Ellu Unde / Sesame Balls

Ingredients:
2 cups White Sesame seeds / Bili Ellu
2 cups Jaggary / Bella
1/4 cup Water
Recipe:
Add sesame seeds in a pan and fry it for around 4-5 mins in medium flame till it starts spluttering.

Put 1/4 cup of water and jaggary in a thick bottomed vessel and bring it to boil. Keep stirring in low flame until the syrup is thick and sticky.

Add fried sesame seeds to the same vessel, mix it properly and transfer it to one plate.
Apply some ghee to your palms and make small balls from the mixture.

Hyderabad Veg Biriyani

Ingredients:

11/2 cup White Rice(Basmathi or Sona Masuri)

4-5 flakes of Cauliflower / Gobi

1/2 Carrot

1 small Potato

1 medium sized Onion

20-25 Green peas

4-5 medium sized Cinnamons / Chekke / Dalchini

4-5 Cloves / Lavanga

2-3 Cardamoms / Elakki / Elachi

3-4 Bay leaves / Patre / Dalchini ele

3-4 Mint leaves / Pudina soppu

5-6 Black Peppers / Karimenasu

1/2 Nutmeg / Jayikayi

1 Nutmeg flower / Jayikayi Patre

1-2 Anise seeds(Star shaped flower)

2-3 Green Chillies

4-5 tsp Ghee/Oil

3 cups Water

Salt to taste

Recipe:

Chop carrot, potato into long thin(1 inch sized) pieces. Chop cauliflower into medium sized pieces. Cut the green chillies into 2 pieces. Chop onion into medium sized thin pieces. Wash rice in water for about 2-3 times, drain the water and keep it aside.

Add 4-5 tsp ghee/oil, cinnamons, cloves, cardamoms, bay leaves, mint leaves, black peppers, nut meg, anise seeds in a pressure cooker and fry them for about 1-2 mins. Add chopped onion, green chilly and fry them for about 2-3 mins. Add washed white rice and fry them for about 1-2 mins in medium flame. Add all chopped vegetables, green peas and fry them for about 1 min. Add 3 cups of water, salt, mix them well and cook.(3 whistle in pressure cooker.)

It goes well with any kind of Raithas/Mosaru gojju. Above mentioned ingredients will serve 4-5 plates of Hyderabad Veg Biriyani.