This is a very popular Biryani option for Vegetarians because of the excellent taste of Jack fruit as a vegetable.
Recipe
Ingredients
Jack Fruit
- Jack Fruit – 250 grams
- Garam masala whole – Cloves/small and large cardamom/cinnamon/black pepper 1 or 2 each
- Asafoetida – 1/4 teaspoon
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
- Whole Red chili – 1 piece
- Onion – 1 piece (chopped)
- Tomato – 1 piece (chopped)
- Ginger – 1 teaspoon (Julienne)
- Garlic – 4 cloves
- Garam masala powder – 1 teaspoon
- Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon
- Red chili powder – 1 teaspoon
- Biryani masala – 5 teaspoon
- Oil – 2 teaspoon
Biryani
- Rice – 200 grams (partially boiled)
- Ghee – 5 teaspoon
- Cashew – 8 to 10 pieces
- Raisins – 8 to 10 pieces
- Salt – to Taste
- Rose water – 2 teaspoon
- Onion slices – 1 piece roasted in ghee for garnishing
Raita
- Curd – 100 grams
- Onion – 1 piece chopped
- Cucumber – 1 piece chopped
- Tomato – 1 piece chopped
- Garlic – 4 cloves ( chopped and grinded for better flavour)
- Salt – to taste
Procedure
Jack Fruit preparation
- Take oil in a kadhai and temper with asafoetida, cumin seeds and whole red chili.
- Over it put whole garam masala as mentioned in ingredients.
- To the mixture add chopped garlic, ginger, onion and Tomato.
- Cook for a little while.
- Put coriander powder, red chili powder, garam masala powder and biryani masala to the mixture.
- Keep cooking for 2-3 minutes.
- Now add cut and washed Jack Fruit to the mixture.
- Mix them all together nicely.
- Add about 1 cup water then cover and cook for at least 20 minutes.
- Keep checking the water content and add more if required.
- The end result should be little curry like not dry.
- But do not add too much of water.
- Adjust the salt content to your taste.
Biryani preparation
- Cook the rice with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a open vessel with appropriate amount of water so that it gets cooked partially not totally.
- Keep it aside.
- Now take a big kadhai and grease it with Ghee from all sides.
- Put a layer of rice over it followed by kathal preparation.
- Repeat the process and end with rice layer.
- Fry chopped onion rings in ghee in a separate kadhai till it turns deep brown in color.
- Over it add cashew and raisins.
- Add the whole mixture on the top layer of biryani.
Cover up the kadhai and seal with aluminum foil.
- Let it cook in dum for 10 minutes.
Raita preparation
- Whisk the curd after adding after adding 1 cup water.
- Add the chopped onion, garlic, Tomato and cucumber.
- Adjust salt to taste in the raita.
- Serve the Jackfruit or Kathal Biryani hot after toppling over the entire layers together equally.
It should be served with Raita and Onion salad.
Happy cooking!!