Masalaydar Aaloo Biryani

Masalaydar Aaloo Biryani

Ingredients

• Rice ½ kg
• Potatoes 750 gm
• Bay leaf 1
• Tomatoes chopped 3
• Dried plum 10
• Green chilies 12 small
• Yogurt beaten 1 cup
• Onion brown 1 cup
• Coriander leaves ½ cup
• Oil ¾ cup
• Mint leaves ½ bunches
• Kewra water 1 tsp
• All spice 1 tsp heaped
• Salt (for rice) 3 tsp
• Yellow color ¼ tsp
• Turmeric powder ¼ tsp
• Ginger garlic paste 3 tbsp
• Black cumin seeds ½ tsp
• Coriander powder 1 ½ tsp
• Salt 1 ½ tsp
• Chili powder 2 ½ tsp

Method

1. Heat ¾ cup oil in a pan, fry 1 cup onions, when light golden, add 3 tbsp ginger garlic paste, 750 gm potatoes cut into big pieces, 3 chopped tomato, 12 small whole green chilies, 1 cup yogurt, 1 ½ tsp salt, 2 ½ tsp chili powder, ¼ tsp turmeric powder and 1 ½ tsp coriander powder, fry well till water dries, add 1 ½ cup water and cook till potatoes half done.
2. Then remove oil from the curry and keep aside, add ½ cup chopped coriander, ½ bunches mint leaves, 1 tsp all spice powder, 1 tsp kewra and 10 dried plum, cook till all done, boil water with 3 tsp salt, ½ tsp black cumin seeds and 1 bay leaf, add ½ kg rice and boil till half done, drain and spread rice on top of potato mixture.
3. Add the oil which was taken out from the curry. Also spread yellow color on top, put to cook on high flame for 10 minutes, the lower heat completely and simmer for 15 min. mix well and serve hot.