kuska recipe | kuska biryani recipe | how to make plain biryani recipe

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
• 1 bay leaf / tej patta
• 1 inch cinnamon / dalchini
• 3 pods cardamom / elachi
• 1 star anise
• 5 cloves / lavang
• ½ tsp fennel / saunf
• 1 tsp cumin / jeera
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• ¼ cup curd / yoghurt, whisk
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 green chilli, slit
• ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
• 1 tomato, finely chopped
• ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
• 1 tsp biryani masala
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp mint / pudina, finely chopped
• 2 tbsp coriander, finely chopped
• 1 cup basmati rice, soaked 20 minutes
• 2 cup water

Steps

1. Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pressure cooker and sauté the spices in it.
2. Sauté 1 onion, then add and sauté 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste and 1 green chilli.
3. Add 1 tomato and sauté until soft and mushy.
4. Keep the flame low as you add ¼ cup whisked curd. Sauté until well combined without curdling.
5. Add ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp biryani masala and 1 tsp salt, and sauté over a low flame until aromatic.
6. Mix in 2 tbsp mint and 2 tbsp coriander thoroughly.
7. Add 1 cup basmati rice and 2 cup water and mix well.
8. Cover and pressure-cook over a medium flame for 2 whistles or until the rice is completely cooked.
9. Serve the kuska rice or kuska biryani with mirchi ka salan or raita.