My mom's recipe

Potol-er-Biriyani

Ingredients

Sela Rice                             500gms

Potol (pointed gourd)               250gms

Onion                                   3 big

Ginger garlic paste             3tsp

Lobongo(cloves)                  2

Dalchini (Cinnamon)            1”

Elaichi(Cardamom)              3

Tejpatta (bay leaf)               2

Tomato                                 2 big

Haldi(Tumeric powder)        1tsp

Lal mirch(Red Chilly) powder                1tsp

 Ghee                                    3tbsp

White oil                               2tbsp

Salt & Sugar                         acc. Taste

METHOD

1              Wash the rice and brush it with white oil and keep aside.

2              Peel the potol and brush it with haldi and salt.

3              Put oil in a wok and fry the potol.

4              Keep aside the potol and fry the onion paste with ginger garlic paste  haldi lalmirch powder a little bit of sugar and put salt as per your taste.

5               When oil comes out from the masala put a little bit of water and put the fried potol. Wait till potol are well cooked.

6               In a deghi put the ghee.

7              Put the tejpatta and gorom masala.

8              Put the rice and fried well.

9              Put double the amount of water ie 2cups of rice means 4cups of water.

10       When the rice is half done put salt and sugar according to your taste.

11       Put the potol and mix the rice and potol and cover the degchi.

Eat it enjoy the meal

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