Mushroom Pulav

I am a great lover of mushrooms, I can have it all day long, for breakfast, lunch, dinner, anytime, anywhere 😀

Mushroom biryani has been on my list for quite sometime now, I was sitting in office and imagining of having some lovely hot biryani with cool cucumber raitha for dinner.. 😛 , I had picked some mushrooms 2 days back from the store.. so now it was time to satisfy my craving for mushroom biryani, I went through some recipes, didnt find anything that good so decided to do on my own, just had a brief glance of some ingredients from the recipe and I was all set, and guess what ?? In 1 hour, my delicious biryani was ready, My hubby relished it to the core 😀 and I was beaming with happiness.. 🙂

I gave it the name of mushroom pulav, because I didnt make gravy and rice separate as we do in a biryani, I did the process in the cooker

Ingredients 

• Button mushrooms,quartered : 15-20 medium
• Basmati rice,soaked : 1.5cups
• Bay leaf : 1
• Cloves : 4
• Green cardamoms : 2
• Black cardamoms : 2
• Cinnamon : 1 inch piece
• Salt : to taste
• Ghee : 2tbsp
• Onions,thinly sliced : 2 medium
• Ginger paste : 2 teaspoons
• Garlic paste : 2 teaspoons
• Red chilli powder : 2 teaspoons
• Coriander powder : 1 tablespoon
• Black peppercorns,crushed : 1/2 tablespoon
• Cumin powder : 1/2 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder : 1/2 teaspoon
• Tomatoes,pureed : 2 medium
• Skimmed milk yogurt,whisked : 1/2 cup
• Garam masala powder : 1/2 teaspoon
• Fresh coriander leaves,finely chopped : 1/4 cup
• Fresh mint leaves,torn : 1/4 cup

Method

• Make a paste of coriander leaves and mint leaves, set aside
• Heat ghee in the cooker, Add bay leaf, cinnamon, cardamom, peppercorns, cloves and sauté for a min.
• Add the sliced onions and sauté till translucent.
• Add the ginger and garlic pastes and sauté for another minute.
• Now add the pureed tomatoes, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and cumin powder, Cook on a high heat for 3 min.
• Add the whisked yoghurt, paste of mint and coriander leaves and cook for another 2 min.
• Add the mushrooms and the garam masala, sauté for 3 min.
• Add the rice, 2 cups of water, salt and mix well. Pressure cook for 1 whistle
• Serve hot with cool cucumber raitha 🙂

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