Hyderabadi Vegetable Dhum Biryani

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of good quality basmati rice
• ¼ cup green peas
• 1 cup sliced onions
• 2 green chillies (chopp horizontal)
• ¼ cup green beans diced
• ¼ cup carrots diced
• ½ cup potatoes diced
• 1 cup cauliflower florets
• 1 cup chopped tomatoes
• 4 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 2 cloves
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 2 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2 whole cardamoms
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/4 cup Cashews
• 1 tbsp turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp red chilli powder
• ½ cup yogurt
• ½ cup freshly chopped mint leaves
• pinch of saffron
• Salt to taste
• Fried Bread Pieces(Optional)
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 3tbsp Desi ghee
• water

Preparation Process: 

• Wash the Rice and soak it for half an hour, then half cook the rice by adding 2 cups of water ( if possible cook the rice by adding more water and half cook then drain the water) 
• Heat Desi Ghee & Oil in a big thick bottom pan on medium flame, add the cloves,cinnamon,cardmoms,bayleafs,cumin seeds,  turmeric powder and then add cashews and fry. 
• Add ginger&garlic paste, mint leaves and fry then till the mint leaves are like fully dried... 
• Then add Chopped red chillies, diced potatoes,cauliflower florets,carrot, green beans, green peas and add chopped tomatoes.. 
• Add redchilli pwder and salt and mix well, cook for 3-4 min.
• Then add yogurt, saffron & 1/2 cup water to cook the also vegetables half. 
• Shift the half of masala in another bowl, then add the half  of the cooked rice in the pan and add the masala we is in another bowl and then add the remained cooked rice on top of it...( it is as simple as like layers of masala rice masala and rice..)  
• Don' mix it as yet. Now cover with a lid and let it steam for 15 minutes on low heat, then turn off the flame and let it be for another 20 miutes.. 
• Finally add the fried bread pieces and gently mix the masala and the rice from the bottom the flavours released are aromatic. 

         Serve HOT HOT!!! with Raitha...

Note: Add 1/2 tbsp of Biryani masala to get more Spice