Pineapple Biryani

Ingredients for Pineapple Biryani:

1. Basmati rice – 2 cups

2. Pineapple – 1, cut into very fine pieces

    Sugar – A little

3. Small soya nuggets – ¼ cup

4. Onions – 2

    Ginger – 1 small piece

    Garlic – 4 or 5 cloves

    Mint leaves – 10-12

    Coriander leaves – ½ bundle

    Fennel seeds – 1 small spoon

5. Ghee/oil – 2 big spoons

6. Cloves – 2

    Cinnamon – 2 pieces

    Bay leaf (Vayana Ila) – 1

    Star anise – 1

    Onions – 2

    Chilli powder – 1 small spoon

7. Salt – For taste

8. Ghee/oil – 2 big spoons

9. Cardamom – 2

     Turmeric powder – ½ small spoon

10. Curd whipped – ½ cup

     Tomato – 2, chopped fine

11. Salt – As required

      Biryani masala powder – 2 small spoons

How to prepare Pineapple Biryani?

1. Soak rice for two hours.

2. Cook pineapple, adding sufficient water and a little sugar.

3. Soak soya nuggets in hot water for 15 minutes, squeeze water, and fry in oil.

4. Make a fine paste of ingredients no: 4.

5. Heat ghee and sauté ingredients no: 6 for 2 minutes.

6. Add rice and mix the ingredients well.

7. Add sufficient water and salt, and cook the rice.

8. Heat the left ghee in another pan and add ingredients no: 9 and cooked pineapple. Sauté the ingredients for 3-4 minutes.

9. Add gravy, tomatoes, and curd and sauté again.

10. Add salt, biryani masala and fried soya and mix the ingredients.

11. Sauté well for 5 more minutes and add cooked rice.

12. Mix it gently and cook for 10 more minutes with the lid closed, on a low flame.

13. Decorate using fried cashews, raisins, onions, and bread crumbs.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine March 1-14, 2014

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