Basmati rice                   : 1 cup

Button mushroom          : 8nos

Onion                            : 1

Tomato                          : 1

Coconut milk                : 1/2cup

Salt to taste

Ginger garlic paste        : 1tsp
Cloves                           : 2
Cinnamon                     :1"pc
Bay leaf                         : 1

Yoghurt                        : 1tsp
 Turmeric pdr                : 1/4tsp

Chilli pdr                      : 1/4 tsp

Biryani masala             : 1/2 tsp

Green chillies               : 2

Oil/ghee                        :3tbsp 

Fried onion for garnishing

Slice onion thinly, grind ginger garlic to a paste. Grind tomato to a puree.

Cut mushroom into four pieces. Marinate with yoghurt, salt, chilli pdr,a pinch of ginger garlic paste and keep aside for 20-30 mins.

Mix coconut milk and tomato puree and add water, totally it should come about one and three fourth cup. Heat 1 tsp of ghee or oil in a pan and fry cinnamon,cloves, bay leaf  and star anise. Cook rice in this water adding the fried garam masala and salt, the grains should be seperate. 

Heat oil  in a pan and saute sliced onion till transparent, add ginger garlic paste to this and saute 

again. Add the marinated mushrooms to this and  saute till it shrinks. Add salt and biryani masala to this, mix well.

Its not necessary to add water, when it cooked add the cooked rice to this and mix well. 

 Garnish with fried onion and serve hot!