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Tuesday 15 July 2014

Biryani Gravy Recipe Biryani Recipe In Urdu In Hindi Veg In Urdu By Chef Zakir Vegatable Images Sinhala Kerala Photos Images

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This is a basic sherva recipe (shorba), one of the best veg side gravy for biryani that is served is restaurants. This can be served with a hyderabadi chicken dum biryani or a hyderabadi vegetable dum biryani or a simple pressure cooker vegetable biryani.

There is a non-vegetarian version of this shorba too which I will share sometime later. I got this recipe from a Muslim chef in India who had come home to cook for my elder son’s first birth day. He gave me both non-veg and veg versions. There is no substitute for any ingredients and to get it right we need all the ingredients in the mentioned quantities. This gravy tastes light and is spicy and flavorful and tastes entirely different from the Potato Kurma (Aloo Kurma) Recipe and simla mirch ka salan which i posted earlier. It stays good if refrigerated for 48 hours.

The main ingredient that brings in taste to this sherva is a vegetable stock. If you are not in the habit of making your stock at home, I insist you make it, instead of using store bought vegetable stock cubes. I have personally never used the packed stocks and do not know if that tastes good for this shorba. But making your stock is super easy and you could make it one day earlier and refrigerate it for further use. If you have only boiled potatoes water that works fine too that is how I end up making most of the times.

The vegetables that could be used to prepare the stock are peas, potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, onions, celery and I have no idea about using rest of the veggies.

Note: Do not use sour yogurt, if you do not have fresh ones, just skip it. But fresh thick yogurt adds a different taste and flavor

sherva recipe (shorba recipe) | veg side gravy for biryani
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 25 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
2 tbsp. Oil
1 large onion thin sliced
2 medium sized tomatoes
2 green chilies slit (you can use the mirchi bajji variety and it adds a special flavor)
¾ tsp. ginger garlic paste
Salt as needed
1/8 tsp. turmeric
3 tbsp. tightly packed Fresh coconut (can increase or decrease by one spoon to suit your taste, too much will make it a coconut gravy, so take care)
Fistful of pudina chopped finely
1 tsp. red chili powder
1 tsp. biryani masala powder (I use my homemade biryani masala powder)
1½ tbsp. Fresh thick yogurt (do not use sour yogurt)
Dry Spices
1 small bay leaf
1 small piece of mace
3 green cardamoms
2 petals of star anise
3 cloves
1 small cinnamon stick
½ tsp. shahi jeera

Method
1. Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a pan, add onions and chilies , fry till onions turn slightly golden

2. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté till you get an aroma
3. Add tomatoes and salt, fry till they turn completely mushy

4. Add grated coconut. Fry for 3 to 5 mins without burning the mix. Set this aside to cool. Grind this to a smooth puree with 1 ½ to 2 cups of vegetable stock. You could use ice cold stock to grind the hot mix if you want to cut down the cooling time. Pour the ice cold stock in the jar first and then add the hot mix.

5. Heat the same pan with some more oil, add the dry spices and fry till you get a nice smell for a min.Do not burn the spices

6. Add pudina, sauté for a min

7. Pour the ground mix; add red chili powder, masala powder, turmeric. Mix well. Adjust the quantity of water to bring it to the consistency you desire

8. When the mix begins to boil, add yogurt and simmer for atleast 8 to 10 mins. If your gravy becomes too watery, you can increase the heat to high and evaporate the water, so it comes to the desired consistency.

If you wish to refrigerate it, for best taste, refrigerate it immediately after it cools down and before 2 hours of cooking

Biryani Gravy Recipe Biryani Recipe In Urdu In Hindi Veg In Urdu By Chef Zakir Vegatable Images Sinhala Kerala Photos Images