Vegetable Biryani
a simple method of fail-proof delicious veg biryani
Ingredients
Marination of Vegetables
- 1/4 cup Curd
- 1 cup Chopped beans
- 1 cup Chopped carrot
- 1 cup Chopped potato
- 1/4 cup peas
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Red Chilli powder
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala
- 1/2 tsp Asafoetida
- 1 tsp Cardamom powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
Boiling Rice
- 2 cups Basmati rice
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 1 Bay leaf
- 4-5 Cloves
- 1 tbsp salt
- 2 Black Cardamom
Frying Onion
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 Cup Sliced Onion
Cooking Process
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- 2 Green Cardamom
- 1 Black cardamom
- 2 Cinnaon sticks
- 2-3 Cloves
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- Handful Coriander leaves
Tempering
- 1 tsp Oil
- 2 Green chilies slit
- 4 tbsp Milk
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
Instructions
- Soak biryani basmati rice for about 20-30 minutes.
Marinating Vegetables
- Take a large bowl, add curd to it.
- Add vegetables of your choice to this.
- Add spices (turmeric powder, red chili powder, black pepper powder, coriander powder, garam masala, asafoetida, ginger-garlic paste, and salt). For aroma, add cardamom powder also.
- Mix all the things really well. Cover and rest for 30 minutes.
Boiling Rice
- Take a pan and add 2 glasses of water. Keep the flame high.
- Add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, and cloves.
- Add water and allow the water to boil.
- As the water starts boiling, add rice to it. Keep the flame high for 2 minutes and then shift it to medium and cook till rice cooks 70%.
- Turn off the flame and drain off the excess water using a strainer.
Frying Onion
- Heat a Kadhai and add oil.
- Add sliced onion to it and fry till golden brown.
- Take out fried onion into a plate.
Tempering
- In a tadka pan, add oil.
- To this, add slit green chilies and crackle.
- Now add milk followed by turmeric powder. Turn off the flame. It is ready.
Cooking Process
- In the same Kadhai (which is already used to fry onion), add ghee.
- Add cinnamon sticks, black and green Cardamom, shahi jeera, and cloves. Let them crackle.
- Add marinated vegetables to it and cook till 60 % done.
- After 10-15 minutes, biryani is ready to be layered.
Layering Biryani
- For layering, remove half of the vegetables from the pan.
- Then cover the vegetables with a layer of rice.
- Spread coriander leaves, some turmeric milk, and some fried onion on it.
- Repeat the process.
- Cover the lid tightly. Heat a tawa and place kadhai over it and then allow biryani to cook well.
- Cook on the lowest flame for 20 minutes. Turn off the flame after this.
- Aromatic Veg Biryani is ready and serve hot with chutney, salad, raita etc.
Notes
- You can use any vegetable of your choice.
2. While boiling rice, do not stir it again and again, otherwise, the rice will break down.
3. Make sure to use the accurate measurement of ingredients for the perfect result.