Vegetable biryani

My Vegetable biryani What's beneath the colored rice?? ofcourse the flavoured vegetables.

Ingredients:

vegetables I have used:

1 medium sized carrot diced
1 medium sized onion sliced
1 tomato chopped
1/2 cup chopped beans
1/4 cup peas
4 thinly chopped green chillies

U can use any vegetables u likebut make sure the vegetables go well with rice and add flavor to the dish.

3 cups Basmati rice soaked for 30 mins.

spices:
2 cloves
2 cinnamon(inch sized)
2 cardamom/elachi

12 cashews
pinch of saffron soaked in 2 tbspns hot milk to get the color and flavor.
2 tbspns yoghurt
coriander/mint leaves for garnish

Method:

1. Half cook the rice with 1tbsp oil and little salt(1 tsp) in it.
2. While the rice cooks :
3. Heat a thick bottomed vessel with lid and add 2 tbspns oil/butter/ghee, add the spices then the cashews.
4. Let the cashews be golden brown and add onions and fry them till soft.
5. Then add the remaining vegetables one by one depending on their softness.The soft ones go last. I hope u got me right.
6. Add enough salt and cook them on medium heat till soft. Then add the yoghurt. Cook for two mins and lower the heat to minimum.
7. The rice should be half cooked by now. Drain any excess water from the rice.
8. Place the rice in the vessel over the cooked vegetables or u can layer them as u like.
9. Then add the saffron soaked in milk to the top layer (should be rice). Close with the lid.
10. Let it cook over the lowest heat for 30 mins.
11. Serve it while hot.

Enjoy.