Vegetable Biryani is a flavoursome, layered rice cooked with vegetables and spices and saffron infused. It makes a tasty dinner menu with a yoghurt based salad.
Biryani is a popular food loved and cherished Indian food. It is a mixed rice dish made with meat, rice and some spices cooked in dum usually. The vegetarian biryani with vegetables is made to cater to the other sect of indivduals who do not eat meat. It is a dish which gained popularity in Hyderabad during the Nizam period and till date is the most ordered dish online.
Usually made with meat, here is the vegetable biryani or veg biryani as it is commonly called.
veg biryani
Ingredients :
- 2 cups of uncooked basmati rice (aromatic long rice)
- 2 cups of assorted veggies as beans, carrots, cauliflower,potatoes and peas
- 1 onion
- 3 green chillies
- 2 inch ginger
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 3 cloves
- 3 cardamom
- 1 stick of cinnamon
- 2 tomatoes
- 3 tbsp oil
- ½ cup curds or yoghurt
- 2 tbsp oil for cooking
- salt
For garnishing:
- Fresh chopped mint leaves
- Caramalised onions
Method:
Pre-requsites:
- Cook the rice with only two cups of water. It is partially cooked, on further cooking it will be evenly done.
- Cut veggies into small cubes.
- Grind onion, green chillies, ginger and garlic into a fine paste.
- Boil the vegetables in a pan. Add the potatoes, a little later as they should be a little firm.
- Make powder of clove, cinnamon and cardamom.
- Make puree of tomato and keep aside.
Cooking procedure :
- Now take oil in a pressure pan and add the paste of onion. Saute it till light pink in colour.
- Then add the pound spices and continue to sauté.
- Later add turmeric powder, coriander powder and chilli powder.
- Add tomato puree,mint leaves and yoghurt and continue to blend the mixture.
- As the aroma spreads add the boiled veggies, and the partially cooked rice.
- Close the lid and allow to cook on a slow flame.
- Once done, mix the rice well as the masala needs to blend well.
- Garnish with caramalised onions.
- Biryani is ready to serve.
To make caramalised onions :
Cut onions into thin long pieces. Take oil in a small pan and add the onions. Saute them until dark brown in colour. Be careful as they tend to get burnt easily.
To Serve :
Serve biryani garnished with onions along with a yoghurt based salad of your choice.
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I love all the spices in this vegetarian dish.Thank you for coming by to Foodie Fridays and sharing this week. Hope to see you again on Thursday.
Blessings,
Shari
Thankyou and glad you liked it. Shall join again the next week
I remember having hyderabadi Biryani with a spicy daal in one of the restaurants in Bangalore and it was super delicious. I would love to try it at home some time…
Thankyou Poornima. Glad you liked it.
This hyderbadi biryani looks delicious. Beautiful flavors. I loved it. 🙂
Thankyou Ritu for the appreciation. Glad you liked it.
Hi Jayanthi,
This is one of the healthiest recipe. Excellent combination of rice, vegetables, caramelized onions and curd.
I am craziest fan of biryani and pulaos.
Very good and delicious recipe of biryani.
I would love to have this.
Thanks for share 🙂
Thankyou Deepa , glad you liked it.
Jayashree, I have never tried this method to prepare biryani – making the paste and the spice powders – lovely – this I’m sure tastes heavenly:) wish I could taste it too 🙁 guess I will have to make it:) – thanks for sharing Jayashree:)
Thankyou Anu, glad you liked it.
The word Biryani itself gets me salivating. I love the fact that you added caramelised onions to your recipe. Many don’t and keep it restricted to only the non vegetarian version. I am sure those onions would have taken the dish to another level.
Thankyou so much PIYALI, glad you liked it.
That looks quite delicious and flavourful vegetable Biryani
Love how well made the biriyani looks ❤️ wonderful medley of flavors and spices ! Wholesome and hearty meal anyday ❤️