Basmati Rice 4 glass washed and soaked in water for 30 mins. Keep all other ingredients ready. In a kadai add 2-3 tsp oil.

Add all the spices bay leaf, cloves, cardamon, cinnamon and star anise.

Add shallots and saute well, Adding more onions gives nice taste to the biriyani.

Add green chilly and add a tsp of ginger garlic paste saute till the raw smell goes off.

Add required salt and mix well.

Add chopped tomatoes and saute till tomatoes become mushy.

Add a tsp of red chilly powder, a tsp coriander powder and mix well till the masala is well combined.

Add 1/2 tsp garam masala powder.

Add handfull of fresh mint leaves and chopped coriander leaves.

Adding curd and mix well.

Add cut mushrooms and saute it till leaves some water.

Mix well till mushroom leaves water.

Add 6 glass of water for 4 glass rice 1:1 and 1/2 ratio of rice and water. Add a tsp of lemon juice.

Allow it to boil well. Add soaked rice now. Mix well and check for salt, the water should be little saltier.

After the rice is almost cooked and there was little water transfer to a vessel.

Keep inside a pressure cooker, cover with a lid and cook for 1 whistle.

Open and check after 1 whistle and pressure subsides completely.

It has nicely cooked and the grains are seperate. Mushroom biriayni is ready to serve. Serve with raita.