U have to do something in advance to cook this
1.Soak the basmathi rice for 30 mins
2.Deep fry onions and keep them aside
3.Marination (Take a bowl and mix Paneer and Capsicum pieces with Curd, Salt, Mirchi powder, Ginger garlic paste,Black pepper, Masala (tandoori or biryani)... Mix them nice and refrigerate them for 30 mins.. Cover the the bowl with some plastic cover so that ice won't be formed on the top)
4.Fry the marinated paneer and capsicum in oil with some cashews and add a pinch of lemon
Now the biryani process
- Boil water with cinnamon... Bayleaf and elachi, little oil for 5 mins and add basmathi rice to it and cook the rice till 75 percent of rice is cooked... And drain the water and keep it aside
- Take a biryani bowl... Add some oil and fry the biryani spices (u can also use readymade masala) and add veggies of ur choice like cauliflower, potato, carrot and fry them add some curd, ginger garlic, green chilli paste, salt, mirchi powder, cashew paste and add a full glass of water
- When the veggies are cooked... Take some of the gravy aside.. (Remember the consistency should be little watery bcz we gonna cook again with rice)
- Now the layers thing... On the top of the gravy add some basmathi rice and over that garnish with mint... Coriander... Fried onions and above that the panner tikka pieces and the next layer basmathi rice.. Again the gravy granish.. As many layers u can depends on the quantity u cook
- Adjust the flame to low and now the dum process... U can cover the lid with roti dough or can place a heavy weight over it so that steam don't escape it.. Leave it aside for 20 mins
- Serve it with onions and lemon
- If u are a ghee lover during the layerings u can some ghee and also little saffron milk if available
Forgive me if there are some typos