Mushroom Biryani recipe

Mushroom Biryani  using seeraga samba rice, recipe step by step pictures and video, learn how to make Chettinad style Mushroom biryani in pressure cooker. Biryani is always a super hit in many houses. I wanted to try out Biryani using seeraga samba rice, a unique variety of rice used in South India for making Biryanis. Apart from making biryani, this seeraga samba rice can be used for making paal payasam, ven pongal, sakkarai pongal and curd rice too. I have tried Tomato biryani and Kuska biryani using this rice. The aromatic rice gives a nice flavour to the biryani and gives an authentic chettiand taste.
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Mushroom biryani

• Recipe Cusine: Indian
• Prep Time: 10 Minutes
• Cook time: 25 Minutes
• Serves: 3-4
• Author: Jeyashri
• Recipe Category: Lunch | Dinner
• Description: Mushroom Biryani using seeraga samba rice, recipe step by step pictures and video, learn how to make Chettinad style Mushroom biryani in pressure cooker.

     Seeraga Samba rice  1 cup
     Button Mushroom 10
     Water  1.25 cup
     Oil  1 tblsp
    Ghee  2 tsp
    Onion  2
    Green chilli  2-3
    Red chilli powder  1/2 tsp
    Tomato  1
    Mint leaves  a handful
    Salt  as needed
    Bay leaf  2
    Biryani masala  1 tsp
    Coriander leaves  few
    To grind
  Small onion   4
  Garlic  5 cloves
  Fennel seeds | Sombu  1 tsp
  Kalpaasi | stone flower  small piece
  Ginger  a small piece

Method  :

• Wash and soak 1 cup of Seeraga samba rice in 1 and 1/4 cup of water for 20 minutes.
• Grind 4 small onions, 5 cloves of garlic, 1 tsp fennel seeds, kalpaasi and a small piece of ginger into a fine paste.
• Thinly slice the bay leaf, onions and slit the green chilli.
• In a pan add 1 tblsp oil and 2 tsp ghee, add the slit onions and green chilli.
• Saute till the onions turn pink.
• Add the ground paste to this. 
• Cook for 2 minutes.
• Add the chopped tomato.
• Cook for a minute.
• Add 1/2 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp biryani masala ( i used store bought aachi brand biyani masala)
• Add salt to this. 
• Mix well.
• Add finely chopped mint leaves.
• Add the sliced mushrooms. I added 10 mushrooms, if needed can add little more too.
• You can add 1/4 cup of green peas also at this stage.
• Saute for a minute.
• Add the soaked rice to this along with the water.
• Mix well and pressure cook for 2 whistles. 
• Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and mix well gently.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. 
• Serve hot with any raita of your choice. 
• Onion raita will be a perfect combo for this Mushroom biryani. 

Notes:

1. The highlight of this Mushroom biryani is the seeraga samba rice. 
2. If you don't get in your place, replace with basmati rice.
3. You can replace mushrooms with veggies or paneer, if you don't eat mushrooms.
4. This Chettiand style mushroom biryani goes with any kurma and raita too.

   

Video of how to make Mushroom Biryani

Method with step by step pictures :

• Wash and soak 1 cup of Seeraga samba rice in 1 and 1/4 cup of water for 20 minutes.

• Grind 4 small onions, 5 cloves of garlic, 1 tsp fennel seeds, kalpaasi and a small piece of ginger into a fine paste.

• Thinly slice the bay leaf, onions and slit the green chilli.

• In a pan add 1 tblsp oil and 2 tsp ghee, add the slit onions and green chilli.
• Saute till the onions turn pink.
• Add the ground paste to this. 
• Cook for 2 minutes.
• Add the chopped tomato.
• Cook for a minute.
• Add 1/2 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp biryani masala ( i used store bought aachi brand biyani masala)

• Add salt to this. 
• Mix well.
• Add finely chopped mint leaves.
• Add the sliced mushrooms. I added 10 mushrooms, if needed can add little more too.
• You can add 1/4 cup of green peas also at this stage.
• Saute for a minute.

• Add the soaked rice to this along with the water.

• Mix well and pressure cook for 2 whistles. 

• Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and mix well gently.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. 

• Serve hot with any raita of your choice. 
• Onion raita will be a perfect combo for this Mushroom biryani. 

Notes:

1. The highlight of this Mushroom biryani is the seeraga samba rice. 
2. If you don't get in your place, replace with basmati rice.
3. You can replace mushrooms with veggies or paneer, if you don't eat mushrooms.
4. This Chettiand style mushroom biryani goes with any kurma and raita too.