Dumka Biryani

Ingredients:

• One small Cauliflower,
• 2 carrots,
• few beans,
• Mint leaves (2),
• Coriander(2),
• 200 gms Curds,
• Elaichi,
• cinnamon,
• red chilli,
• turmeric,
• salt,
• Lemon juice (2 big lemons),
• Onions (9 onions - finely cut),
• Green chillies (15)

Directions:

• Deep fry the onions and keep them aside.
• Prepare a mix of Cauliflower, carrots, beans, Mint(finely cut), Coriander(finely cut), Curds, Elaichi(10), Cinnamon(4 pieces), redchilli powder (2 spoons), salt (5 spoons), turmeric(half spoon), Lemon Juice (2 big lemons), Onions 2 (sliced), and green chillies.
• Leave the mix to marinate in the deep-freezer for approximately 15 minutes.
• Put 4 spoons of oil in a big container and fry elaichi and cinnamon. Once you can smell the flavour, add 5 glasses of rice to fry along with it. After 5-7 minutes add water (10 glasses) to half-boiled rice.
• Once rice is half cooked (strictly no more water left), leave the rice to dry for a while.
• Now, take the mix out of the fridge. Use the same big container for a bigger mix now. First put all the marinated mix in the bowl (bowl suitable to go into the cooker), and then put five spoons of oil on it.
• Put a layer of the dried half boiled rice on top of it. (Don’t put all the rice. Just a layer).
• Now, put a layer of the fried onions leaving another half for another layer on top.
• Then another layer of rice.
• The final layer of onions on top.
• You can now add some biryani colour on top!!

Now the biryani is ready to cook. Cook it on a low flame with a perfect fitting lid (some weights on top. Not to let the Dum go off).

Leave this for at least an hour and a half. Then check if the rice is cooked, if yes thats it…. Dumka Biryani is ready to serve.