Mushroom Briyani

Ingredients: 

Basmati Rice - 3 cups
Button Mushroom - 1 pack (200 g)
Onions - 2 (sliced)
Coconut Milk - 1 1/2 cups
Bay Leaf - 1
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon Stick - 1 small piece
Green Elaichi - 2
Star Anise -1
Water, Salt - As Reqd
Ghee, Oil - As Reqd

To Marinate:
Curd - 2 tbsp
Tomato - 2 (finely chopped)
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 1/2 tbsp
Red Chilly powder - 2 tsp
Kashmiri chilly powder - 1 tbsp
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
Fennel powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Mint and Coriander Leaves - Little

Method:

• Boil water in a pan and turn off fire.
• Add the mushrooms and wash nicely.
• Tranfer this to another bowl and add all items under marinate.
• Add little salt and mix up well and set aside.
• Soak basmati rice for 10 mins.
• In a pan add ghee and strain rice and add to this and saute for a while.
• Transfer this to your electric cooker(I used this) bowl.
• Heat oil in pand and fry onions(brown color) and set aside.
• Now again add ghee and oil to the pan.
• Add bay leaf and garam spices.
• Add the marinated stuff and coconut milk.
• Add required salt for rice and cook for few minutes.
• Add this to rice and 1 1/2 cups of water.
• Mix it well and cook. Garnish with fried onions and coriander leaves
• Serve with raita.