Veggie Ulavachaaru Biryani
 
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You can make this dish with many other vegetables available in your area
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Recipe type: Soup
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 5
Ingredients
  • 1 cup - horse gram lentils
  • 1½ inch ball sized tamarind
  • 1½ tbsp ghee or your favorite healthy oil
  • 1½ tbsp healthy oil as coconut oil
  • 5-10 green chilies depending on your spice level
  • ¼ tsp - cumin
  • 3-star anise
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 bay leaves
  • Salt
  • ½ tsp - chili powder
  • ½ tsp fresh ground coriander powder
  • ¼ cup Cilantro
  • 3 cups basmati rice
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 medium onion
  • ½ cup carrot
  • ½ cup cauliflower
  • ½ cup kale - optional
Instructions
  1. A night before, wash and soak horse gram lentils.
  2. Next day add 6 cups of water and cook horse gram in a pressure cooker for 4-5 whistles. If cooking in a pot, cook till soft. Make sure you keep in medium heat and boil slowly. Add water if needed. When water is simmered in lentils, it thickens. Make sure you get 3 cups of thick soup. Extract soup without lentils. Take ¼th cup of lentils. Grind to paste.
  3. In a pan, add oil or ghee. Heat to medium. Add cumin. Cook until golden brown.
  4. Add chilies, onions, carrots, cauliflower, kale or any of your choice of vegetables. Now add horse gram soup along with ground paste. Add salt, chili powder, coriander powder.
  5. Close lid and cook for 5 minutes. Turn off heat.
  6. In another pot, add ghee or oil. Heat to medium. Add star anise, cinnamon and bay leaf. Cook for 30 seconds.
  7. Add 3 cups of water and 3 cups of washed rice. Add salt. Close lid and cook till all water is evaporated. Now add vegetables along with horse gram soup. Close lid and cook on low heat till all water is evaporated and rice, vegetables are well cooked. Add water if needed.
  8. Garnish with cilantro.
  9. Serve hot with gravy.
Recipe by Ujwala's Delicacies at https://www.ujwalasdelicacies.com/vegetable-ulava-chaaru-biryani/