Wednesday 27 April 2016

Wheat rava peas biriyani

Today we have to post a recipe starting with W and I am depending on english words. I had two choices for W - either start the recipe name with Whole or start with Wheat. I chose the later. As I have said in my earlier posts, wheat rava is largely used in kerala these days. It is promoted as a healthy food mainly to reduce diabetes. I wanted to try something different. So I tried a biriyani.


I have only replaced rice with wheat rava. I tried my best to make it malabar style. The wheat rava biriyani was excellent!! I am in love with it. I added only peas as the main vegetable - only peas was available at home at that time. But we can add all types of vegetables that are generally added for vegetable biriyani/pulav.  Do try this biriyani. I served this with salad and juice. It was so refreshing in this summer.



Ingredients:

Wheat rava - 2 cups
Peas - 1/2 cup
Shallots - 100 grams (peeled)
Tomato - 2 (finely chopped)
Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
Water - 4 cups
Ghee / nei - 3 tbsp
Curd - 1 tbsp
Green chillies - 4 
Salt - to taste



Dry masala:

Cinnamon / patta - 2 1" piece
Cardamom / elakka- 4
Cloves / lavangam- 8
Bay leaf / karuvapatta ila- 1
Saunf / Perunjeeragam - 1 tsp
Maze / jathi pathri - few strands
Peppercorns / kurumilagu - 1 tsp

To garnish:

Ghee / nei - 1 tbsp
Cashew nuts / andiparuppu - 1 tbsp
Raisins / munthiri - 1 tbsp
Coriander leaves - few
Mint leaves - few


Method:

  • Grind the shallots, green chillies, ginger-garlic into a smooth paste.
  • In a kadai, add 1 tbsp of ghee. Fry the cashews and raisins until they turn brown. Drain and keep it aside.
  • Add another 3 tbsp ghee. Add all the dry masalas and fry for a minute. 
  • Now add the onion-garlic paste. Fry until the raw smell goes away and the paste turns light brown.
  • Now add finely chopped tomatoes and peas. Keep frying them until the tomatoes turn mushy and you can see oil oozing out of them. 
  • Add the coriander powder, salt and curd. Mix well and cook for another 2 minutes.
  • Now add 4 cups of water. Let the water boil. Check for salt.
  • Once the water is boiled add the wheat rava and mix well. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
  • After 5 minutes, check if all the water is consumed. Mix well.
  • Garnish the biriyani with fried cashews/raisins, mint/coriander leaves


Wheat rava Peas Biriyani is Ready!!! Enjoy this healthy biriyani!!



Notes:


  • We can use tomato puree instead of finely chopped tomatoes.
  • We can also garnish the biriyani with fried onions.
  • Add more vegetables to make the biriyani more interesting.
  • Curd can be avoided if you feel the biriyani will turn tangy.








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12 comments:

  1. That's a nice way of presenting, the dish looks wonderful!

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  2. Excellent way to sneak this healthy wheat rava, lovely plating there and briyani makes me hungry.

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  3. Like your presentation where you can see every grain of the wheat rava..looks very flavorful.

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  4. Using Wheat rava in place of rice, makes it an healthier alternative to the regular biryani. Love the cute katori shaped servings.

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  5. Love the way you presented it, square cubes of biryani. Wheat rava biryani looks delicious

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  6. Love the way you displayed as small chunks. Great alternative to regular biriyani. Even I had to go with english word today.

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  7. This is definitely a healthy version of the biryani. Your presentation is beautiful..

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  8. Loved the presentation of the biryani in cute square shapes. A healthier alternative to the rice biryani.

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  9. I make this biryani too, love the taste of it. Love your presentation..

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  10. Lovely presentation of the rawa biryani. I love wheat rawa and make upma with it quite often, this biryani sounds delicious -- will have to give it a try some time.

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  11. Wheat rava biryani looks awesome.I love the cute presentation.

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  12. I make this pretty often. I loved the way you styled it!

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