Coconut milk Veg Biryani

I saw this recipe in a TV show. Want to try how it comes, the outcome and taste was awesome...

Ingredients:

• Basmati rice : 2 cups(rice cooker cup)
• Beans: 20
• Carrot: 2
• Potato:1 big
• Green chillies : 5
• Peas: 1/4th cup
• Coconut milk: 1 cup
• Ginger garlic Paste: 2 tsp
• Salt: as needed
• Bay leaf: 4
• Cloves: 4
• Cinnamon stick: 1 small
• Ghee + oil : 4 tb sp
• Mint leaves: few
• Onion : 1
• Water:3 cups

To roast and grind:

• Peanuts: 2 tb sp
• Poppy seeds: 1 tsp
• Coriander seeds: 1 tb sp

Note:

•  I am using Coconut milk can(store bought), so it is very thick, that's why I am using only 1 cup. If you are using fresh coconut milk(home made), change milk and water ratio accordingly. 

Procedure:

• Wash and soak basmati rice  for 2 min. Dry roast peanuts,poppy seeds, coriander seeds till nice aroma comes and let it cool down. Chop all the vegetables .
• Grind roasted spices along with 3 chillies and chopped half onion into a smooth paste.
• In a pan add ghee and oil. Once it is hot add bayleaf,Cinnamon stick, cloves .Then add ginger garlic paste, chopped onion and chili. Fry for few seconds. Then add  masala paste. Fry nicely.
• Now add chopped vegetables one by one to this and 1 tsp salt and give a nice mix.. Fry for few min till all veggies absorb masala.
• Now add strained rice and fry for few min...
• Take this whole mixture into a pressure cooker or electric cooker and add 1 cup coconut milk, 3 cups water .Add enough salt and mint leaves and cook till done.

Serve as it is or with any raita.

Microwave Kalakand

A very easy and tasty sweet. It tastes more of ajmeri Kalakand, which is available in most of the sweet shops in India.

Ingredients:

• Condensed milk: 1 can(16 oz)
• Curd: 3 Tbsp
• Ghee: 2 Tbsp

Procedure:

• Take a microwave safe bowl, preferably glass or ceramic one. Grease the bowl with ghee.
• Add condensed milk and curd and mix well.
• Microwave it  for 8-10 min( stir every 40 seconds).Stirring is very important here.
• After 10 min, kalakand will be in right consistency. If that is a bit loose, that is fine, as it cools down,it becomes thick.

You can garnish with chopped or grated nuts.

Serve cool or hot.

Note: Every microwave is different.So check the consistency and take off promptly.