Capsicum Briyani / Bell Pepper Briyani

Hai friends...Happy weekahead..Lets start another busy week...

To give you energy and keep your week going,I am going to show you a yummy briyani which is made with my favorite veggie Bell Pepper...

I love to add Bell peppers in all my dishes...Some how I love the crunch they gave to the dishes...It makes the dish colourful as well as flavourful..

This recipe is best served with raita or pachadis..I served it with pineapple pachadi,which was a hit in my house..

So with no more delay, here I deliver the recipe..

Ingrediants:

Basmati Rice-2 cups soaked for 30 mins

Onion-2 sliced

Tomato-4 chopped

Capsicum / Bell Pepper-1 large cubed

Curd-1 cup

Chilli powder-1 tsp

Coriander powder / Malli podi-1 tblspn

Turmeric powder / Manjal podi-1 tsp

Garam masala powder-1 tsp

Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-2 tsp

Salt to taste

Ghee-2 tblspn

For Green Masala:

Fennel Seeds / Sombu-1 tblspn

Cinnamon / Pattai-1 inch piece

Cloves / Krambu-4

Cardamom / Yelakai-4

Green chilli-2

Coriander leaves / Cilantro-1 cup

Method:

In a blender take all ingrediants given for grinding and make into a fine paste.

Heat ghee in a kadai,add in cumin seeds..After it crackle add in onions,cook this till golden brown..

Add in the ground masala and cook till oil separates from this..

Add in tomatoes and mix well...Season with salt.

Add in turmeric,coriander,chilli and garam masala powder.

Add in capsicum and mix well..Pour in curd and mix well.

Add in the soaked rice and fry for 2 mins..

Pour in 4 cups of water(for 1 cup rice add 1 cup water)...Let this come up to boil..

Cover and simmer on a very low flame for 15-20 mins until the rice is cooked and all water has absorbed..

Serve with your favorite gravy or raita..

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Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Chop up all your veggies

Take all your ingrediants in a blender

Make it into a fine paste

Heat your ghee

add in cumin seeds

now add in onions

cook till golden brown

add in your paste

cook till oil separates

add in tomatoes

sprinkle some salt in...

add in turmeric powder

coriander powder...

chilli powder...

and your garam masala powder

throw in your bell pepper

and your curd...

mix well..

throw in soaked rice

mix well

pour in water

and wait till it comes to a boil

let it boil

cover and simmer

till rice is cooked

My favorite is pineapple pachadi