CORIANDER BIRYANI I CORIANDER PULAO I KOTHAMALLI SATHAM

Hi friends, hope you all enjoyed and give a good start for 2014!!! Biryani is all time favorite to us; coriander biryani will be very flavorful and healthy one pot meal. Here I used nattu kothamalli, I love the kothamalli (Coriander) flavor much.

I am posting the coriander biryani for VT-Vegan Thursday which is the brainchild of +Priya akka from Priya’s Versatile Recipes. Every 1^st and last Thursday of each month, you can expect from group of friends, posting vegan recipe.

Category	Rice
Regional	Indian
Preparation Time	10 Minutes
Cooking Time	30 Minutes
Servings	4

Source - My own

INGREDIENTS

Basmati Rice – 1 Cup

Oil – 2-3 Tbsp

Onion – 4, sliced length wise

Carrots, beans – ¾ Cup

Mint leaves – One handful

Water or Coconut milk – 2 Cup

Salt – To taste

To Grind

Coriander – 1 Big Bunch

Cinnamon – 1 piece

Cloves – 2

Cardamom – 2

Fennel seeds – 2 Tsp

Green chillies – 5-6 (According to your taste)

Ginger – 1 Tbsp

Garlic – 10

METHOD

• Wash and soak the rice for 20 minutes.
• Wash the coriander leaves and chopped it roughly.
• Blend cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, fennel seeds, ginger and garlic well, and then add coriander leaves grind it to a smooth paste with little water.
• Heat oil in pan; add onion sauté it till turns translucent.
• Add vegetables and mint leaves sauté it for 5 minutes.
• Then add coriander paste and mix it well, add enough salt and allow cooking for 10 minutes on low flame or the oil oozes out from the mixture.

• Add 2 cups of water (I used rice soaked water itself) adjust salt and keep the flame on high till boiling well.
• Now add drained rice and allow high boiling and keep the flame on low level and cover the pan with lid till the all water content reduced. It takes 10-15 minutes.

• Now switch off the flame and keep cover for 15 minutes.
• Stir it once and serve hot… J 

NOTE

• You can add any of your choices of vegetables.
• You can lead the same procedure for mint rice.
• You can use pressure cooker to save your time.

SUPER GREENY AND HEALTHY BIRYANI!!! HAVE IT!!!