Super Easy Rice Cooker Biryani

By Kathy_Hester

The easiest dinner ever. Just add everything in the rice cooker and go take a walk or sit in the garden while it cooks.

Ingredients

• It's important to use the measuring cup that came with your rice and the water lines in your rice cooker!
• 2 cups brown basmati rice (use rice cooker measure)
• water to fill line 2 in your slow cooker plus 1 cup in a regular measuring cup
• 1/2 cup lentils
• 1/4 cup cashews, chopped
• 2 teaspoons minced ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 cinnamon sticks (or 1/2 teaspoon ground)
• 3 black cardamom pods (or 1/2 teaspoon ground)
• 4 whole cloves (or 1/4 teaspoon ground)
• 8 whole black peppercorns (or 1/4 teaspoon ground)
• salt, to taste

Preparation

Step 1

Put all the ingredients into your rice cooker and cook on the brown rice setting if you have one. When it beeps taste, add salt, mix in and taste again. Add more if needed.