Distribution Date
21st March, 2026
Venue
Thane
People Served
400
Total Cost
₹25708.00
Ingredients
- Basamati Rice - 25 Kg
- Aloo - 40 Kg
- Soya - 2.5 Kg
- Onion - 15 Kg
- Tomato - 10 Kg
- Green Peas - 6 Kg
- Birista - 4 Kg
- Fennel seeds - 500 gms
- Black pepper - 200 gms
- Jeera - 500 gms
- Dhaniya Powder - 600 gms
- Dalchini - 100 gms
- Bay leaves - 100
- Kaju - 2.5 Kg
- Manuka (black kishmis) - 1.5 Kg
- Ghee - 4 Kg
- Curd - 12 Kg (Biryani) + 18 Kg (Raita)
- Haldi - 200 gms
- Corriander - 2 Big (Biryani) + 1 Big (Raita)
- Pudina - 6 Big
- Mirchi - 1 Kg
- Ginger - 1 Kg
- Garlic - 1 Kg
- Biryani Masala - 1 Kg
- Aamchur powder - 250 gms
- Oil - 5 Lt
- Beetroot - 4 Kg
- Cucumber - 16 Kg
Preparation
- Soak rice in water for around 2 hours
- Fill water in a vessel and bring to boil. Then add tejpatta, dalchini, shah jeera, jeera, pepper and oil.
- Add rice and cook till 90%. Remove rice from water and keep aside.
- Grind chillies, ginger, garlic and corriander to paste
- In another vessel, mix curd, tomatoes, little birista, fennel seeds (soanp), jeera, corriander, pudina, haldi, chilli powder, biryani masala and salt. Keep aside for 10-15 mins
- Heat oil, saute kaju, manuka and keep aside
- In the same oil, add onions and saute till brown
- Add ginger garlic mirchi paste and saute
- Add above curd mixture and saute
- Add dhaniya powder and saute
- Add some ghee and saute
- Add potatoes and cook
- Add soya and cook
- Add green peas and cook
- In another vessel, add base layer of above gravy and then a layer of rice. On the rice, add butter, birista, kothmbir, pudina, kaju and manuka. Keep adding layers of gravy of rice till all gravy and rice are done
- Heat for 30 mins on medium flame. Then switch off flame and keep for 30 mins and then serve
- For raita, grate cucumber, beetroot and mix with curd. Add salt, sugar, green chillies, kothmbir and mix
Volunteers
Kitke
Rabbi
Bunty
Vinod
Ankur
Vinay
Anand
Ravindra
Arul