Quick Plain Biryani Rice Recipe

 

Today I am going to post quick plain biryani rice recipe.  One can make this in electric rice cooker or pressure cooker.  This recipe serves 3-4 people. This rice goes well with non-veg curries, sambar and fried curries.

Ingredients:

Rice 2 cups (Basmathi, wash, soak rice in 3 ½ cups water for 10- 15 minutes)

Oil – (1 tsp)

Onions (1 small, cut into long thin pieces)

Black cumin seeds/kala jeera (1 tsp)   (Cumin seeds are alternative for black cumin seeds)

Bay leaves (2 no)

Cinnamon stick/dalchina (1no, 1 inch)

Cloves/lavanga   (3-4)

Cardamoms/ealichi   ( whole 2 no)

Cooking Method:

Heat   the inner pan of the electric rice cooker on stove with low flame, add 1 tsp oil, then add onion, sauté it till they become transparent.

Now add black cumin sedds/kala jeera, bay leaves, cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamoms and stir fry it for 2 minutes.

Then add rice along with water and mix well.  Now transfer this inner pan into the electric rice cooker, turn on switch.  Once the rice is done, hot biryani is ready to serve.