Recipe: Yummy Kusha rice or plain Biryani

Kusha rice or plain Biryani. Biryani rice recipe - South Indian muslim style kuska biryani recipe with step by step photos. A simple gravy goes best with this or can be had with raita. Meanwhile prepare the onions and tomatoes.

The advantage of ordering kuska is that you can have it with a raita and pickle and it yet makes you feel you are having a proper biryani so it is economical. Kuska Biryani recipe, Khuska Biryani restaurant style is plain spicy biryani with ghee,oil,spices or khuska biryani without vegetables, meat. Kuska biryani is more of flavored rice with lots of spices, mint leaves, coriander leaves along with onion, tomato and served mostly with kurma or any chicken. You can cook Kusha rice or plain Biryani using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Kusha rice or plain Biryani

1. Prepare 2 cups of basmati rice.
2. It's 2 of large onions.
3. It's 2 of tomatoes.
4. You need 1 teaspoon of turmeric and red Chile powder.
5. Prepare 1 teaspoon of garam masala powder.
6. It's 2 tbsp of ghee.
7. You need to taste of Salt.
8. You need 2 of Bay leaves.
9. You need 1/2 cup of curd.
10. You need 4 cups of water.
11. You need for of paste--.
12. It's 3-4 of small onions( mainly shallot is used if not available use reg.
13. Prepare 4-5 of Green Chillies (depending on how spicy you want).
14. Prepare 4-5 of garlic cloves.
15. It's 1 inch of ginger.
16. Prepare 1/4 cup of coriander and mint leaves.
17. It's 3 of green cardimaom, 1 jaifal, small dalchini, 3-4 cloves.
18. It's 2 tbsp of oil.
19. It's 1 of large tomato.

Rice cooked dry or plain boiled is termed as Khushka Rice. This is a staple in most Hyderabad Muslim households and served with an Sumaiya, You can make chicken biryani using the same method, but for mutton the meat needs to be pressure cooked first before proceeding with this recipe. This is different from the biryani rice or biryani chawal that is served in North Indian restaurants. You can also check this recipe of BIRYANI CHAWAL This biryani rice is made without vegetables so no chopping or grinding work and yet it tastes flavorful.

Kusha rice or plain Biryani instructions

1. Pre-soak the rice. Now for making the paste in a pan add oil then add the whole garam masala. Saute it add green chiles, then whole garlic cloves roughly chopped ginger. Saute it. Then add the onion, tomato, coriander and mint leaves. Saute it for 7-8 min..
2. Then let it cool and make a paste of it..
3. Now in a pressure cooker add ghee, then add bay leaf. Now add the sliced onion. Saute it till light brown. Then add the chopped tomatoes..
4. Saute it till it becomes mashy. Now add turmeric, redchile and garam masala powder. Add little salt to it. Mix them well. Now add the paste and again saute it for 5-7 min. Now add the beaten curd. Now let the masala cook till oil starts coming out of it..
5. Now add water to it. Add the rice. Add salt as required. Cover and let it cook. It may require 2-3 whistle depending on your rice. Serve it with raita, egg masala or korma..
6. Please note that if you are noting making it in pressure cooker then follow the method of making Biryani. If you don't have shallot use regular small sized onion.

One can find slightly different versions of these. I am a big fan of Tamilnadu hotel style kuska biryani. Before marriage we used to have this rice from a nearby restaurant at least twice in a month during weekends. My appa calls this as"pattai sadam". Madurai is popular for Kuska rice.