Place the rice into a bowl and fill the bowl with water. Swirl the rice around a few times with your hand. Pour the rice into a fine-mesh sieve to drain the water, and rinse the rice under running water for about 30 seconds. Rinsing the rice prevents it from sticking together. Pour the oil into the pressure cooker pot and heat it over medium heat. When the surface of the oil is simmering, add the bay leaf, cardamom, star anise, cinnamon stick, cloves, and shahi jeera. Let the spices cook for two minutes. Shahi jeera is a sweeter variety of cumin. Substitute regular cumin if you cannot find shahi jeera. Add the onion to the pot and stir to coat it in the spices. Cook the onion for about three to five minutes, until it starts to brown. Add the garlic and ginger, and cook for another two minutes. Then, add the potato, carrot, peas, and chili.  Cook all the vegetables for an additional two minutes, stirring constantly to prevent burning. You can also add the florets from a small head of cauliflower to the dish. Stir in the fresh mint and the biryani masala. Cook for another two minutes with the vegetables to give the new spices time to absorb into the dish. Stir in the water, lemon juice, and salt. Bring the pot to a boil over medium heat. When the water is boiling, add the rice. Put the lid on the pressure cooker and turn it to lock the lid in place. Place the weight over the steam vent. Increase the heat to high and wait for the pressure cooker to whistle. When the cooker whistles, turn the heat back to medium and let the rice cook for another three minutes.  After three minutes, remove the pressure cooker from the heat. Set the pot aside for 10 to 15 minutes so the pressure can stabilize. When the pressure cooker is safe to open, open the lid away from you so the steam escapes away from your body. Stir the rice with a fork. Serve the biryani with fresh pepper and coriander leaves. You can also garnish the dish with a sprinkle of chopped cashews and raisins.
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One-sentence summary -- Soak the rice. Toast the spices. Add the vegetables. Add the remaining ingredients. Cook the biryani. Fluff the rice and garnish with coriander leaves.


You are probably hyper aware of your canker sore. Every time you open your mouth, your teeth brush past your open wound, irritating it further and sending waves of pain throughout your body. Do your best to avoid further irritating your canker sore. Chew your food on the other side of your mouth, far away from your sore. Do your best to keep your tongue away from it. Don’t pick at it. Don’t squeeze it. Just leave it alone and let your body heal. If you have braces, you probably get canker sores on occasion. The pointing metal of your orthodontia can rip through the lining of your cheek in one fell swoop. You'll want to talk to your orthodontist about this issue, but there is a home remedy you can try. Melt 1 tbsp of beeswax and mix it with 2 tsp of coconut oil. After it has cooled, take a small clump of it and press it against troublesome parts of your braces. Don't put too much, but just enough to stop that jagged edge from hurting you further. Many dentists encourage their patients to avoid toothpastes and mouth washes with this harsh organic compound. It is often used in cleaning products. Tom’s of Maine and Burt’s Bees don't use sodium lauryl sulfate in their products. Orange juice, for example, contains a lot of vitamin C, which is normally good for your health, but it also has a lot of citric acid, which will further irritate your canker sore causing it to heal more slowly. Avoid tomatoes and tomato juice. Pass on peppers too. This might seem silly, but many canker sores are the result of foods with sharp edges like chips, bread crusts, biscotti, pretzels, popcorn, and anything else that could cause further damage to the inside lining of your mouth. Chewing tobacco, in particular, often causes canker sores. The harsh chemicals in the tobacco irritate the skin, so it only makes sense to give up tobacco when you are suffering from a nasty canker sore. Cigarettes have the same effect too.
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One-sentence summary -- Leave it alone. Deal with your braces. Avoid oral care products with sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). Stay away from foods with a lot of harsh acids. Skip “pointy” foods. Give up your tobacco products.


Point your security camera so the lens is facing out of the small opening in the front of the birdhouse or feeder. Point the feeder or house in the direction you want to monitor. Thick leaves and shrubbery can hide the appearance of a security camera. Place your camera inside of a bush or tree and check the camera’s video feed to make sure that the lens isn’t obscured. You can purchase a hollowed out garden gnome or rock online. Use a drill bit that’s as big as the lens on your camera and drill a hole in the fake rock or garden gnome. You can then place your camera inside of the fake rock or gnome and point the lens of the camera out of the hole.  You can also place the camera on the inside of a clay pot. Attach the camera to the inside of the object with electrical tape to hold it in place. Some security cameras are designed to look like other things, like a light or doorbell. Look online for security or spy camera lights or lamps, and find one that fits your budget and need. Hide your camera inside of your mailbox or the mailbox post. Drill a hole through the mailbox so that your camera can record what's happening outside of the mailbox. Leaving exposed or visible wires leading up to your camera will make the placement obvious to other people. If you plan on using a security camera that has wires, you need to dig a trench so that you can bury the PVC pipe that will house the wires. You may need to install a metal conduit or PVC pipe to hide the wires from an elevated camera. You can purchase a fake or "dummy" security camera online or at hardware stores. These will serve as a visible deterrent and will take attention off of your actual security cameras. Put these cameras in an area that people are able to see. Fake security cameras are usually $10-$30 USD per camera.
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Place your camera inside of a birdhouse or bird feeder. Hide your camera in a bush or tree. Conceal your camera in a fake rock or garden gnome. Purchase a camera designed to look like a light fixture or doorbell. Put your camera inside of your mailbox. Use PVC pipe to hide the wires on a wired camera. Install a fake camera to take attention off your real camera.