Tehari - One pot meal

Tehari ( kind of biryani) has helped a lot of bachelors survive in kitchen. It's easy and yummy at the same time. The recipe I am sharing here is my hubby's secret( :P). And I have to say it, I have never had better Tehari. (It goes without saying that I will never prepare tehari myself. )

The recipe I am sharing here is veg, but of course, you can alter it to suit your preference.

Ingredients: (Serves 2)

• Cabbage: 2/3 cup (Shredded)
• Cauliflower: 2 big floret bunch (around 1/2 cup)
• Potato: 1, cut into bite size cubes
• Corn Kernel: 2 Table Spoon
• Peas: 1/4 cup
• Paneer: 8 bite size cubes
• Tomato: 1 medium
• Green Chilly: 2
• Onion: 1 small
• Ghee: 3 Table spoon
• Rice: 1 cup, soaked for 20 mins(preferably Basmati)
• Salt to taste
• Dry red Chilly :1
• Pepper corn : 4
• Cinnamon : 1/2 inch stick
• Bay Leaves: 3
• Clove: 3
• Turmeric Powder: 1/3 spoon
• Chilly Powder: 1/3 spoon
• Kitchen King Masala: 1/3 spoon
• Garam Masala : 1/3 spoon

Method:

• In pressure cooker heat 1 table spoon ghee. When hot, shallow fry paneer cubes till golden brown. While putting panner cubes in ghee be careful as it may splutter.
• Drain ghee from paneer cubes and keep aside.
• If required add some more ghee in the cooker and shallow fry cauliflower florets and potato cubes till golden brown. When done, drain them and keep aside.
• Now add rest of the ghee in cooker. Let it heat up. To test heat, put a cumin seed. It should splutter immediately. 
• Add broken dry red chilly, pepper corn, cinnamon, bay leaves, clove. Let them cook for a few seconds. The spices should release aroma.
• Add onion and green chilies. Cook till onion gets golden brown.
• Add cabbage, peas and corn. After a minute, cabbage will turn soft and lose water. 
• Now add the fried potato, paneer, tomato puree and cauliflower. Stir them. 
• Add turmeric powder, chilly powder, kitchen king powder,garam masala and salt. 
• Let it cook till oil separates from masala.
• Add rice and stir gently. Add 1 cup of water. The level of water should be about 1/2 cm above rice and vegetable mix. The water measure is very crucial as adding too much water will make rice grains sticky.
• Lower the flame and cook for 2 whistles.  

Tips:

• You can add roasted cashew nuts before serving.
• You can add chicken or soya nuggets with vegetables.

Serve it hot with raita, papad or you can enjoy just tehari as well.

I am sending this recipe to 30 Minute Meals at Cooks Joy.

Hope you will try it.

Till my next post,

Bye and keep budding.