Chettinad Baby Potato Biryani Recipe-Sunday Lunch Recipes-4

• Basmati rice – 1 cup ( I used India Gate)
• Water – 1.5 cups(I used 1.75 cups )
• Salt – as needed

To grind & Marinate

• Boiled & Peeled Baby potatoes/small potato – 15 nos
• Cooking oil – 1 tsp
• Big onion – 1no
• Green chillies – 3 nos
• Mint leaves – 1/4 cup
• Curd/Yogurt – 1tbsp
• Cashewnuts – 5 nos
• Soambu/Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Ginger – 1 inch piece
• Garlic cloves – 5 nos
• Cloves/Krambu – 2 nos
• Cardamom – 2 nos
• Kalpasi/Black stone flower/Kallu hoova – 4 nos( small)

To saute in oil

• Cooking oil – 2tbsp
• Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Biryani leaf – 1 no
• Cinnamon/Pattai – 1 no
• Big onion – 1 no
• Tomato – 1 no ( optional,i dint use)
• Red chilli powder – 1/4 tsp
• Coriander powder/Dhania powder – 1/4 tsp
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

• Wash the rice well & drain the water.Add 1.75 cups of water to it & soak the rice for 1 hour.
• In the mean time,wash & pressure cook the baby potatoes in high flame for 3 whistles.Peel the skin and set aside.

• Heat a kadai with 1 tsp of oil and saute the big onion slices.Remove & take this in a mixie jar.Add green chillies and other ingredients given under “ To grind & marinate” & grind everything to a smooth paste adding enough water.

• Take the peeled potatoes & add the ground paste to it.Prick the potatoes with a fork & mix well.Let it marinate for 20 minutes.

• Heat oil + ghee in a pressure cooker base and saute the biryani leaf & cinnamon.Then add the onion slices.Saute well till it turns transparent.Then add the finely chopped tomatoes if using.Saute well till mushy.Now add the marinated potatoes along with masala.Add chilli powder,dhania pwd & turmeric pwd.Saute well till raw smell goes off.

• Now add the soaked rice along with water & required salt.Mix well & cover cook in low flame for one whistle.It takes 10-12 minutes.Remove the lid after the steam is released.Fluff it with a fork.

Enjoy !

• If u don’t have small potatoes in hand,use big potatoes but cook it & chop them into bite sized pieces before marination.
• You can also add the combination of coriander & mint leaves in equal ratio while grinding.
• Skip adding kal pasi if u don’t have in hand.But please use it if u have because it gives a great smell to the biryani.
• You can also sprinkle some lemon juice at the end before closing the cooker.Its optional.