Veg Biryani Recipe ( How to make vegetable biryani recipe )

Veg Biryani Recipe ( How to make vegetable biryani recipe )

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 1

Additional Time 10

Total Time 1 35

Course Rice

Cuisine north indian

Keyword dum veg biryani, how to make veg biryani, how to make vegetable biryani, restaurant style vegetable biryani, veg biryani recipe, vegetable biryani, vegetable biryani recipe

Servings

Calories 2794

Author Koushik

veg biryani recipe - a vegetarian version of a biryani recipe slowly cooked fragrant basmati rice with some fresh veggies, herbs, and a few biryani spices. This is a super delicious and easy vegetable biryani recipe.

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Ingredients

Ingredients For Veg Biryani Gravy

5 to 6 tbsp oil
1 medium bay leaf or tej patta
4 green cardamom
4 cloves
2 inch cinnamon
1 black cardamom
2 tsp cumin seed
2 to 3 medium size onion [sliced]
3 green chili [sliced vertically]
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
3 to 4 tbsp thick yogurt curd
2 to 3 tbsp pudina leaves [optional]
3 to 4 tbsp coriander leaves
2 tsp biryani masala powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
salt to taste
1 medium size carrots [diced]
1 medium size capsicum [cubed]
3 tbsp french beans [chopped]
3 tbsp green peas
12 to 15 boiled soya chunks [chopped]
4 to 5 boiled potatoes [cut into two pieces]

Ingredients For Preparing Rice

1.5 -2 lt water
2 to 3 tbsp Salt
4 to 5 green cardamom
3 to 4 cloves
1 black cardamom
2 inch cinnamon
1 tbsp cumin seed
1 mace or javitri
1 tbsp rose water
1 tbsp keora water
1 tbsp oil

For Cooking Vegetable Biryani

3 to 4 tbsp oil or desi ghee
50 ml hot milk
8 to 10 saffron or kesar
1 tbsp rose water
1 tbsp keora water

Instructions

how to make vegetable biryani
To prepare the best vegetable biryani add good quality basmati rice in a large bowl then pour water, wash and soak them for up to 30 min.
Now, boil soya beans and potatoes before making veg biryani.
Then shred and chopped the soya chunks into small pieces and peel the potatoes for later use.
Next, cooking veggies for veg biryani, pour oil into a deep pot or pan.
Then add whole spices including green cardamom, black cardamom, clove, bay leaf, cinnamon, and cumin seed and saute for some time.
After that add sliced onions and saute in medium flame until onions become slightly golden brown.
Furthermore, add green chili, ginger-garlic paste, and saute in medium to low flame until the raw smell of ginger garlic completely disappears.
Now add diced carrots, cubed capsicum, and chopped french beans, and saute in medium flame for up to 2 to 3 min.
Then add boiled soya beans, and mix with other veggies for another 1 min on medium flame.
Next mix boiled potatoes, green peas and gently mix with this veg biryani gravy for another 1 to 2 min.
After that, pour some water, also add Kashmiri red chili powder turmeric, and salt, and cook for another 2 to 3 min on medium flame.
Then, add hung curd or yogurt and mix in this veg gravy.
Furthermore, pour more water and simmer this veg gravy for another 2 to 3 min.
Next for cooking biryani rice for hyderabadi veg biryani pour water into a deep pan.
Add salt, clove, green cardamom, black cardamom, mace, cumin seed, oil, a little drop of rose water, kewra water to enhance the flavour.
When the water starts boiling, then add soaked rice.
cook the rice up to 70%.You can check the rice by pressing in your fingers.
When the rice is 70% cooked drain the excess water from the rice and cook them for some time.
Now for cooking veg biryani, spread oil or ghee in the bottom of the handi.
Then, spread the first layer of boiled rice at the bottom of the handi.
Next place the veg biryani gravy over the rice layer.
Sprinkle some chopped coriander leaves, pudina leaves on the gravy.
Now, spread the second layer of rice over this biryani gravy.
Also, Pour Kesar milk, rose water, kewra water, and desi ghee over it.
Additionally sprinkle chopped coriander leaves, and pudina over top of the rice layer.
Finally, cover the handi with foil paper and cook the veg biryani for 2-3 min on high flame and 15 min on low flame.
Don't open the handi for a further 20 min, if you want to avoid the direct heat of biryani you can place handi over tawa.
If you want to make veg biryani in cooker then just do all of the above things like a similar pot method.
Now cover the pressure cooker with a lid and cook on a medium flame for 1 whistle.
After 3 to 4 min release the pressure using a spatula.
When biryani is ready carefully open the lid and fluff the rice from one side with a sharp spatula and serve hot with some salad.

Notes

Veg Biryani Recipe Note

If you want to vary your ingredients list then add mushroom.
For authentic flavor, you have to use spice powder from any popular brand.

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