn
7. Coriander leaves and mint leaves – few
8. Bay leaves – 2 pcs
9. Cinnamon  , clove,cardamom – each – 1 pc
10. Ginger garlic paste  - 1 ½ tspn
11. Salt – to taste ( 1 tspn)
12. Oil – 5 tspn
13. Ghee – 1 tspn
14. Lemon juice  - ½ tspn
15. Boiled - Egg - 2 nos

Method

1. Soak rice for 10 minutes. Peel and wash the beetroot and cut into small cubes.
2. Cut the onion and tomato lengthwise. Heat oil in a cooker add bay leaves, cinnamon , cardamom, clove when they y start crackle add onion sauté till it  turns pink, add ginger garlic paste and sauté till it’s raw smell goes away, Now add coriander, mint leaves stir it  for 2 minutes and  add tomato and green chilli cook it for about  2 minutes under low flame.
3. Now add beetroot, chilli powder, salt, curd and cook about – 2 minutes .
4. Add water 1: 1 ½  ratio and allow to boil then add soaked rice again boil about 5 minutes now add lemon juice + ghee and close with cooker lid and leave  for 2 whistles.
5. When the pressure completely releases out of the cooker, mix well with fork and transfer it  in to a serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves and boiled egg serve it with Raita

பீட்ரூட் பிரியாணி  - Tamil version

Pressure cooker - beetroot biriyani