Ingredients of Hyderabadi Vegetable Dum Biryani

1 - Two cups Basmati rice 
2 - 1 tbsp Garam masala pwd
3 - Two Onion
4 - 1 ½  cup Vegetables chopped ( carrot peas beans potato )
5 - Two Green Chilly
6 - few strands Saffron
7 - 2 tbsp Milk
8 - ¼ cup Ghee              
9 - 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
10 - a pinch Turmeric pwd
11 - 1 tbsp Red chilly pwd
12 - 1 cup Curd
13 - Six Cashew
14 - Eight Raisins
15 - ½  cup Mint and coriander leaves
16 - Salt to taste

How to Prepare :

First Wash and soak the basmati rice for five minutes.Drain the water. Add 3 1/2 cups of water, sprinkle salt and Garam Masala.Combine well and cook until done.Allow to warm, separate the rice grains and keep it aside.Chop onions, vegetables, slice green chillies lengthwise.Soak saffron in warm milk for ten minutes.Heat a heavy bottomed fry pan and add ghee.Add remaining Garam Masala powder and saute for a minute.Add onions and fry to light brown.Add green chillies, ginger garlic paste and saute further.Now add turmeric powder red chilly powder salt chopped vegetables and stir well in medium flame.Divide curd to two equal portions.Add one portion of curd, combine well.Now add half cup of water and allow the vegetables to cook covered.Simmer until the vegetables are done.Add half of the freshly chopped coriander , mint leaves and saute for 30 seconds.Dissolve saffron soaked in milk to second portion of curd.Sprinkle half of this over the cooked vegetables.Spread half of the cooked rice and sprinkle again the remaining mint , coriander leaves and saffron curd.Now top it with remaining rice.Spread fried onion, cashew, raisins evenly on top of rice.Seal it with a  moist white cloth on top tightly.Keep it in dum for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from flame and fluff the rice gentlyNow Enjoy Hyderabadi Vegitable Dum Biryani..