I got a chance to prepare my first vegetable briyani. I went about asking Gayathri the receipe over the phone and noted down the steps. Here are the steps....
1. Nei uttukonam in cooker (Nei uttukonam - Put butter)
2. Inji poondu paste put and roast till smell goes away (Inji poondu - Ginger Garlic)
3. Carrot, potato, tomato, thakkali and koda molagai (thakkali - Tomato, koda molagai - Capsicum)
4. Manja podi, Molaga podi (3 spoons), 3 tea spoons of oil - (Manja pudi - Turmeric Powder, Molaga podi - Chilli Powder)
5. Kalaru - Stir
6. Thayir one cup, stir till pachcha vasanai goes away (Thayir - Curd, pachcha vasanai - smell of garlic)
7. Basmati rice, three cups, 3.5 cup of water
8. Uppu potu mudi vaingo - Add salt to taste and close the lid
9. Aana appuram, mudi eduthu, koththamalli podu - Once boiled, remove the lid and put coriander
I messed up a little with the amount of curd but otherwise the Briyani was mouth watering.
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