Insta Pot Veg or Paneer Biryani

Insta Pot Veg  Biryani

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons of oil
1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
1 tsp  red chilli powder
3 green birds eye chilies (add the whole)
Few(4/5) curry leaves
A bunch of mint leaves (1/2 cup)
1/2 cup curd/yogurt
Salt, to taste
2 tsp biryani Masala powder
1/2 teaspoon of Turmeric powder
2 medium sized, diced red onion
4 medium sized, diced tomato
4 glasses of Basmati rice ( soak in water for 30 mins)
2 cups Mixed vegies ( gobi, aloo, beans , carrots and peas) or you can just use Panner and peas.

Instructions:

1.Turn ‘ON’ Sauté mode, adjust it to 'Normal', and add oil. Wait for the oil to heat up.

2. Add curry leaves, green chilies, red onions and sauté for a few minutes

3. After ginger garlic paste and sauté for a few minutes. 

4. Add mint leaves and tomatoes and mix well.

5. Move the base mix to a side, and quickly fry the Vegies or Paneer to give it burnt/fried texture.

6. Add turmeric powder, red chili powder, salt , biryani masala powder and half a bunch of cilantro

7. Add curd/yogurt and mix well and let it sauté for a minute.

8. Add  the  4 cups of rice  add 5.6 cups of water (1:1.4)

9.  Add coriander leaves and mint leaves on top

10. Turn on Manual mode, set it to 6 minutes, with whistle in SEALING mode.

11. Let it NPR for around 9 mins. Do a QR to release any remaining pressure.

12. Serve hot!