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Vegetable Biryani Recipe / Vegetable Biriyani Recipe

November 23, 2015 34 Comments

Personally, I am not a fan of vegetable biryani. I mean, who needs it when you have a much tastier counterpart – chicken biryani! But since I am looking at cooking more and more diverse vegetarian dishes, I had to try this as well. In fact, my mom calls biryani a quick fix meal when we have guests but whenever I check for recipes online, the steps have always been long-wound and involve too much ingredients and procedures.

Here’s a quicker version of vegetable biryani in pressure cooker.

The other day I was going through this old diary of mine that I used to write down recipes and cut out recipes from magazines, and I came across this biryani recipe. Sadly, I don’t have the source but I got the feeling it would turn out well.

There are two ways of cooking this biryani with the same set of ingredients. I have outlined the longer method and the quick version is at the bottom of the post. Since I was making it the first time, I was a good girl and followed the steps but next time I am just throwing everything in a pressure cooker and reading till its done 🙂

VEGETABLE BIRYANI RECIPE

What I Used:

Basmati Rice – 1 cup
Chopped mixed vegetables – 1 cup (potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, beans, green peas, etc)
Onion – 1 big, chopped
Curd – 1 Tbsp (optional)
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds/Saunf – 1/4tsp
Cardamom / elakka – 2
Cloves / grampoo – 2
Bay leaf – 1
Lemon Juice – 1 tsp
Oil/Ghee – 3 Tbsp (or a little less, ‘cuz mine came out a bit too oily)
For Spice Paste
Coconut – 2 Tbsp (optional)
Green chillies – 3, adjust according to taste
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Cinnamon – a 1″ piece
Ginger – a 1″ piece
Garlic – 1 tbsp, ground paste

How to Make Vegetable Biryani

1. Wash and soak rice for about 15 mins. Cook in an open pot with 3 cups water until the rice is cooked yet firm. Alternately, you can pressure cook for one whistle with one cup water.

2. Grind the ingredients for spice paste adding very little water. Meanwhile, cook the chopped vegetables in adequate water until cooked yet firm.

3. Heat oil/ghee and roast the fennel seeds, cardamom, cloves and bay leaf for about 30 seconds. Then add the onions and fry till it turns pink and translucent.

4. Add the semi cooked vegetables next and saute for 2-3 mins. Mix in the ground spice paste and fry till the raw smells leaves it. This shouldn’t take more than 5 mins.

5. Next add the curd (if using), red chilli powder, turmeric powder, lime juice and salt and mix well.

6. Turn off the heat. Add the cooked rice and mix gently until well blended.

Serve hot with raita, papad and pickles.

Note:
A super-quick version of this vegetable biryani recipe would be to do all the frying in the pressure cooker pan (spices, onions and ground paste). Add raw cut vegetables and washed, soaked rice to this. Pressure cook for one whistle in 1.5 cups water. This is what I mostly do but doing it the long way gives you more separated grains of rice and a stronger flavour.

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  1. Anonymous

    March 20, 2013 at 1:34 am

    looks yummy …but 6 green chillies and 1 tbls of redchilli powder won't it be hot for 1 cup of rice.let me know

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      March 20, 2013 at 1:53 am

      you are right of course. i have edited the recipe. this was posted back in the day when i was terrible at estimating quantities, clearly 🙂

      Reply
  2. Yamuna

    June 24, 2011 at 1:23 am

    It's good Receipe……..Yummy………

    Reply
  3. Good Pediatrician in Chennai

    March 1, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    Looks delicious, I am sure it tastes good too. I am going to try and make it this week end.Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  4. Nags

    August 25, 2009 at 1:43 am

    malini – so glad you liked it 🙂 thanks for letting me know!

    Reply
  5. malini

    August 24, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    thanks…it came out sooo good… awesome recipe…

    Reply
  6. malini

    August 15, 2009 at 10:22 pm

    hi !! your recipe seems to be quick and delicious…gonna try it tonight//…will get back 😀

    Reply
  7. Nags

    August 9, 2009 at 1:29 am

    Seena – I now have another vegetable biryani / biriyani recipe that I will share very soon! 🙂

    Reply
  8. seena

    August 8, 2009 at 5:06 am

    im going to try this. this recipe luks easy and yummy

    Reply
  9. K

    July 23, 2009 at 10:18 am

    I tried this one. And it came out really great! I used the long procedure and this recipe is a keeper:)Thank you for the recipe:)

    Reply
  10. Indian Recipe Video's

    May 22, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    Thanks for your recipe. You have a wonderful blog.

