Mushroom Briyani

Biriyani is a very popular Indian dish, which is cooked on the basis of rice with various additives. Like pilaf, biriyani has many varieties. It can be made with meat, chicken, shrimp, mushrooms.

Ingredients

• softened butter - 25 g
• 80 g dried mushrooms
• a pinch of saffron
• 1 h. l. cardamom
• 1 sweet green pepper
• 250 g ready-made puff pastry
• 6 tbsp. l. natural yoghurt
• 2 tbsp. l. celery, mint and cilantro
• 1 star anise
• 1 cup basmati rice
• 1 tbsp. l. dill seed
• For vegetable pasta:
• 1 tbsp. l. peeled sunflower seeds (or caraway seeds)
• garlic - 2 cloves

Directions

1. Soak mushrooms in cold water for 1 hour. Soak saffron in 3 tbsp. l. water. Boil 2 cups water with anise, cardamom and dill seeds. Add rice and cook for 8 minutes. Remove from heat, cover and set aside. Grind all the herbs, garlic and pepper in a blender. Salt. Transfer to a saucepan, add yogurt and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for 6 minutes.
2. Throw the mushrooms in a colander and fry in butter over high heat for 1 min. Add vegetable paste and rice, salt and saffron infusion. Stir and place in a baking dish.
3. Preheat the oven to 200 ° C. Roll out the dough into a circle, grease with butter. Cover the dough with rice, sprinkle with seeds. Bake for 20 minutes.