I am also going to say this up front before you read through the whole recipe and get disappointed. You need Biryani Masala to make this recipe. Its not one of those grind-your-spices-fresh type of recipe because that would make this a non super quick dish, and today we are all about super quick.
Its also a prerequisite to like cauliflower inorder to enjoy this dish.
Gobi Biryani / Cauliflower Biryani Recipe
Serves 3
Ingredients:
1.5 cups basmati rice (or any long-grained rice)
1 large onion + 2 green chillies, ground to a paste
1 large tomato, pureed
A handful of green peas (fresh or frozen)
1 medium sized cauliflower, washed and cut into florets (around 4 cups)
1 tbsp ghee (or oil)
Fresh chopped coriander leaves for garnish (optional)
The Masala
1/2 tsp jeera / cumin
1 tsp dhania / coriander powder
A pinch of turmeric
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 heaping tbsp of biryani masala
Salt to taste
How to make Gobi Biryani:
1. Cook the basmati rice in 5 cups of boiling, slightly salted water until cooked but still firm. Set aside.
2. Heat the ghee in a pan and add the onion-green chilly paste. You can also slice the onions and chillies and add it that way but I felt like grinding it so I did. Fry the onion paste for about 2 mins. It will start losing moisture and get thicker.
3. At this stage, add all the masala ingredients in the order given. Fry well for about a minute till it starts smelling gooood.
4. Add the tomato puree, peas and cut cauliflower florets. Give it a good mix and cook closed on low fire until the cauliflower is cooked soft, yet retains its shape (about 5-7 mins). You can sprinkle some water if you feel the mixture is getting too dry.
5. Once done, check salt and then mix in the cooked rice gently until well combined. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve with any raita and papad.
The preparation time for this biriyani is significantly less because you are not pounding any masala last minute. Depending on what biriyani masala you use, you will get a distinct flavour each time – I love that variety!
Wow that sounds like an easy peasy biriyani. And the bucket looks so cute.
this is SO good! and I love that basket of yours. Where did you get it from?>
A steel store in Trichy, Tamilnadu, ,called Mangal and Mangal
Love Love love this biryani 🙂
I can't wait to try this! I bought a cauliflower earlier this week and have been browsing for a great recipe to use it in. Thanks 🙂
nice recipe-i too make somethg like this with available veggie
What a delicious recipe! And I love your presentation too.I followed you from the foodieblogroll and I'd love to guide Foodista readers to your site. I hope you could add this cauliflower widget at the end of this post so we could add you in our list of food bloggers who blogged about recipes with cauliflower,Thanks!
That is a cute bucket!
Job well done yaar..I simply loved the way u putforth for making this yummy biriyani
Looks good!
First of all, I think I may have already mentioned, but I love your cute copper bucket. Where did you buy it from?
And, wow love your biryani as well 🙂
I think biryani is like fried rice–in that you can make it with whatever you've got in the fridge. Yours looks yum. Would love it with a crunchy red onion raita!
This sounds very good. I have Sunetra Humbad's cookbook (Indian Vegetarian Cooking In Your House) & whenever she adds a paste to the oil, she says to cook until the spices begin to separate from the oil. As a non-Indian cook, I like the visual aid in knowing when to move on to the next step.
I very much like your blog & photos. Thank you so much!
Wow, this looks so good. My mom makes this dish quite often without the biryani masala. I love your picture and I love those copper dishware, it's so mughlai, love it.
I love cauliflower and I love Biryani..on my to-do list!!
p.s-love the bucket!!
wow.Looks so good. tempting
Love cauliflower, have biryani masala, will make! 🙂
Lovely bucket, briyani looks soooo delicious..
Such cute little bucket is that. 🙂 I <3 it. Thr biryani got a new character becoz of that bucket.
Yum yum.
Siri
Love love love this biryani..yummmmm!!!
I love the bucket 😉 and the rice also 🙂 yummy and simple 🙂
Love the bucket, makes the Biryani very authentic.
Let me guess – the bucket from ur Delhi trip? Looks gorgeous – both outside and inside. I make a Cauliflower pulav close to this but without the tomato puree. I have 2 big cauliflowers in my fridge and I might just be making this for dinner today!
thanks nags! love your cooking style and use of ingredients !i dont have biriyani masala with me so il jus go ahead and up the regular homemade biriyani spice masala a bit and see how this turns out..
This is one interesting recipe…sounds and looks super tasty
This looks very yummy , and never tried this shan bombay biryani masala. Cute bucket and nice click.Will try this out soon
Love the bucket! Cauliflower and Biryani – a scrumptios combo.
In the last post I could not see the pictures but can see all in this one, Nags.
The bucket is too cute…And in Konkani cooking, there is actually a cauliflower bhath, in which rice and cauliflowers are cooked in coconut milk…
The bucket reminds me of the sambhar and rasam served in some Chettinad Restuarants. Cute pics. Bookmarked. I love Cauliflower, so I qualify to make it…
Yummy Biryani Nags!!! I liked the cute bucket 🙂
Dhool Briyani…I can't see the 2nd picture,i chk one more time.Cute presentation.
Forgot to tell,my next post uses the same kind of bucket too 🙂 pics are nice 🙂
Yeah there are some issues with the biryani pictures, not sure why! Let me know if it persists, Prema 🙂
Hi..How do you prepare biryani masala?
I don't make my own masala, I buy it. If you don't want to do that, just use some extra cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg and star anise when you make your biryani
I will try this for my kid,he loves cauliflower in briyani and if its a'cauliflower'briyani,then he would sure love it!