    Reply
  11. Silvara

    January 21, 2009 at 5:05 am

    LOL – I was JUST looking for a good vegetable biryani recipe yesterday and found one somewhere in the internet somewhere with a list as long as my arm. Didn’t have everything but it still turned out well with what i had – yours looks much easier to make (loving the pressure cooker method lol) and looks fantastic. I bet it was just as good 😀

    Reply
  12. Cynthia

    January 21, 2009 at 2:21 am

    A biriyani is one of those dishes on my “must-cook” list this year.

    Reply
  13. aquadaze

    January 21, 2009 at 1:40 am

    looks yummy! Even I don’t quite fancy veg biryani, but if it looks like this..then I have to eat it! And thanks for the quick method, i like short cuts very much 🙂

    Reply
  14. Swapna

    January 20, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    Biriyani looks spicy & delicious Nags!!!

    Reply
  15. Nithya Praveen

    January 20, 2009 at 5:22 am

    I use the rice cooker,makes it easier.Urs look great…perfect Biryani:)

    Nithya

    Reply
  16. MeetaK

    January 20, 2009 at 10:25 am

    my dad really makes the all time best veg biryani i have ever tasted – but nags you come rather close 😉 a lovely recipe!

    Reply
  17. Madhu

    January 20, 2009 at 7:11 am

    Hi,this is my first time at your blog.your biryani is mouth watering..looks like the restaurant one 🙂

    Reply
  18. soma

    January 19, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    Looks lovely. throwing everything in the cooker? 🙂 ( I do the same in the rice cooker 🙂 )isn’t biryani an al time favorite?

    Reply
  19. Ann

    January 20, 2009 at 4:37 am

    Nags,
    Kindly accept my appreciation here ;
    http://thepassionatecookinme.blogspot.com/
    Thanks

    Reply
  20. Alka

    January 19, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    ha ha ha,throwing everything in pressure cooker and reading is my patent of cooking,now u too…tsk tsk tsk,haven’t heard of plagiarism huh??
    Lolz…i can have biryani anytime of the day,even qualifies for catering midnight cravings 😉
    Yours look too tempting to resist…ok wheres my pressure cooker ?brb…need to THROW something in it;-)

    Reply
  21. DEESHA

    January 19, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    I love Biryani. I too have about 3 version of making it. But I mmostly follow the easiest one which involves no grinding. my 2nd version is similar to yours. I bet, cooking the rice separately give it a better flavor.

    Reply
  22. AnuSriram

    January 19, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    Biriyani Looks spicy and delicious! I can smell the aroma..

    Reply
  23. RAKS KITCHEN

    January 20, 2009 at 1:00 am

    I do everything in cooker method:) That too in rice cooker…it wont get gooey anymore inspite of ur water ratio…cool!
    Nice presentation!

    Reply
  24. Nags

    January 20, 2009 at 12:56 am

    Happy Cook – Correction! I have four new ramekins 😉

    Reply
  25. Shreya

    January 19, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    Hi Nags, love your pic! I make it the last way, in the automatic rice cooker. I learnt the method from my mother who has always made vegetable biriyani that way. It is very quick and the rice stays separated too.

    Reply
  26. Happy cook

    January 19, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    Nags I can see that you have two new ramkins.
    I love vegetabble biriyani, but if i had the choice i would also fo for chicken one.
    These look yumm.

    Reply
  27. Jayashree

    January 19, 2009 at 1:08 pm

    The quick method is the one I always follow. Love your pics….

    Reply
  28. Asha

    January 19, 2009 at 12:39 pm

    Beautiful looking Biryani, I like the spices there. Good one< Nags!:)

    Reply
  29. Kitchen Flavours

    January 19, 2009 at 10:37 am

    Oh wow looks yummy…

    Reply
  30. Suma

    January 19, 2009 at 10:07 am

    yumm…veg biryani…this seems easy enough…this is a must try…will get back

    Reply
  31. arundati

    January 19, 2009 at 9:00 am

    looks great!!

    Reply
  32. Mahimaa's kitchen

    January 19, 2009 at 8:52 am

    biriyani looks yummy nags. it looks nice and spicy.

    Reply
  33. Ann

    January 19, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    But Nags,your biriyani looks so yummy that i feel like having some right now..drools.

    Reply

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