Vegetable Biryani Recipe

Recipe Mar 24, 2021 0 409 Add to Reading List

Vegetable Biryani Recipe

Vegetable Biryani

Biryani is a rice dish made with layers of rice, spices, and traditionally meat (but in our case veggies!).egetable biryani has mixed vegetables that we love like onions, cauliflower, peas, carrots, potatoes, and french beans. These are standard biryani/pulao veggies and taste really good.

Ingredients:

400 gm basmati rice
2 large sliced onion
8 clove
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
2 teaspoon garlic paste
100 gm chopped potato
100 gm chopped bean green
salt as required
1/2 cup beaten yogurt (curd)
4 green cardamom
2 sprigs mint leaves
1/4 teaspoon kewra
8 cup water
7 tablespoon ghee
1 teaspoon black cumin seeds
2 cinnamon
2 teaspoon ginger paste
100 gm peas
100 gm chopped cauliflower
100 gm sliced carrot
2 pinches powdered black pepper
4 black cardamom
2 bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon rose water
2 tablespoon unsalted butter

Recipe:

Step 1 Soak rice for half an hour
Drain the rice under cold running water and soak it for half an hour.
Step 2 Fry the sliced onion
Heat a pan with 4 tablespoons of ghee in it over moderate flame. Fry the sliced onion till golden brown and remove with a slotted spoon. Drain fried slices of onion on absorbent paper.
Step 3 Saute the whole spices
In the same pan, saute half of the black cumin seeds till they begin to sizzle. Add cloves, cinnamon, half of the nutmeg, peppercorns and saute them till they get fragrant.
Step 4 Saute the vegetables with yoghurt
Add ginger and garlic paste and saute for one minute. Now add salt, pepper, yoghurt and vegetables and saute them over low heat till the vegetables are almost tender.
Step 5 Boil water with salt
Meanwhile, in a separate large pan, bring 8 cups of water to a boil with 2 teaspoons of salt.
Step 6 Make a bundle of whole spices
Tie the remaining cloves, cinnamon stick, cumin seeds, black cardamoms and green cardamoms in a piece of muslin cloth to make a small bundle (potli) and add to the water with bay leaves. Cook on low heat for 15-20 minutes to allow the spices to infuse the water with their flavour.
Step 7 Cook rice in the above water
Drain the rice, add to the pan and cook till they are half done. Remove from the heat and reserve the strained water.
Step 8 Assemble the vegetable biryani and serve hot
Stir the remaining ghee into the rice and set aside. To assemble the biryani, spread half the fried onions at the base of a deep heavy-bottomed heatproof casserole. Spread half the rice over the onions. Then spread a layer of the vegetables and the chopped mint over the rice. For garnishing, sprinkle rose water over the rice. Serve hot!