Easy Baby Potato Biryani Recipe

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This is my version of the famous baby potato biryani recipe. I make this biryani in many ways, one version is i add the potatoes into the biryani while i cook this. But this is my favourite way of cooking it, i love the crispy potatoes with the coconut milk rice..Delicious..

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 35 to 45 mins
Serves: 3 to 4

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice – 1 cup
Coconut Milk – 1 cup
Curd / Yogurt – 1/2 cup
Water – 1/2 cup
Ghee – 1 tblspn
Oil – 1 tblspn
Cinnamon / Pattai – 2 cm
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
Cardamom / Yelakai – 3
Cloves / Krambu – 3
Bay Leaf – 1
Black Stone Flower / Kal Paasi -1 piece
Star Anise – 1
Onion – 1 large sliced thinly
Tomato – 2 chopped finely
Green Chilli – 1 slit
Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
Chilli Powder – 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder – 2 tsp
Salt to taste

For Marination:
Baby Potatoes – 15 cooked and peeled
Yogurt / Curd – 1/2 cup
Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder – 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Method:

Take cooked baby potatoes in a bowl, you can peel them if you need. Now add in all the marination ingredients and mix really well. Set aside till you make the biryani.

Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add in all the whole spices and let them sizzle.

Now add in onions, green chillies and saute this till golden.

Now add in ginger garlic paste and cook for a min or so.

Now add in tomatoes and cook till mushy.

Now add in all the spice powders and salt and mix well.

Add in yogurt and mix well, cook till it is well combined.

Now add in coconut milk and water and bring it to a boil.

Add in drained rice and mix well. Cover and simmer for 15 mins or so. Now let the pressure go by itself. Open the cooker and fluff the rice.

Now heat a tblspn of oil in a pan, add in the baby potatoes and saute them till golden.

Now add this to the rice and mix well.

Serve with raita.