1. Veg Briyani

INGREDIENTS:
•Basmati rice
•Cinnamon
•Cloves
•Bay leaf
•Cardamom
•Sliced Onions
•Sliced(bigger ones) Vegetables (cauliflower, potatoes, carrot beans etc)
•Sliced green chilies
•Biriyani masala or coriander powder, chili powder and Garam masala.
•Saffron water
•Thick curd

Optional: Roasted bread crumbs/Rusk, Cottage cheese

METHOD:
•Heat oil in a pan. Add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and bay leaf. Once it splutters, add cumin seeds.
•Then add sliced onions and sauté until golden brown. Then add ginger garlic paste and sauté until the raw flavor goes.
•Then add the sliced vegetables and salt and sauté well. Vegetables should be cooked 70%. Sauté your vegetables till they get a layer of brown color on them.
•Then add sliced green chilies, mint leaves and coriander.
•Then you can either add biriyani masala or coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, chili powder and Garam masala.
•Then add thick curd to it and stir it well. Then add the cottage cheese cubes. Stir well so that the spices blend well with the vegetables and cook them 70%.

RICE:
•Soak the basmati rice in water for at least 30 minutes.
•Then boil water in a pan. Add oil and salt to it. You can also add cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom etc for enhancing flavor.
•Cook the rice 70%.

FINAL MIXING:
•Fry chopped onions in oil or butter until golden brown and keep it aside.
•Take half the portion of vegetables in a pan. Now add some more thick curd, cashews almonds etc and heat it. Check for taste now. Then add the fried onions.
•On top of it add half of the cooked rice.
•Then again on top add the remaining vegetables and again some fried onions.
•Again add the remaining rice on top of it. Sprinkle cilantro and mint leaves and roasted breads. Sprinkle saffron mix on top of it.
•Cover it and cook it on a very low flame for another 10-15 minutes.
•Serve it hot with raita.