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Vegetable Biryani is an aromatic Indian Rice item which goes very well with tomato and onion salad or gravy. This particular variety is Telugu biryani which is usually prepared in the dum style. However, what I'm posting here is a slight variant which consumes half the time for preparation.
Thanks Pushpanjali for the recipe!

Ingredients Used:
5-6 tsp cooking oil
2 cloves
3 cinnamon sticks
5-6 green chillies slit lengthwise
2-3 medium sized onions slit length wise
1.5 tsp ginger-garlic paste
2 tsp coriander powder
0.5 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilly powder
2 bunches of fenugreek/ methi leaves
1 bunch coriander leaves
1 finely chopped tomato
A handful each of chopped french beans/ carrots/ sweet corn/ green peas ( Half kg chicken cut into biryani sized pieces)
1.5 cup rice
1.75 to twice the amount of water
2 tsp clarified butter or ghee
Salt to taste

How to make:
Warm oil in a pressure cooker. Add the whole spices followed by onions and fry till they turn pink. Then add ginger garlic paste followed by the powders and mix for a minute or so. Toss in the leaves and tomatoes and cook for about 5 minutes. Then, put washed and drained rice( preferably the basmati variety) and fry until the rice loses its transparency and looks white. Now, it's time to add vegetables/ cleaned chicken pieces, water, salt and close the lid of the pressure cooker. Cook on medium high flame up to two whistles. Pour the ghee on the Biryani once it's ready.
Serve with Raita.