Fenugreek Leaves Rice | Menthi Aaku Biryani | Methi Biryani

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.