Everyday recipes

Biryani is colorful rice with vegetables

• 3 cups long white rice
• 8 teaspoons peparika powder
• salt
• 20-25 stems coriander
• 20-25 spinich leaves
• 1/2 cup water

• 8-10 peeled plum tomatoes
• 1 cup of mixed colored bell peppers finaly diced
• 2-3 baby corn sliced into fined discs
• 3 tabelspoons homade tomato puree
• 2 teaspoons oil
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped chilli
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander and cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder ginger to taste
• 2 cups died potatoes oil for frying
• 5-10 stems of finely chopped coriander

1. divide the rice cups into 3 equal porportions(1 cup per portion) and leave to boil in 3 pots
2. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt to eack pot
3. As the first pot is comming to boil add the peprika powder and leave to boil on medium heat
4. Wask and throughly chop the spinich leaves and corinder.
5. Add water as needed to blen into a thick puree. You can leave small bits of spinich in the puree to enchange the color of the final product
6. Add this puree to the secound pot of rice just before it comes to a boil
7. Leave the third pot as it is
8. Strain all 3 pots seperately once the rice has cooked and leave to cook throughly

1. Deep fry the potatoes until they are golden brown and leave to strain
2. On a mediun heat, add the oil in a pot and add the cumin seeds and chillies and stir for 30 secounds.
3. Once the cumin seeds have started to pop, prepare to add fried potatoes, Peppers, and baby corn and stir for 2 minutes. Turn down the heat if required
4. Add in the tomatoes and tomato puree
5. Once the sauce has come to boil add in salt, sugar, ginger, lemon juice, cinnamon powder, ground corrinder, and cumin seeds
6. Turn the heat down to a minimum and stir occasionally. The sauce will thicken slowely
7. Add the freshly chopped corrinder

1. Grease a plastic cylinder with a minimum diameter of 10cm and height of 10cm
2. Place 3tbsp of paprika rice in the cylinder and press it down. Make sure it does not take up more then 1/3 of the cylnder. Add more paprika if required and press down. NOTE: if the rice is too red or dark orange, rince it quickly and gently under the tap for 5 sec to give the rice more of n orange colour
3. Add in 3tbsp of wjite rice and press down ensure you hve 1/3 of the cylinder left for the green rice
4. Repeat all 3 steps with the green rice
5. Cover the cylinder and rest for 5 minutes. Serve the Biryani sauce in a bowl
6. ENJOY