Fenugreek Leaves Rice | Menthi Aaku Biryani | Methi Biryani
Recipe prepared by Smt Jhansi Lakshmi
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Article written by Lakshmi Aparna
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Serves : 4
Bowl measuement: 250 ml
Ingredients
Bay leaf (Biryani aaku), Cinnamon (Dalchina chakka), Cloves (Lavangam), Cardamom (Yalukalu) : Few
Fenugreek leaves (Pedda menthi aakulu): 1 bowl
Sliced vegetables
Carrot: 1/2 bowl
French beans: 1/2 bowl
Peas: 1/2 bowl
Sliced Onions: 1 medium size
Sliced Green chilies: 5-6
Ginger & Garlic (Allam velulli) paste: 1 tbsp
Mint leaves, Coriander leaves: Few
Any Rice: 2 bowls
Garlic pod (velulli rebbalu): Few
Turmeric powder (Pasupu): 1/2 tbsp
Salt: As required
Oil or Clarified Butter (Ghee) : 4 tbsp
Water: 4 bowls
Milk cream : 2 tbsp (Optional)
Procedure
Step 1: Fry (saute) fenugreek leaves in a thick base pan by adding 1 tbsp clarified butter (ghee), for 1 minute in medium flame
Step 2: Add and mix 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tbsp salt to it and fry for 2 minutes in high flame
Step 3: Off the flame when it is cooked. Keep it aside
Step 4: Fry bay leaf, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon in 2-3 tbsp oil for a minute.
Fry sliced onions and green chilies for 2 minutes till the onions trun to golden color
Step 3: Add garlic pods to it (optional) and fry (saute) for half a minute
Step 4: Add mint leaves to it
Immediately add 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste and fry (saute) for a minute
Step 5: Add vegetable slices and fry (saute) for 2 minutes
Step 6: Add and mix required salt
Step 7: Add and mix fresh milk cream to it (optional), fry for a minute
Meanwhile, blend cooked fenugreek leaves (veyinchina menthikura) into paste
Step 8: Add fenugreek leaves paste to it
Mix thoroughly
Step 9: Add and mix cleaned rice to it. Let it fry (saute) for a minute
Step 10: Add required water, cook it in any pressure cooker or rice cooker
Note: I have taken 2 bowls water for 1 bowl rice. Cooked in a pressure cooker up to two whistles.
Hot and healthy Fenugreek Leaves Rice | Menthi Aaku Biryani is ready to serve :)
Tastes good with any raitha or aaloo kurma or aaloo tomato kurma.
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