Vegetable Biryani with Salan

I never had biryani with any gravy, we used to have it with spicy dal or raita. But after coming to the US , came to know that in South India, biryani is served with gravy called Salan. Correct me if I am wrong. so I had my biryanis with dal and raita so this time I thought to make salan, since I love the taste of salan and I was trying that gravy to make different dishes. This time I didn't layered my biryani just roughly mix it with cooked rice so I can get all the cooked vegetable flavors in it. Take your family's choice of vegetables.

Ingredients :

4 cups cooked Basmati  rice (3/4 cooked)
1 onion
2 tomatoes
5 big pieces of cauliflowers florets
1 big potato (in cubes)
half each red and green capsicum
1/4 cup pigeon peas
1 cup soaked and drained soya chunks
each of whole garam masala ( bay leaf, star anise, big and small eliachi, few black peppercorns, few cloves)
salt to taste
2 tbsp. each grated ginger, garlic
2 chopped green chilies
few strings of mint leaves
3 tsp. Ghee / Vegan Butter
1 tbsp. turmeric powder

1 tbsp. Biryani Masala
1 tbsp. red chili powder

Method:
cook rice in lot of water, add one green cardamom to flavor it and salt till its 75% cooked
Drain it and keep it aside.

In a big pot, add ghee / Vegan butter  and when it hot, add whole spices, when you get nice aroma, add chopped onion.

Cook till it changes it color and then add ginger and garlic and chilies along with powder masala.

Add vegetables and soya.

Add cup of water and mix it and add salt to it. cover it and let it cooked till all vegetables cooked.

Add cooked rice in it and mix it gently so rice grains stay whole.

Add few strings of mint in it. Cover and cook till its rice is cooked fully. 

Salan :
2 tbsp. sesame seeds
2 tbsp. grated coconut
2 tbsp. raw peanuts
1 tsp. chopped ginger
1/4 cup chopped onions
1 tbsp.. turmeric powder
1 tsp. coriander and cumin  powder
1 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. tamarind pulp

Combine the sesame seeds, coconut, peanuts, ginger, garlic and onions in a pan and dry roast them over a slow flame till the flavors are released and the ingredients are lightly browned.

Add the turmeric powder, coriander  & cumin powder, chili powder and tamarind paste and grind it to a smooth paste using ½ cup water. Keep aside.

To Serve :

Take a bowl , add biryani in it and pour as per your choice salan on top of it.

Serve hot and enjoy.

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